And as a one time Catholic, I can appreciate that those biases can sometimes be deeply entrenched.

I'm not a Salon subscriber, and never will be one.

Your question was so carefully convoluted, that I'm not even sure that there actually was a question, much less a point to your post.

Hope it doesn't make the American public bitter!

Because anything Wright couldn't be any more wrong.

The time has come to bring it back!

It's pretty apparent that the only black people with which you maybe mildly aquainted, are either on the Cosby Show, or the the Six 'O Clock news.

Burn witch BURN!

The title of Joan's next in depth editorial.

...exactly so, nothing yet is "written."

Nobody's paying much mind to your petty power trips.

Please don't be obtuse, because the only insult is to yourself.

MCcain's already using Wright to paint Obama into a corner. Any more obvious observations? You're so astute it's almost cute.

You just said a bundle. "it's more than white bread." And if Americans are still missing this fact that we don't live in such a world, then the real world to most average Americans really IS the TV "reality" of the Cosby Show and the crime report on the Six 'O Clock News.

The only things that upset me are warrantless witch hunts. When you can proove that Obama is an apprentice of the black arts under Wright's tutorship, or a sinister Saracen hell bent on evening out some ancient score, or a "colored" commie, or any other imagining you or anybody else would like to contrive, then you get back to me with that evidence, and I'll give it a good long look.

lots 'o luck and don't forget to duck...

..thinks it's cool to turn a Muslim country into a Mushroom Cloud.

Are you a Joan Walsh prodigy?

Tell it the way it is...that was hilariously funny!

Which one is the real witch? Obama or Wright?

right? Or should it sink instead?

They'd vote for MCcain or Clinton, so clearly the conclusion is incorrect.

But let's get back to the witch hunt...

I agree. People around here are smart, but cythera45 sure doesn't shine as an example of Salon'a brightest star.

Witness the disgrace.

Indiana sounds like a lot more interesting place than lots of places in the Midwest are often portrayed. Thanks. That was an interesting piece.

Thanks for posting that link, it might provoke some real discourse, it might even cause some to pause, and just think.

It's only yourself you berate.

The business of witchhunters is casting aspirtions and fear, these are the high ideals, with which they make their appeal.

Walsh is begining to embark on a brain theory of her own about Obama and Clinton supporters, what's your take?

Does my Obama support say that I'm a peanut headed, pan-African, dashiki wearin', Muslim prayerin' Kool Aid drinkin', latte drinkin', wanna be Abraham Lincoln?

Girl, help me out!

All 'o these scarey old witch hunters are fillin' me with doubt!

With some luck perhaps you'll be looking forward to a big brown log of elephant loaf. Lots 'o luck. Here's hoping that all of your dearest Dumbo dreams come true.

Thanks for the diagnosis. I will be workin' on the stinkin' thinkin'...whew...you really saved my sorry ass! Thanks!

Are you saying I should form a completely Clintoncentric view of the universe and this should serve to desolve away all of my dellusions?

Is there a pill I can just pop to rid me of the bi-polarity of my Obamamania?

Help..please!

I have an imagination...but what you ask is the impossible.

That's right, it's just an opionion, and opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one.

From the Rising of the Moon

Till the setting of the Sun

Come on just say it Joan, he's a holy roller!

Get ready for endless, achingly empty, stupid days, of pissant punditry, over "will the pastor, or will the pastor not, put down Obama's bid for the presidency?"

And it's good that he has, because he's his own man.

Wright ain't soul brother #2, ain't you heard? He's been kicked out the club.

See, I'm soul brother #1.

You make some interesting points about how cultures can contrast in social and stylistic ways. I agree, we're not all of us cut out from the same stale old moldy white bread.

Fresh voices, fresh approaches, and perhaps some fresh cooperation, would be much appeciated for all who would like to see some honest undertakings for peace, clearing the stale air of the blind notion, that Israel is above any and all criticism.

But every outrage you voice is like music to the ears of the media money machine. The more you care about this crap, the more they cash in, and when accounts are finally settled, the chickenshits will win.

Take it from Manos, cos nobody knows like Manos.

Ain't nobody handing shit to nobody...get that much clear. Give it your best shot with a strong dose of suspicion and fear. It's clear that Clinton sees there's a down and dirty route to a win, but the rest of the country sees she's all oppurtunism and cheap spin.

Judge, jury, and executioner.

Welcome to a brand new crazy day in the life of America!

I don't know if there's any turning back from being a tabloid rag for Salon, but check out the Salon parody, it's pretty punchy.

And what would that hand writing on the wall be? Haven't you heard the wise words of the Chineese philosopher Lee Qui Quat? He who writes on bathroom walls eats the shit in bathroom stalls.

That's the O'Brian test from 1984. In 1984 it was fingers instead of lights, and I don't care how many fingers O'Brian insists that I see, my final decision is gonna be made by me, and my decision my friend in the midst of this dull and drab drama, is to continue my support, and to vote for Barack Obama.