The Right Side or the Wright Side?

It would appear that the controversy regarding Barack Obama and his "former" pastor" (as he was referred to by Obama on CNN on 3/26/2008) refuses to be let go.  I would chalk it up as politics as usual, but I guess the manner in which Jeremiah Wright has been denounced as well as the manner in which the media and the very far right have tried to turn it into an assumption  of the character of Obama gives me a great sense of disinclination to the political process.
Right now, there are a multitude of people who are basically saying that Obama should leave Trinity United Church of Christ because of Wright's statements.  This despite the fact that Wright has already stepped down as pastor of the church, despite Obama having repudiated the statements.  Yet, on the other side, no invectives are being entreated of John McCain.
As part of his campaign to oblige the right wing of the Republican Party, John McCain sought out and said he was "pleased to have the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee." McCain's embrace of Hagee comes despite a history of intolerant comments.  When confronted with those comments, McCain has repeatedly refused to denunciate Hagee, saying only that "It's simply not accurate to say that because someone endorses me that I therefore embrace their views." [Associated Press, 3/3/08].  Why is it then, that Obama cannot be afforded this same toleration with Jeremiah Wright?  Some have asserted that McCain's reluctance to speak out against Hagee's discriminatory rhetoric, his silence on  whether or not he was aware of Hagee's comments prior to seeking his endorsement is an intimation that he might not be the candidate voters can trust to be a leader  for all Americans.
Many of Hagee's comments are in tacit agreement with many of the same Americans who view Wright's comments as veritable treason.  Wright's comments find support from a great many Americans as well.   Wright's sermons are no different than sermons that get delivered every weekend in black churches around the country.  The same could possibly said for Hagee.  It isn't just discussed in churches either.  You could walk into a black barber shop or beauty salon and find open concurrence with Wright's assertions.  The same could possibly be said for Hagee.
Even among blacks who disagree with his statements, you will find empathy for the emotions that wrought them.  Again, I am sure, the same could possibly be said for Hagee.  Amos Brown, the pastor of Third Baptist Church of San Franciso called President Bush a "one-eyed man," and told his congregation that the country is as segregated now as it was 50 years ago and said "America is running on fumes right now ... we are on the wrong road."  These remarks would not be construed as being as incendiary as Wright's but they evince the same sense of discernment.  Brown also gave a sermon in which he questioned what part America played in causing the attacks upon itself.  Recently he intimated that the criticisms being placed on Obama for his close ties to Wright are part of a conspiracy aimed at damaging the candidate on the issue of religion because there's not another negative issue out there that has tarnished his reputation.  "What you are seeing happening to Barack Obama was hatched, crafted and developed a year ago when you were sleeping," Brown told churchgoers. "This kind of nonsense does not just happen."