It's about judgment, stupid!

While Common Sense applauds Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for trying to stay on the issues with respect to the fallout of the Jeremiah Wright controversy, one has to wonder what kind of judgment Barack Obama has been exercising for the last twenty years as a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois. Wright has unleashed over the years some very incendiary and hurtful remarks. In one sermon, shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Wright said ``America's chickens are coming home to roost,'' referring to U.S. foreign policy. In another sermon, Wright said the government ``lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color.'' Wright also preached the kind of racial politics that Obama has said he is working to end. Wright lumped Obama's rival, Hillary Clinton, with what he characterized as a white ruling elite. Obama ``ain't rich and he ain't privileged,'' Wright said. ``Hillary fits the mold.'' In a campaign where Obama stresses his "good judgment" and the fact that he is a uniter, not a divider, calls into direct question that judgment. Is this the kind of judgment Obama will exercise if elected President? What kind of people you surround yourself with Mr. Obama on the campaign trail or in the Oval office does matter, and in this case you have exercised some very poor judgment!