I miss Jeremiah Wright

It seems people on my side are starting to realize that the Billy Ayers story isn't really sticking. Even this humble blogger has privately conceded to some of my own 'associates' that I don't think there's much fire with that smoke. Now, you can make the argument that even if there's just a little bit of fire, it merits further discussion and probably disqualifies someone from the Presidency. Well, I haven't spent much time hammering the Barry/Billy thing because to me there are numerous other and more legitimate facts that disqualify Obama for the Presidency. (And you will hear all of them as the election approaches).

To me, what's always been the more important aspect of the Billy Ayers story is not so much Obama's relationship with him, but what the hell someone like that is doing as a professor at an accredited university – and what exactly is the 'education reform' he espouses?

But that is for another rant.

My purpose here was to say that Tucker Carlson has a really good point:

Why won't the McCain campaign attack Obama for an association more damaging than Bill Ayers—the one with Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright?

The McCain campaign's attempt to tie Barack Obama to terrorist-turned-professor Bill Ayers appears to have failed. Most people still don't seem to know who Ayers is. And there still isn't evidence that the two were more than acquaintances. By the end of the week, McCain will likely have moved on to another line of attack. The obvious question is: Why not Jeremiah Wright?

Unlike Ayers, the Rev. Wright indisputably was one of Obama's closest friends. Obama himself has said so. Nobody in America needs to be reminded of who Wright is. As long as you've decided to go after Obama's character and associations, Wright seems like the obvious place to start. The 30-second attack ad essentially writes itself.

I can sense the Obama supporters rolling their eyes and saying, "Here we go again."

Just indulge me for a moment. You don't need associations to expose Obama's flaws to the American people. Look at his record, his thin resume, his blatantly false 'moderate' rhetoric (demonstrated by said record). All of this is fair game.

But, if you're going to go after his associations, by all means go after the one that was an actual relationship. This is something that The Hero and I disagree on. He has said Jeremiah Wright should be off limits. Me? I've never understood why they let it fade from the discussion. If I was The Hero's campaign manager, I'd be running Wright ads daily.

Talking about Jeremiah Wright's 'God Damn America' gatherings is not a distraction from substance. It speaks directly to the character and judgment of someone who would attend those gatherings for so many years. Especially since we're not talking about a Chicago City Council seat here, we are talking about the Presidency of the United States.

But hey, that's just my opinion. If you really don't care that Obama was a member of that church for 20 years, there's nothing anyone can say that will change your mind anyway.

A refresher: