In attempting to prove independence from his Pastor, Senator Obama cited a disagreement. Rev. Wright had urged his flock to take personal responsibility in dealing with their problems. Obama claimed that such a course would be premature. To Obama, America--built from the ground up by individually responsible settlers--had to be fundamentally changed--presumably by Obama--before personal (individual) responsibility might work!
Obviously, Obama epitomized the malevolent "Community Organizer," not the altruist, the media tried to picture.
The incident revealed much that was wrong with Obama; but also much that was wrong with the McCain campaign, which failed to effectively respond to a clear demonstration of how anti-American--from any historic perspective--was this prime example of a Grievance Monger & Community Organizer. Obama was only sold to susceptible Americans with the help of an army of Grievance Mongers in the mass media; deceivers, who had embraced the underlying Lies Of Socialism, as a substitute reality, without serious challenge from the Republican candidate.