I'm watching Meet the Press right now where yet AGAIN Obama is being grilled about Jeremiah Wright (I'm SO SURE that Tim Russert will give the same grilling to John McCain about Hagee, etc next week, right? R-i-g-h-t!) Anyway, Russert asked Obama what it says about his judgment that he stuck with Wright.  (This is the second time I've written about this.)

Here's what I want to see about Clinton. What does it say about her judgement that she stuck with Bill Clinton even knowing that he was cheating on her repeatedly? Even after she very publicly denounced the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (which she now embraces and kisses) for what she said were lies about Bill and Monica? Why didn't she walk right out of the marriage when she knew Clinton was cheating the first time? Why didn't she when it all became public? Was it a flaw in her judgment that she decided to stay in her marriage, that may have had other good things going for it, instead of right away denouncing Clinton and saying she was getting a divorce?

Somebody tell me what is different, in life, between people who are in relationships that aren't necessarily the most healthy or where the other person/people involved ALWAYS SAY EXACTLY the right thing, and never speak out in error and we ALWAYS AGREE WITH WHAT THEY SAY (sounds like a Walgreen's Perfect commercial). I think this is why this whole Trash Obama has been such a backlash not only for Clinton and McCain but for the so-called media that keeps harping on this.  Life isn't perfect, Obama should NOT be trashed for taking a while to think about his relationship with the pastor that had married him and Michelle, that baptized his kids and had a whole lot going for it besides just one man's sermons. Otherwise, you know, nobody would be married, nobody would be in relationships, everyone would be denouncing everyone else all the time.

I'd like to see the corporate media give this a rest. I saw somebody the other day say "Why Won't this Issue Go Away" AS THEY WERE DISCUSSING IT YET AGAIN FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME. (Reminded me of where I saw some daytime talking head ask their *expert* about it, the expert didn't want to answer and the anchor kept asking ANYWAY.)  I'ts like your family. Somebody does something you don't like and instead of discussing it, and then putting it away, you  keep talking about it and talking about it and talking about it. The corporate media KNOWS that it's not just *reporting* on this, but CAUSING a large part of the frenzy. And, frankly, I'd have a whole lot more respect for corporate media if they even attempted to be even handed in their baying dogs attack by including Clinton and McCain. That's why people are more and more going to the internet for real information and discussion and believe that, especially, cable news is crap.

P.S.. This totally cracked me up- about Wright-aholism, asking Does the Media Have an Addition to Reverend Wright?

Here's an analogy for you, my rhetorical Rev. Wright addicted news person - it's legitimate to have a crush on someone, yes?

But is it legitimate to follow that person home after dark, hide in a bush to take pictures of them through their windows, then tape those pictures up all over your bedroom, draw hearts over their eyes in red magic marker, then begin weeping and strip down to your underwear and slowly and rhythmically rub yourself against the walls while playing 10cc's hit single I'm Not In Love on auto-repeat?