Clinton and TV networks prey on fear and latent racism in linking Obama to Rev. Wright and Muslim terrorists

By Potter Earle

I am totally appalled at the tabloid nature of major news networks. Can they bleed this Rev. Wright story any more? Can they make Barack Obama, the clear Democratic frontrunner, look more downtrodden than they actually have? Why not applaud Obama for honestly dealing with this issue and definitively putting it to rest by repudiating Wright? I am amazed at the lynching this guy is getting, and lynching is not too strong a word. The media, hungry for ratings, feed on controversy, turmoil and negativity. Apparently the American public does, too, because the Wright news stories keep coming. We are spending billions of dollars on a ridiculous war while our country is in a recession, and all the media want to talk about is Rev. Wright. (more…)

Sen. Obama’s comments at a San Francisco fundraiser show he could learn a lot from our current president about how to succeed at being an elitist

By Elan Barnehama

Senator Obama recently opened up a can of bitterness and could not get the lid back on before that damning “elitist” label spilled all over him.

Most elitists are taught that they should never be smug (in public) about their elitism. We know that elitists know that we know that elitists have better lives than the rest of us, but some things are better left unspoken. Most of our nation’s elite go out of our way to stay out of our way. (more…)

Sen. Obama’s comments at a San Francisco fundraiser show he could learn a lot from our current president about how to succeed at being an elitist

By Elan Barnehama

Senator Obama recently opened up a can of bitterness and could not get the lid back on before that damning “elitist” label spilled all over him.

Most elitists are taught that they should never be smug (in public) about their elitism. We know that elitists know that we know that elitists have better lives than the rest of us, but some things are better left unspoken. (more…)

The nation that invented the atom bomb to end World War II could take on global climate change with the same kind of drive and innovation

By Elan Barnehama

I’m thinking that President Bush had the annual celebration of Earth Day in mind when he announced last week that the U.S. strategy for tackling global warming was to pretty much do nothing for the next dozen years. It could be that he was reacting to the news that China has overtaken the United States as the world’s leader in carbon emission. I mean, really, how many more setbacks can one administration take? (more…)

Hillary Clinton’s use of the “liberal” label against Barack Obama seems self-destructive – but she may have a new strategy that involves cozying up to John McCain

By Elan Barnehama

A new season of the L-word has begun and no, I’m not talking about the Showtime drama. The McCain campaign is unleashing the L-word, and while it was expected, it seems a bit early in the season. I was thinking it they’d hang onto it till after the Democratic Convention and then let it out in full force. That way, (more…)

Karl Rove’s new incarnation as TV talking head fails to impress

By Cliff Schecter

I felt a stiff the breeze the other day, and the smell of someone shoveling horse manure was in the air. So I figured Karl Rove must be talking again. And what do you know? I was right.

You know Karl Rove, don’t you? The permanently unindicted co-conspirator. (more…)

By Elan Barnehama

I’m glad Sen. Obama got knocked down and dragged through the mud over his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Maybe, just maybe, his followers, who keep elevating him to greater and greater heights, will realize that it’s just not possible for the man to make good on their great expectations. No human being has that kind of skill set. (more…)

It just wasn’t meant to be Johnny

By John Santomasso

The oft used mantra in suspected cases of malfeasance, be they corporate, political, or otherwise is, “Follow the Money.” Gaining prominence in the Nixon-era, this is the only reason that I can come up with to explain the Democratic Party’s self-immolation. (more…)