Obama and his Pastor

RCP: When your in a earthquake better find some solid ground, thus Senator Obama has stated the following on his relationship with his pastor, " Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy....In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue..... ( Wright ) has never been my political advisor; he's been my pastor. " This should get Obama Campaign through the weekend, depends if any more Wright TV Clips come to light. If they do and Obama is seen to have been in attendance he is in trouble, he could lose the nomination. Either way it works for the Clinton Camp, Obama in the future will be seen as just another politician.

Elite Meida and the Pastor

The Politico: A very good article that looks at how the Media has treated the relationship between Obama and his pastor. Bit of worry it takes a talk show host through jokes to get the media to pay attention. So thank god for the late night talk show hosts and Bill O’Reilly of Fox News. Mr O, was right about this issue he stated that the media would now have to deal with the story, that's why Fox News is the best in the business.

NYT and the Pastor

New York Times: A odd article by the NYT, one gets the impression that the paper supports Obama's Pastor in his views, e,g America is racist, 9/11 was the fault of the USA. The article seems to go out of its way to justify his opinions, the article states the following on the pastor " ...beloved figure in African-American Christian circles and a frequent guest in pulpits around the country....he has built a 6,000-member congregation through his blunt, charismatic preaching, which melds detailed scriptural analysis, black power, Afrocentrism and an emphasis on social justice;......which interprets the Bible as a guide to combating oppression of African-Americans. " The Liberal New York Times is torn, on the one hand its carries by its own need white guilt, no asked it to be our soul. On the other hand it states that Obama has rejected his pastors views and then the Times has the gaul to quote the Pastor in attacking the Clintons. Poor Elite Media!!

Money

New York Times: A very interesting article by the Times, donors to the Democratic Party want delegates from Florida at the National Convention or else they wont give the DNC any money. Money is the mothers milk of politics. Who thought putting Howard Dean in charge of the DNC was a good idea needs to quit politics.

Obama's Pastor

The Obama Campaign has been sidelined due to the stupid comments of the Pastor of Senator Obama, the comments that are being shown on the TV and net do not help the campaign. The theme of the comments is Anti American and it can be argued a negative view of whites. The Obama Camp has tried not to make race a issue in this election, more than can be said about the Clinton Camp. Lets hope this is a weekend story only. LBJ had a good view, if you have a one eyed relative and that is in the centre don't keep him or her in the parlour.

Florida Re - Vote

Fox News: Reports on a old/new idea, the US Senator Bill Nelson wants to follow the Republican example, Florida would lose half its delegates, this would still benefit Clinton but not as much as before, if Obama would let this idea die its death. The point from the Obama view is that Obama did not campaign in Florida, he has the right to campaign in Florida. Advice to Obama Camp, just fight it out at the Convention. All these new or old ideas are bad and unfair to the Obama Camp.

Racial Comments ?

ABC News: Geraldine Ferarro has resigned from the Clinton Campaign for making racial insensitive comments. It must be stress there is a difference between making an comment that is insensitive and being a racist. Ferarro the 1984 Vice - Presidential nominee for the Democrats stated that Obama was leading the race because he was black, aka Bill Clinton comment that Jesse Jackson had won some primaries before Obama. Ferarro is a liberal, the Mondale - Ferarro ticket lost by 49 states to one. If she was a Republican and had made that comment she would have to move country. The point being that she allowed her support of Senator Clinton and the chance of the First Woman President to colour her comments. She has resigned, time to move on to the issues facing the USA.