"Don't make excuses for her, That was pathetic"

That was the line of the day.

I know diaries are supposed to be more than this but the video stands on it's own.

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After watching "Late Edition" today, I have decided that Wolf Blitzer is either the worst interviewer on TV or has a true medical memory issue.  Blitzer is incapable of getting people to answer specific questions, even when his producers give him great tools (video clips to support the question). I'm not sure if this is a result of lack of curiosity or a degrading memory.  

Today, Wolf Blitzer goes through the effort of showing the "two" John McCains.  

The first clip shows McCain saying that Mayors and Governer are the most qualified for national office because they know the people and their needs.  

The second clip shows McCain saying Mitt Romney would need on the job training and that a short stint as Mayor or Govner does not prepare one for the presidency.  

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Sarah Palin claims to be pro-life. In this column, Walter Brasch shows that she isn't what she says she is.

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I want to make a plea for people of conscience to support a federal lawsuit by 12 prominent conservation groups to challenge the federal governments delisting of gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act. These groups need our financial support to succeed at this lawsuit and prevent the slaughter of hundreds of wolves this year alone.  See the end of this diary for links you can follow to make contributions that will help stop this slaughter.

Many of you may know already, but the Bush administration delisted the gray wolf from the endangered species status that had facilitated it's partial recovery from catastrophic population decline.

This decision leaves the fate of the wolves in the northern Rockies in the hands of myopic and irresponsible state agencies in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.  These state agencies are all but owned by wealthy incredibly influential hunting and ranching lobbies who could not care less about the fate of wolves, except to see to it that they are persecuted right back into near extinction.  This year alone the Idaho Fish and Game agency has agreed to allow 428 wolves to be killed, most by hunting.

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I am ashamed at myself today.  I heard the boy cry wolf many times, and knew he was fibbing.  But last week, there was something really desperate in his voice, and I believed him.  I dropped everything I was doing and ran to the boy's aid ~ only to discover that he was fibbing.  I am ashamed at myself today ~ I have decided that I will never believe the boy again, even if the wolf should come for him.

I am ashamed at myself today.  I have heard Senator Obama's campaign/surrogates cry racism and muslim slur many times before.  I have always known that they were fibbing ~ it only takes a little bit of checking to figure out who is right and who is wrong.  Highlighting Lyndon Johnson's courageous contribution to Civil Rights does not demean King, it does not insult black people, and it does not constitute racism.  Accusing someone's position of being a "fairy-tale" does not constitute racism.  Preparing an attack ad with a dark theme does not constitute racism.  Highlighting or mentioning past drug use does not constitute racism.  I could go on and on, but that is not the point ~ I never believed any of those stories anyway.

But 5 words changed that:  "As far as I know", she said, `Senator Obama is not a muslim'.  "As far as I know" is what Senator Clinton said.  I did not stop to question those words ~ after all, those words were reported not just by Clinton hating bloggers, such as Andrew Sullivan (I should just stop reading him!), but by respectable columnists in respectable newspapers like the New York Times (I should stop reading that too, I suppose).  I was very disappointed by those words ~ clearly, Senator Clinton was furthering a "muslim slur" against Senator Obama.  She was no longer a decent human being, if she ever was one to begin with.  Boy, did I feel like a fool ~ I am  not a "supporter" of Senator Clinton (my candidate was Sen. Biden ~ he was the one with the experience and judgement), but I gravitated to her when I heard about the "Iron my shirt" incident.  I took at face value the words from bloggers such as KOS who support Obama: "I like Hillary personally, she is a very warm and generous human being, but I do not like the people who surround her".  If Senator Clinton was going to stoop so low, then those words were no longer applicable: I decided that I was not going to support Senator Clinton, even if she were to win.  I had already decided that I was not going to support Senator Obama if he were to win, so this left me with an obvious problem ~ what does a Democrat do ?

Boy, do I feel ashamed today.  It turns out that those 5 words: "As far as I know" were 5 words in a long sequence of words that clearly condemned those muslim slurs.  Those 5 words were part of 1 version of her answer, an answer that she repeated 5 times.  Those 5 versions of her answer clearly came from a warm and generous human being.  Boy, do I feel angry at those respectable bloggers and columnists who spread the accusations of muslim race baiting like they were spreading seeds to a flock of pigeons.  Boy, do I feel like a pigeon !!

And so, I am ashamed of myself today: From today, and till eternity, I will not believe accusations of racism etc., directed against Senator Clinton, even if they are true.  I hope all of you that pushed the "muslim slur" argument are happy with what you have achieved.

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