The Barack Obama campaign has been in full denial mode regarding his relationship with Pastor Jeremiah Wright; denials that have proven flimsy as more revelations have come to light regarding the close ties between the Obama family and Pastor Wright and the fact that Barack Obama himself admitted in a 2004 interview that he was a fixture in the pews for many years. The latest tactic by the campaign has been to "distract" (and we know how Barack Obama likes that term) Americans by trying to link John McCain to Pastor John Hagee. (I thought the Obama campaign considered "guilt by association" a smear?) This is absurd on its face: McCain was not a member of Hagee's church, he has not made the church the major beneficiary of his charitable bequests, he has not been married in Hagee's church, he has not raised his children in the church. Hagee merely endorsed McCain. Nevertheless, the campaign has continued to push this smear -- promoted by Obama supporters in...(Read Full Post)