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Foxing Up the News
Are you disgusted as I am hearing about the Parsley’s, Ferraro’s, Bill Clinton’s, Wright’s, & Farrakhan’s? Wouldn’t it be nice for the media and the pundits to leave idealogs, Zenophobes, and idiots behind to refocus on the real issues that affect America, the world, & our day to day lives? I think there is enough sensationalism to go around for all the networks in this political cycle. It was great to see Obama turn this tabloid grade issue of the former pastor Jeremiah Wright’s “America bashing” into something that America really has to deal with (someday as adults) like the undercurrent of racism that is still quietly prevalent in our culture.
But even as Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan, CBN, National Review, and many other historic Obama detractors gathered around praising the brilliance and national necessity of this speech on Tuesday… the double talk of Gingrich, Hannity, and other talking Fox heads dwelled on Wright’s “America bashing” for hours on end with just a softly spoken, blonde, female, pro-Obama figure to give them the illusion of “Fair and Balanced” reporting. There will be nary a mention that McCain thrice repeated that “Iran is training Al Qaeda” to the International News services. In the days to come, I’m sure they will not mention how demeaning it must have been to have Lieberman whisper in his ear the actual gravity of the asinine, Bush-like statement he had just repeatedly made to world. Does Fox really think America is as brain dead as McCain’s command the current Middle East situation?
I usually turn to the Daley Show for comedic relief of the news, but during an election cycle, Fox News never seems to disappoint for their utter ignorance of real world and the unabashed propaganda that spews forth.
Obama Speech Only Starts Process - Many Issues Remain
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to stem damage from divisive comments delivered by his pastor, while bluntly addressing anger between races. Barack Obama said he could not “disown” Rev. Jeremiah Wright any more than the black community or his white grandmother. He said “these people are part of me.”
Obama said Wright’s comments are over a frustration of what he called a stagnant society incapable of changing and said Wright was being made “caricatures being peddled by some commentators.”
He insisted that he dislikes divisiveness and does not support racism. Obama sought to explain why he continued to attend the church and his relationship with Rev. Wright.
Obama’s statement that “The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright’s sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in American life occurs on Sunday morning” was immediately passed over by most commenters but will be scrutinized.
Obama’s speech began but certainly did not lay to rest rising concerns about his judgment, forthrightness and core philosophy all of which are illuminating the question of whether or not he is fit to be President.