In 2006, Meeks was recorded preaching, in the tradition of Wright and Pfleger:

Now, reportedly Meeks has stopped using the “N” word at Jackson’s prodding. And naturally Barack Obama’s campaign has issued whatever expedient words have been needed to distance Obama from Meeks. Certainly Obama has become a master at throwing everyone except blood relatives (for now) under the bus, so no big deal…
[ More - No Quarter ]

"Chris Matthews, I can't even look at him anymore," Kling spat as she waited for Hillary Clinton to take the stage. "What's the name of that other nut?"

"Keith Olbermann," offered a friend.

"Keith Obama-man," growled Kling, a retired special ed teacher from Shippensburg, Pa.

Hillary Clinton's campaign valedictory was "the very definition of bittersweet," said Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., a longtime Clinton supporter, who insisted that the greater goal of a Democratic White House would unite those who gathered on a steamy day in the cavernous main hall of the National Building Museum.

It seemed to be more bitter than sweet for many, however, with special acid reserved for the media. Several of the hundreds gathered here said they thought that unfair news coverage helped Illinois Sen. Barack Obama win the Democratic presidential nomination. Other common culprits were the Democratic National Committee and the party superdelegates, who helped swing the nomination to Obama in the last few weeks.
[ More - McClatchy DC ]

This conclusion comes not from wishful thinking but from a new method of analysis on the statistics of polls that has been accepted for publication in the journal Mathematical and Computer Modeling. The authors, J. Richard Gott III, a professor at Princeton, and Wes Colley, a researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, are not political scientists. They are astrophysicists. And one of the tasks of scientists is to clarify the apparent complexity of the universe by using the language of mathematics.

Here’s what they discovered: in swing states, the median result of all the polls conducted in the weeks prior to an election is an especially effective predictor of which candidate will win that election — even in states where the polls consistently fall within the margin of error. [ More - NYT Vote By Numbers ]

We strongly object to the Committee's decision to undercut its own rules in seating Michigan's delegates without reflecting the votes of the people of Michigan.

The Committee awarded to Senator Obama not only the delegates won by Uncommitted, but four of the delegates won by Senator Clinton. This decision violates the bedrock principles of our democracy and our Party.

We reserve the right to challenge this decision before the Credentials Committee and appeal for a fair allocation of Michigan's delegates that actually reflect the votes as they were cast.

WASHINGTON - Democratic party officials said a committee agreed Saturday on a compromise to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes after Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton failed to get enough support to force their positions through.

Clinton's chief delegate hunter Harold Ickes angrily informed the committee that Clinton had instructed him to reserve her right to appeal the matter to the Democrats' credentials committee, which could potentially drag the matter to the party's convention in August.

"There's been a lot of talk about party unity — let's all come together, and put our arms around each other," said Ickes, who is also a member of the Rules Committee that approved the deal. "I submit to you ladies and gentlemen, hijacking four delegates ... is not a good way to start down the path of party unity."

The deal was reached after committee members met privately for more than three hours, trying to hammer out a deal, and announced in a raucous hearing that reflected deep divisions within the party. The sticking point was Michigan, where Obama's name was not on the ballot. [ More - FL & MI get half votes ]

The numbers below show a dramatic reality; the Liberal Media's influence over the upcoming election is rapidly decreasing and will thankfully only cause minimal damage in November's results. For those voters who wish to completely defeat Mr. Obama, it would be very wise to advocate and continue the support the FoxNews network, a factor that may very well cause the other cable news mediums to redraw their strategies and assume a more balanced stance on political punditry.

Either way, it is comforting to realize that the love fest regarding Obama's candidacy with which many citizens are continously exposed to on a daily basis with these other channels, is smaller than we all thought.

For the 77th consecutive month, FNC finished first in total day and prime time ratings during May. FNC was the sixth highest rated cable network on all of basic cable during prime time for the month (CNN and MSNBC finished 19th and 26th) and the seventh rated network in total day (CNN and MSNBC were 19th and 27th). [Tweety and Olberjerk must be crying in their Kool Aid]

FNC also had 11 out of the top 13 programs in cable during the month in Total Viewers. The O'Reilly Factor was the #1 program in cable news for the 90th consecutive month, and saw gains in Total Viewers year-to-year (26%).
[ Savage Politics ]

Hillary refers to LBJ and poof she is a vile racist. Hillary mentions ˜white people' and poof she is a super-dooper double vile racist. Hillary references RFK's assassination, and OMG, the Evil Bitch wants Obama and all black people to die!!! Or as John F. Harris at Politico admits: "The truth about what Clinton said" and any fair-minded appraisal of what she meant was entirely beside the point. Clinton's RFK comments provide a vivid example of how modern journalism has become a hyperkinetic child.

