Sorry Tal, I can't buy it. It's just rationalization for the racism and victimhood propagated by the Reverend. He refers to the United States of White America and the USAKKK. He claims AIDS is/was a government plot against blacks. And of course, the pièce de résistance of his video, simulating Bill Clinton humping Monica as the crowd cheers. Oh, and by the by, these videos of the good Reverend did not come from some hidden camera. They were collected by the church and are on sale there, I guess as a Best Of album. If this is indicative of the politics within the African American community, as you imply, is it a cause or an effect. I thought religious "leaders" were supposed to, well, lead their congregation on a moral path. I didn't think they were there to pander to their ignorances, weaknesses, and prejudices.

As to Michele Obama, I simply cannot understand how a woman who has had the advantages of education at both Princeton and Harvard cannot find anything about American for which she can be proud. Must be all those years getting a government check since she left private practice.