Well, what more can I say that has not already been said?  I am pleased to see that the Reverend Wright issue might finally be (mostly) in the past.  Although, I do find it distressing on a number of levels that the cable media have been so consumed with this issue that our political process has been reduced to entertainment television.  It seems as though intellectual political discourse is a thing of the past and that programming executives have come to wrongly believe that the American public only wants to view mudslinging, name calling, combative discourse, and sarcastic humor injected into what is supposed to be “news.”

Too bad Reverend Wright has an ego so large that he cannot see that his personal views on the world are in no way more important than his attempt to derail the presidential campaign of the most promising politician that this country has seen in several decades.  On the other hand, a more tempered presentation by Wright of his political and religious perspectives might have, at minimum, fueled ongoing discussions about race that need to take place in this country.

The following is the lead-in to an article that appeared USAToday, this week:

DILLON, South Carolina (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton downplayed recent acrimony between her campaign and that of Barack Obama as her husband, former President Bill Clinton, suggested she may lose Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary because many black voters will side with Obama.

I find it curious that this argument of people voting along racial lines is only being raised as it relates to Obama’s campaign. If black people are going to vote along racial lines (and I am not saying this is NOT the case), then aren’t white people and mexican people (especially mexicans) doing it too. And hasn’t this really been the case all along? I am not surprised by this, only by the fact that, until now, white people, have come to realize and take exception to the fact that RACE COLORS EVERYTHING (NO PUN INTENDED)! (Bill and Hillary represent the views of all white people, right? Just as a single black person is oftentimes characterized as representing the views of the black race).

I know that they are part of the elite class but it is not possible that anyone who happily accepts the title of the “first black president” who is married to a white woman who claims to have been committed to blacks and their problems throughout her life (these are my words and not hers; I am simply trying to paraphrase a bucket load of bull shit into a couple of sentences, could not have been aware of the enormous racial divide in this country. In reality they are rednecks who have for years been pandering to black folks and the have-nots, in order to maintain elected positions.

Let’s not just limit this assumption that people make decisions in favor of their race to the President Obama/Hillary battle. In essence, what Bill is insinuating is that people favor those who are of the same racial make-up as themselves and disfavor those who are racially dissimilar to themselves. Hmmmm, definitely sounds like intellectual aptitude deserving of a Rhodes Scholarship.

So, let’s theorize about what the impact is likely to be due to this supposed tendency of people to let their decisions be overwhelmingly influenced by their race? Let’s look at the employment market? What about law enforcement? How about sentencing for criminal convictions? Then there is educational opportunities or a lack thereof. Oh, let’s not forget to consider access to healthcare and treatment and diagnosis of disease. And what about the media coverage of people of color versus others? Oops, did I imply that the very media that run these fucked up stories are biased against people of color?

Anyway, I yell “BULLSHIT” to all of these shenanigans. Bill and Hillary put a new layer of stench on an already funky pile of mile high shit!

Sure, Obama is struggling, as he doesn’t have the years of practicing the slip ‘n slide that the Clintons have. Hillary and Bill have stooped to a low that is unbecoming of a former president. It wasn’t Obama’s comment that was racist, rather, it was the initial question posed to his as to whether he is in agreement with a comment made more than a decade ago by a notable African American Nobel prize winner as to whether Bill was the “first Black President.”  Why are African American’s consistently made to rationalize, justify, and otherwise explain comments made by other African Americans who are in no way related, other than by race? Let’s be real about the mainstream media continuing to race bait throughout the campaign.

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Everyone knows that a young lawyer struggling to be successful in a law firm does what he is told. The very nature of large law firms is to protect, at all cost, its clients who can afford to pay for the very best legal defense, slum loard or not. Assuming that Obama’s role was as he explained it to be, being a junior associate and performing work on behalf of such a client does not represent the travesty that Hillary made it out to be during last night’s debate.

Bottom line is that Obama is double digit IQ points ahead of current president George Bush and if our current president were to be held to the same standard as we are currently holding Obama, or any current candidate, I am certain that he would be impeached. I am tired of the lying, theft, fear mongering and blatent disregard for the American citizen. We commit unfathomable sums of money to Iraq and other nations; yet, our country, its infrastructure and economy is crumbling before us. Come on, if Hillary really wants to be judged on her “record” then let’s talk about how little she has truly accomplished in her long tenure as a “woman of the people,” first lady and senator. She and Bill are wolves in sheeps clothing and talk the talk but don’t walk the walk.

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i will support obama over hillary. she is white first and does not serve as a role model to either my son or my daughter. obama in the white house will lift our nation and move it forward in a way that has not happened since the 60’s. hillary is simply more of the same. not to mention, it is not in the nature of bill clinton to be the first man and not greatly influence the decisions of his wife.

the bottom line is that rational, thinking human beings, to the same degree that everyone else is. the difference is that we have NEVER had the opportunity to support an African American candidate who is equally respected and supported by non-blacks. let’s be real. until the media asks every white voter whether they will vote their race or be willing to support a jew, or wasp, then this conversation should end now. the media is guilty of feeding into the senseless conversation being put forth by the clinton machine. i am embarrassed for the former president and appalled, but not surprised.

why in the world is this being tolerated by the executive decision makers at what used to be a respectable news organization. ted turner must be cringing now. is this really news or just entertainment tonight sensationalism delivered by suited anchors with gray hair?

so let me get this straight, we are entering a severe recession, our sitting president wants to start WWIII before he leaves office, our national infrastructure is crumbling, millions of americans cannnot afford health insurance or prescription drugs, our prisons are overflowing, the wave of foreclosures before us is likely to be the single greatest economic disaster in history, we still have not addressed the destruction of hurricane katrina, millions of young men are in prison, the high school graduation rate of our country’s young people is dropping every year, and illegal aliens from mexico and elsewhere in south america are draining our country of every natural and man made resource, and the most pressing issues that came out of last night’s presidential debate is whether black people will vote for obama because he is black, whether former president bill clinton was really the FIRST black president, and whether obama praised ronald reagan.

in the end, i think that we are all in agreement that politicians win votes based upon affinity. obama is certainly a black man but he is a candidate first and has never put forth his race as part of his “qualifications” for the presidency of the united states. unlike hilary who is actively courting the female vote and maccain