Speaking of Hillary, here’s another issue she agrees with John McCain on. And, like John McCain, she’s finding it convenient to flip flop every which way to find some way to differentiate herself. Or, as a commenter at ObWi says:

McCain’s pander is icky but at least fit with his philosophy. Clinton’s pander doesn’t even make sense. She claims to be serious about globabl warming, and should be thrilled to see gas prices reducing consumption. How the heck does she think consumption is going to be reduced? The magic efficiency wand?

If there’s a reason I prefer Obama over Clinton, even prior to the recent nastiness, it’s this. She has a track record of being stupid when she knows better…

I think this pretty much sums up my response, as well. Below, you have Hilzoy’s reasonable prose, but this link goes to John Cole’s more blunt assessment. Or, as Greenwald said today:

So it isn’t as though we really have anything else to talk about besides Jeremiah Wright. There are some countries in the world—probably most—which have so many big problems that they could ill-afford to devote much time and energy to a matter of this sort. Thankfully, the United States isn’t one of them. I believe it’s critical that we keep that in mind as we discuss him for the next seven months.

Sigh. I’m for Obama, if you haven’t figured it out, but if this were happening to Hillary, I’d be saying the same thing.

Best rundown I’ve seen today of the Obama/Wright dustup, part 2. Video for both today’s Obama presser and Wright’s ridiculous comments yesterday are either embedded or linked. Good place to start.

Needless to say, since this seems to be the case more often than not, I agree with what Hilzoy says about Wright, Obama, and what this says about both men. (well, except for the ending point… I would not have speculated about that on my blog, though I think the theory is worth examining by people that know these men better).

It also wouldn’t surprise me if more Trinity members came out and publicly took sides in this, like MSNBC’s anchor Tamron Hall. If Wright is truly over-the-top, even for him, other church members should react the way Obama and Hall have: with surprise and shock.

Another good music find today. Stephen Suh’s post includes another video and a review of the music. Album is available DRM-free on Amazon’s MP3 store.

you really need to warch this video. Amazing.

So completely random. And yet, so awesome.

Shady McSha– er, McCain, hiding assets from public scrutiny. Mr. Straight Talk is not being very straight with his finances, now, is he? And, to put the proper frame around this, Obama is considered rich because of two books. Two. John McCain has at least 3 books that I can remember, and I think they sold quite well, if not all making the Best Seller lists (though Wikipedia states that he donated his advance to charity for at least one of them… unclear about subsequent royalties).

Interesting… I hope that these specs are right.

Nicely done, Newsweek. I guess they’re pulling for Hillary?

I’ve been reading about this in brief spurts over the past few days, especially since Amanda is one of my frequent reads. I agree with what Stephen Suh writes here. I couldn’t understand exactly what people want out of Amanda, and I believe that she and her detractors have done everything possible to make this personal and, thus, impossible to resolve. So, basically, what Stephen Suh said, but with the caveat that it applies to both sides of these arguments.

PS. The whole “X of color” construct (where X is, for example, women or person) is offensive to me. As if, because we’re not white, our experiences and status of privilege are identical. They’re not. We should stop lumping people who have had different racial histories and different prejudices applied to them into some group because we’re “not” something else.