So naturally Obama's Holier than Hillary Campaign sent out to the entire political press corps the entire hateful transcript of Keith Olbermann's latest "Hate Screed for the Obamanation" otherwise known as: "The Evil Bitch IS The Anti-Christ and That's Why You Must HATE HER!"

Orwell called it the Two Minutes Hate. Keith Olbermann calls it a Special Comment. The right-wing may own the market on hate-talk radio, but the left-wing has hate-talk teevee. It turns out that the premise of the New Politics of Obama is that the only way to beat Republicans is to be exactly like them. And no where is this sick premise better demonstrated than in Keith Olbermann's Two Minutes Hate.

You remember Keith Olbermann? The hate talk jock who has been spotted reading Obama campaign memos aloud, verbatim, on air, and calling it MSNBC programming? The hate talk jock who has suggested that the only way to get Hillary to quit the race is for a person with a penis to physically beat the bitch senseless?

And, yeah, the Obama campaign that boasts about its New Politics of Hope is the very same Obama campaign that sent out those dirty memos portraying Hillary and Bill as evil racists.

I don't know about you, but I've had all the New Politics of Hate I can stand. Obama's New Politics of "Change You Can Believe In" would be better termed: Change You Can Choke On. [ Barack Obama and Axelrod pay Keith Olbermann to spew hate on Clinton ]

So the Obama crowd is wetting itself and wailing that Clinton is implying Obama should be shot. Jesus, Joseph, and Mary! So if Hillary makes reference to the bombing of Hiroshima in August of 1945 does that mean she wants to nuke the convention? The weaklings and cowards that surround Obama never cease to amaze me. They flail at the littlest imagined slight and throw a conniption because Hillary has the audacity to mention a historic fact. Anyone who suggests that Hillary is trying to suggest or encourage the notion that Obama be shot is a sick sociopath. She has lived with the burden of Secret Service detail and knows all to well the threat political candidates face. And, most importantly, she is not the kind of person to wish harm for other people.

And for the Obama nation who want this contest to end now. Well too damn bad. Obama is not the nominee, nor is Hillary, until the delegates meet in Denver and actually cast votes. Given the lack of vetting about Obama's past I think it is wise that the Democrats leave themselves some room before making up their minds. This much is certain - neither Barack nor Hillary have won enough votes in elections and caucuses to be nominated. The outcome now depends on Super Delegates. And Super Delegates ought to make their decision on who gives the Democrats the best chance to win against McCain. If you think things are set in stone and nothing will change before the convention, then you live in a fantasy world. Would somebody get the Obama crybabies a hankie? [ The Shreiking Of Obamatrons ]

History, I suspect, will look back on the past six months as an example of America going through one of its collectively deranged episodes - rather like Prohibition from 1920-33, or McCarthyism some 30 years later. This time it is gloating, unshackled sexism of the ugliest kind.

It has been shamelessly peddled by the US media, which - sooner rather than later, I fear - will have to account for their sins. The chief victim has been Senator Hillary Clinton, but the ramifications could be hugely harmful for America and the world.
[ Newstatesman- Hating Hillary - US Media ]

The anti-Obama vote looks to have some legs, at least at this point in the campaign – according to some polls out today. 

Rasmussen Reports’ Daily Tracking Poll has John McCain leading Barack Obama 46% to 42% nationally, the first time in weeks that either candidate has had a lead of four points or more. 

McCain leads Hillary Clinton 47%-44% in the poll; Rasmussen’s daily tracking results are reported on a four-day rolling average based on interviews with 1,600 likely voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. 

Pollsters say McCain’s lead “can be traced directly to the fact that just 66% of Democrats say they will vote for Obama at this time” and 23% of Democrats say if the election were held now, they’d vote for McCain. Another 11% say they’d go for some other candidate or remain undecided.

Meanwhile, the Quinnipiac University poll shows Clinton outperforming Obama head-to-head in contests in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania – all potential swing states – with 26% to 36% of Clinton supporters in each of the states saying if Obama is the nominee they would vote for McCain.