DK's right. The attention paid to non-substantive issues is unseemly. It's perfectly in keeping with American political history, of course, but since we've all been inspired by the Great Obama to move to a higher plane, raise the level of converstaion, be better people etc, we should settle these trivial matters once and for all. DK's offered a way to do this, so let's take him up on it:

a link to his conclusion whether Barack Obama is a fool (for not knowing Wright was a racist demagouge) or a cynic (for knowing exactly that, but sacrificing scruple and exploiting the relationship for political gain in Chicago) should put the matter to rest once and for all.