This is what gets me, more that what Jeremiah Wright did or did not say. It's obvious that any young up-and-coming black politician on the South Side of Chicago has to join this church. It's the place you get connected to the leading black citizens of that part of the city, the place you establish your "cred". Rev. Wright's blessing was absolutely necessary for Barack Obama to start climbing the ranks in Chicago politics. I don't think the guy is any more of a Christian than my dog, and I doubt he ever cared one way or the other what Wright was saying in all those sermons. He was there because he had to be. If he had been a serious member of this church he would not have waited until he ran for president to start giving it money.
The notion that Obama should have or could have left this church or even criticized Rev. Wright for his teachings is ludicrous. That ain't how it works. You go there to "be seen" there.
That is why Obama is in such a bind now. He looks ridiculous because he cannot publicly admit that his membership in this church was all about politics to begin with. It gives the lie to his entire "new politics" campaign.