Siding With Obama (At Least on One Issue)

There are few issues I can side with Obama on, but I have to give him credit for a speech he made two years ago to the liberal Christian group Call to Renewal that is now making national headlines thanks to James Dobson. Dobson, of Focus on the Family, attacked Obama today for that speech made in June 2006, in which Obama stated, "Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is an abomination? Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith? Or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount?" EXACTLY!

During his radio program, Dobson actually had the balls to say, "I think he's deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view, his own confused theology,". So using the Bible to attack homosexuals isn't distorting anything? That one small reference in the Bible still applies because manipulative, self-serving, narrow-minded scum like you say it does? I see. The extent of the hypocrisy among evangelicals never ceases to amaze me, along with their holier-than-thou attitudes. What's more, it's disgusting how men like Dobson get out there and lead congregations against certain actions and people based on their own biases while using the Bible to justify it. All the while they're guilty of some of the very same sins (see Ted Haggard).

McClellan Tells Congress What It Should Already Know

Former press secretary Scott McClellan testified before Congress that the Bush administration has been less than truthful on majors issues including Plame and the CIA leak case and the Iraq War, which he also details in his recent book "What Happened". Regardless of his reasons for coming out with this now, whether for book promotion or an attack of conscience, he's merely another voice confirming what we already know, that this a deceitful and inept administration. I doubt his testimony leads to any new developments in Congress' pursuit of the administration, but it is nice to have a former high-ranking Bush official lending more legitimacy to criticisms against Bush and Cheney. I'd like to think it helps quiet some of their supporters, but anyone still backing these bastards is blind, deaf, and completely dumb.

And Then There Were Two

Unfortunately, Hillary has dropped out of the race. Comically, she is calling for unity weeks after it was apparent she had no chance of beating Obama. I was really enjoying the beating Obama was taking - his dirty laundry being aired by a family adept at muddying someone's good, or not-so-good, name. Hillary's withdrawal also brings reality a little closer. McCain, an elderly candidate no matter how he spins it, is now squarely facing off against a sprightly black man who packs stadiums with people overcome with his eloquence. Hopefully McCain can succeed in keeping Obama's dirty laundry (Wright, Rezko, Ayers, etc.) right under the public's nose, along with the policy issues that Obama is so incredibly weak on, such as his anti-capitalist, populist economic agenda and total lack of foreign policy experience.

Obama Will Get the Nom

God help us. It's frightening looking at the throngs of mindless supporters at his rallies, so overcome with the thought of casting their votes for the first black president that you can practically feel the collective orgasm. Their blissful ignorance feeds itself. The guy is truly a great magician.