Over the weekend, Mark Steyn published a piece titled, “Obama’s Pastor Disaster” wherein he offers a glimpse into the views of Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. While I agree with Steyn that guilt by association can be very tricky business in the political arena, a close look at Obama’s relationship with his pastor should be examined. Perhaps such an examination will offer glimpse into the core values that drive Obama and begin to remove some of the excess varnish built up during his political honeymoon.

Key excerpts from Steyn’s article:

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright thinks that, given their treatment by white
America, black Americans have no reason to sing “God Bless America.”
“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a
three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no,
no, God damn America,” he told his congregation. “God damn America for
treating our citizens as less than human.”

And how about this:

The Rev. Wright is like “an old uncle who says things I don’t always
agree with.” So did he agree with goofy old Uncle Jeremiah on Sept. 16,
2001? That Sunday morning, Uncle told his congregation that the United
States brought the death and destruction of 9/11 on itself. “We nuked
far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never
batted an eye,” said the Rev. Wright. “We have supported state
terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we
are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought
right back to our own front yards.”

With statements like these, the Obama camp is scrambling to distant themselves from the controversial (read: unAmerican and racist) Rev. Wright. But should Americans accept some sort of nonsensical, focus-group-tested, Barbara Walters-esque mea culpa from Obama? No.

How does he distance himself from a pastor from whom he sought guidance for 20 years, who married him and Michelle, who baptized his children, and to whom he dedicated his bestselling book? The answer is, you don’t.

If you haven’t already seen some of the video of the Rev. Wright, take a gander…