Obama Vetting Continues - So Far, So Good

GOD DAMN AMERICA - WE CAN DO BETTER ON HEALTH CARE!

Obama goes for the relatively 'easy out' on Rev. Jeremiah (his parents got that name right, eh?) Wright. Obama's letter at HuffPo.

Some wimpy liberals, rather than following transformative politics, are folding under conservative notions of patriotism, that allows one to praise the country in the name of God but not to call people to do better by condemning it.

Otherwise, there is the question of why a savvy campaign let this sit. Politicians are always so reluctant to take their medicine. It appears that Barack is no different. *sigh* When McCain's female lobbyist-friend story broke, his campaign were ready in spades.

REZKO

Obama campaign moves to 'deal with' the Rezko relationship, by doing a core dump.

This shows savvy, just wish it had come before Ohio...

McCAIN

Separately, I just dare the McCain campaign to challenge "God Damn America" with something from his personal love of country, which of course was not even universally shared among the soldiers in the war he fought. Given the racial overtones over how Vietnam was fought, he'd be stepping into a minefield:

Martin Luther King voiced his concerns and charged the U.S. Government with being “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today ” [xviii], and urged dissenting blacks to seek the status of conscientious objectors (as indeed Ali had done). Furthermore, other groups uttered their discontent and disillusionment. “We recoil with horror,” said an S.N.C.C position paper in 1965, “at the inconsistency of a supposedly free society where responsibility to freedom is equated with the responsibility to lend oneself to military aggression.” [xix] Outrage over the war, and over the “disproportionate number”[xx] of young black men being drafted to fight it, contributed significantly to S.N.C.C’s embrace of Black Power.

-read it all at link

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I agree with AS's reader that it is not obvious that the clips from Rev. Wright are all bad. But you have to notice how the media have heavily edited them, some excluding all mention of Jesus. (Chris Matthews edits were especially cursory tonight).

Shouting from the pulpit may not be so bad among voters in certain parts. Many - many - evangelical pulpits are in the process of 'condemning' America from the pulpit in various ways. This language will not be foreign ...

Here is the ABC clip:

Update: new link

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