far from suing cnn, or even taking offense, he's participating in a faux "debate" tonight with the pastor of the 4th largest "mega-church" in the country. [starts in about half an hour, btw].

it could be argued that his participation is smart "politics", or maybe something more base. for all l know at this juncture, this whole thing could be nothing more than a cruel hoax that's being perpetrated on us. suffice it to say, l really don't like the direction this campaign, and country is headed...not that l have for the past 9 years...and l've got a bad feeling that this isn't going to turn out anything like the expectations.

we shall see. as Boo, and others, have said, the coming 3 weeks are going to be real interesting.

the revolution will not be televised...Peace

This is a scary time for those who can't control the media; what comes out of CNN is outrageously biased.

Progressives find it very funny that people  might consider Obama the "antiChrist." But this is very, very serious. There are "dog whistles" in all of McCain's messages.

Michaela

His latest column, Memo From a Poison Penn, is a must-read. He takes on Mark Penn, and asking some of the same questions I've had, too. You should read the whole thing, but it ends this way (emphasis mine):

It's not so easy, however, to look past Penn.

He's a longtime Clinton insider, the chief executive of the public relations giant Burson-Marsteller and an adviser to Fortune 500 chieftains. He's accorded respectability, access to the powerful and a fat bank account.

We have, thanks to Penn's own hand, a glimpse into his ethics and values. We can see how he would exploit heritage, background and class and use misleading and offensive characterizations in his work. We understand how he would go about challenging and demeaning Obama's American identity by suggesting that the Hawaii-born, Columbia- and Harvard-educated U.S. senator from Illinois is not American enough.

Cynically, he would make Obama out to be a threat to American values and culture.

It's clear from the memo exactly what type of politics Penn would practice.

What is unclear, though, in an increasingly diverse and multicultural America, where merit and not lineage or class should be deciding factors, is why the salons of Washington, the boardrooms of corporate America and the doors of foreign governments are open to such a divider and fear-exploiter as Mark Penn.

It's fair to ask about his roots in basic American values. Why do business with him?

Why, indeed.

Presumptuous is the new uppity.

Bear with me on this next stuff.  The question to ask about Hitler's regime in Germany during the last century is not about Hitler but about the German people. What was wrong with the German people and society that allowed them to be hoodwinked by Hitler?  We can ask the same question about America.  What is wrong with American society and the American people that allowed and continues to allow them to be hoodwinked by our contemporary Nazis the Republican Party?  The answer in both cases is the spiritual disease of ignorance about the very nature of reality.  The existence of this spiritual disease is demonstrated by anyone who believes that there is such a thing as an anti-Christ, rapture, or any other millennialist, apocalyptic escape from the reality of good and evil in this world.  Right wing Christianity is a spiritual disease with an existential ignorance at its core.  The solution to this disease is not political, but spiritual.  Unfortunately, the Rick Warrens and CNNs of this world are carriers.  

Pelosi's moral imperative: Impeach Cheney, then Bush