The problem with this sort of paranoid comment, however, is that the vast majority of Americans are disgusted, outraged and stunned when they hear that Americans are to blame for 9/11 rather than the terrorists, or that Pearl Harbor was an American plot, or that AIDS is an American plot, or that God should damn America.

There are so many examples of succulent paranoid lunacy in the statements made by Obama's mentor and "spiritual advisor" that there is literally a menu from which to choose.

There may be a few who will agree with some or all of this madness, but the vast majority do not - and never will. Obama's speech today did not succeed in putting distance between himself and Wright. If he doesn't draw a clear and distinct line between himself and his mentor, he is toast.