I need to read more about what this minister has said -- in what context, how often. It would surprise me if he is up there in the pulpit every Sunday ranting about white devils.

Your point is undoubtedly correct that a white candidate would also be raked over the coals if it came out that his or her minister had expressed similarly racist views. (And no, I don't buy the argument that only whites can be racist). I still think this is more of a manufactured "issue" than a matter of Obama and the minister yelling "Right on!" back and forth.

>He is intelligent and educated. Yet he chose to attend a church where the sermons were clearly divisive, anti-white and bigoted. Not once, but over and over again. I hardly think that if a Republican candidate spent years and years attending a church with a bigoted paster and it became public that it would be a non-issue. Some senior senators were forgiven views in the past but to my knowledge, anyone currently demonstrating an acceptance of bigotry or anti-racial views is immediately denounced today. The candidate's campaign would immediately be over.