Silly Season ... Part 2

With an active political weekend unfolding, I thought I'd recalibrate the political discussion away from silly season Part 2. So let's purge a little so we can concentrate on the results of the DNC's Rules and By Laws Committee today and take in the Puerto Rican primary tomorrow.

First, Father Flegmatic...er Pfleger. This is the exact kind of thing that can cost Barack Obama an election. I don't care if the good Father is white himself, what he said in the pulpit of Obama's Trinity Church last Sunday was inexcusable as anything but a losing routine in Amateur Night at The Apollo. And he knew it. As he walked away from the pulpit area, he referenced video streaming, knowing that this rant would be on Youtube in no time. That it took a whole week, was amazing. But the bottom line is that these Obama supporters need to SHUT UP.

Phleger has now given legitmate cause for all those Obama haters, starting with Hillary, to ask again, "why did Obama stay in that church if that's the accepted rhetoric from the pulpit?" And it's a valid question. We've now seen two examples of preaching from Trinity and it's basically the same tired white entitlement crap. And whether there's some justification to the premises is immaterial. Barack Obama is the symbol of 'It's time to move on, people'. But this jive from Pfleger and Jeremiah Wright keeps the black community stuck in that old school victimization. What's worse, is that it's now impossible to believe Obama when he says he never heard this kind of thing before in his church. He obviously has. So the next question is, 'Did he stand and wave his arms when he heard this type of preaching? Because if he did, he's not the guy we want healing any racial divide. '

Obama has to quit that church. Now.

Whether he likes it or not, John McCain is really starting to remind people of George Bush. This is the second time that he's made an obvious mistake on basic facts concerning the Iraq War, but won't admit to the mistake. Instead, he keeps trying to explain it away as other people's desire to 'nitpick'. Come on, Senator. If you're going to hammer Obama on the Iraq War, get your facts straight on troop levels. And don't confuse Sunni with Shia. And don't ever blame it on other people's hyper scrutiny of your verbiage. You named it the Straight Talk Express. If it ain't straight, your brand is in trouble. So my suggestion is, forget the Iraq visit clock, get your facts straight, quit worrying about your opponent so much and just make your case to the American people. It's a perfectly valid case. Don't keep screwing it up with gaffes and crooked spin. That was never your style. Until now.

And finally, Hillary. I've said an awful lot about her dubious claims to the nomination so I won't go on about it. I continue to be fascinated that she can say with a straight face that she's won the popular vote. And she has, until you check out her math: it throws out the caucus states (in fact, if individual votes could have been counted in those contests, it wouldn't be close--Obama would be way ahead); it keeps the Florida vote as it was voted in January; and, get this, it gives Obama no votes in Michigan. So, I guess the 13,000 people who jammed into an arena in Grand Rapids a few weeks ago, wouldn't have voted for Obama if his name had been on the ballot. Please. Spare us from the politics of desperation.

Ok. If we've gotten all this silliness out of our system, let's see what happens in the RBC.

Will the silliness continue in today's meeting. Or will there be a common sense solution? Talk about this or anything else by clicking on 'comments' below, bypassing the Google sign up and hitting the anonymous or nickname button.