Clinton joins right wing attack machine.

Hillary Clinton in her desperation over her pattern of misstatements and lies being the lead story, sunk to the level of the right wing media hacks and said the following to the Pittsburgh News Gazette:

"He would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend."

This of course echos statements by those like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Anne Coulter.

By the way they also asked her about her lie concerning Bosnia. Her response:

"I was sleep-deprived, and I misspoke."

This woman has sunk to a level that defies belief. It’s clear she has no honor or ethics. She will do anything; say anything to keep her ambitions alive. She has lost all credibility.

It is time for the Party Leaders to send her packing and Endorse Obama now.

First poll since the speech: Dead Heat

A number of national polls have shown significant damage to Obama’s numbers since the “Wright” wing attack on him. Prior to the continuous replaying of a few controversial remarks by Obama’s former Pastor, Obama held a 6% Lead nationally. Since then Clinton has moved to a significant lead.

Today the first poll taken after Obama’s speech on race shows a statistical dead heat among democratic voters once again. The Gallup daily tracking poll shows a 2-point lead for Clinton, which is well within the margin of error.

As I expected the leadership and vision Barack Obama showed in that speech has had a very positive effect on the hearts and minds of the American people. That along with the contrasts between taking the high road and Clinton’s win at all cost dirt road strategy, this trend will continue.

Source: www.gallup.com

Context is everything.

As much as I am tired of this topic I came across something that I feel is extremely important.

I like many could not fathom how context would make a difference in regards to the offensiveness of some of Jeremiah Wright’s words. I was wrong. How could the context of the “chicken comes home to roost” statement matter? They weren’t his words. He was quoting someone.

Hold on to your hat. He was quoting former U.S Ambassador Edward Peck who also served as deputy director of President Reagan’s terrorism task force. And here is the kicker, Peck said it on Fox News Channel.

Thanks to Roland Martin a Contributor to CNN for pointing this out.

Read the whole story here

Jeremiah Wright isn’t running for President

The right wing whackos wrap themselves in the flag while embracing Conservative Ministers that preach hate for gays, Catholics and Muslims. They accept those that stand up for the “Christian Values” of War and the Death Penalty. They even accept those that claim 9/11, AIDS and Katrina were “God’s Wrath on America.”

Now they want to attack Barack Obama for attending a church that had a Fiery Pastor who spoke out forcefully about the plight of being a black man in America. Yes he uses words and phrases that are shocking and in my opinion over the line, but his basic points were the truth whether we in the white community want to believe it or not.

Rev. Wright is not running for President. Barack Obama is. Barack Obama has stated clearly he does not agree with everything this Pastor says, nor does he approve of the use of divisive language. The right wing radio hosts want to appeal to the racial fears of many white citizens by bringing out these tapes of the sermons. I have news for my fellow Caucasians; there are black churches in your town preaching in similar ways every Sunday. Why, because they have been in a struggle. Rev. Wright is 70 years old. Think back to what he has seen and experienced as a black man in his long life. He gets angry, wouldn’t you?

Barack Obama can change many of these attitudes and beliefs not only within the black community but in all communities. The belief expressed by Rev. Wright that rich white men control this country will no longer be the case when the President of the United States is black. The feeling of hopelessness by many growing up black will be offset by looking to the white house and seeing that a man grew up much like them, used his education, worked hard and was successful in achieving the pinnacle of success.

It's time to get back to focusing on who and what Barack Obama is. He is the one running for President.