If I have to read one more time how Obama's relationship with Jeremiah Wright tarnishes his candidacy, I will vomit! Kristol is a neo-conservative nut job and a hypocrite; he has not been right on ONE single issue since disco was in fashion, and talks out of his ass 100% of the time. A true demagogue.
If we want to go there, about past associations, let's look into the McCain-Palin nut jobs they associate themselves, shall we?
Here goes for wingnut central:
McCain:
(1) Kisses the ass of wingnut Rev. Hagee who says Catholics are evil and the Pope is the anti-christ, and believes Hitler is in heaven if he repented before his death and found Jesus, and that all Jews, Catholics, and other non-believers are in hell, no matter how virtuous their lives may have been.
(2) Speaks at Bob Jones University (Wingnut U.) which is racist (no inter-racial dating allowed!) and anti-Catholic, singing the same tune as Rev. Hagee.
Palin:
(1) Belongs to a church which again, thinks all Jews rot in hell-- will someone ask her this at the debate?--and the Pope is the anti-Christ.
(2) Was "blessed" by a Witch Doctor (which in itself is a nutty thing for our possibly next VP and President (!) to do) who said moments later that we should pray for Christians to run America's businesses due to the greed and sins of the "Israelites."
(3) Belongs to a church that believes the "rapture" is upon us (which is not biblical, by the way.. was added centuries later-- the 18th century to be exact!), and that the "righteous" will ascend to heaven in Alaska (God help us...). The rest of us heathens are left out in the cold.
Please, Mr. Kristol, keep your wingnuts, and give me Obama with Rev. Wright, a war veteran and typically Afro-centric pastor. Yes, Wright's rhetoric is offensive to the white majority, but go into ANY black church in urban America an d you will hear this kind of stuff. Black history in America (or at least 90% of it) is offensive to black Americans. It is really challenging to truly love a country which has never really accepted you and brought your forefathers over here in chains and devised as many laws as they could to keep your people down, until the most recent of times.
Fat cat whites like Kristol and the other bone-head, O'Reilly, think there is NO racism left in America today, and it is a wonderful life for the black man! Neither would trade their skin color for any black man, even today.
So, they cannot fathom rhetoric like Rev. Wright's, and cannot fathom any black person giving nothing but baby love for this country, as they do. Love it or leave it? Well, they haven't left it, have they!