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I don't expect this to make it out of the queue. Especially since the general sentiment here follows this article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece
Guilty by association is a game you can play with anyone, unless you happen to know *of* a community where everyone are saints of course. If you want to go down that route then take a good long look on McCain's associates, or why not just take a look in the mirror for that matter, then pass judgment on Obama.
Instead, look at what Obama and McCain are saying, what their views are and most importantly what their policies are. That's what's important and what actually matters.
Then, if you still feel the need to draw conclusions, look up why they have those views/positions. You'll find it infinately more productive than speculating in the candidates' possible secret agenda, based on some people who's views are in contrast of what the candidates have expressed publically and in their decisions during their political career.
The difference that I've seen between the McCain bashing videos and the Obama bashing videos here is this: While the Obama bashing videos like this one are solely based on rumors, conspiracy theories and guilt by association games, most of the McCain bashing videos are based on McCain speeches where he contradicts himself, his voting record and factual events, his campaign making mistakes of different kinds and himself publicly and directly approving of certain questionable individuals.
Obama said that he didn't agree with his pastor, and as far as I know his voting record, his policies and his public appearances reflect on that, so that's not an issue for me. There's simply no reason to believe that Obama feels the same way his pastor does, when everything Obama has done and said indicates the opposite.