An Historic Speech

No one can say that Barack Obama isn't a skilled and articulate speaker. That's part of the reason he is where he is right now. His speech did seem to be devoid of bullshit. He said he could not turn away from his rascist white grandmother, and described her in an interview as a typical old white woman, afraid of passing black men on the street. Obama also stated that he would never turn away from Reverend Wright. The pastor who excused 9/11 as America's "chickens coming home to roost". Let me ask you this question. Could any of you sit quietly in a church year after year for 20 years, and expose your two young daughters to the hateful harangue that was spewing forth from the Reverend Wright's mouth?

Obama's Uncle

In attempting to distance himself from the radical statements of his Pastor, Barack Obama compared the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to a beloved uncle.  An uncle who may not always say the correct thing, but is "part of the family" and will always be there for him.  One of the most notable comments Wright has made during his many sermons, includes this one explaining 9-11.  Wright said, "We have supported state terrorism against Palestinians and Black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is brought right back to our own front yards, America's chickens are coming home to roost."  Imagine the pain felt by the families of the 2,974 victims of the 9-11 attacks upon hearing what this demagogue has said publicly?  Wright's sermons are not without his attempt to be clever and funny.  During one sermon, the Rev. Wright said that the song "God bless America should be changed to Goddamn America". Wright also referred to the United States as the "U.S. of K.K.K. A."  Surely these  statements are Wright's and not Obama's, but Obama has been a member of Wright's flock for nearly 8 years.  That's 8 years of sitting quietly in a pew with his wife and daughters listening to this bullshit and never speaking up?  Never condemning him? Never turning to his wife Michelle and saying, "We're outta here!"?  Obama clearly has a close relationship with this demagogue. Wright married the Obamas, and baptised their daughters.  I think that this relationship with Wright speaks volumns about Obama.  I hope he can be defeated before the "Chickens come home to roost" in November.  The problem is, it may be too late.

Another Thought # 12

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

- Winston Churchill

The Prognastycators

Let me start out by saying, I don't know who'll be the Democratic Nominee this coming fall. I must admit that I favor Hillary Clinton. That's why I'm especially amused when the network spin doctors and paid political prognosticators get it all wrong. Last night after the "O Man" had won Vermont and with Hillary leading in Ohio by 9 percentage points, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann gleefully pointed to an early Obama lead in Texas with only a scant 1% of the votes in. Chris Matthews could barely contain his glee. This surely was the end of  "The Clintons" as Matthews repeatedly called the Clinton Campaign. What ensued next was a discussion about why Hillary should drop out for "the sake of the party". No sense in bludgeoning each other into the Spring while McCain and the Republicans sit pretty with the nomination of their party in hand. History tells us that within the last 50 years NO president has EVER been elected having lost the Ohio Primary. This is a fact. Maybe Obama will be the nominee and be the exception to that rule. Not being a paid political pundit like Matthews and Olbermann, I think it's possible it could be done. The point I'm trying to make is that the networks were there to fill in about 3 hours of airtime for an event that takes only 5 seconds to announce who won and what the numbers were. They chose to deliver the Clinton obituary. They were wrong.  I found it startling that a senior Obama advisor would "soft pedal" his candidates hard view of NAFTA to Canadian officials by stating that Obama's protectionist stand was "more reflective of political maneuvering than policy". Political maneuvering?  It seems we've had enough of that the past 7 years. It seems like a little bit of "business as usual" instead of "Change" and "Hope".  Obama to his credit had an incredible winning streak. He won 11 states in a row. That is something. But more importantly, look at the states he won. They were small "red states" that haven't gone Democratic since Roosevelt was running. (I may be wrong about that historically , but you catch my drift.) Anyway, we'll see what happens. At this point it's safe to say that anything can happen. So the next time those prognastycators do their little spin thingee, do what I do and turn the channel to American Idol.