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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Not your pastor's keeper

I'm starting to get the feeling that this election is going to be a never-ending string of accusations against Obama which become more politically effective the further away they are from any relevant fact. Last night's debate is only a small example.

Remember, Obama is firmly on the record as adhering to the standard US policy of rationalizing whatever bloody work Israel gets itself into. Obama is also on the record as having repeatedly denounced Farrakhan.

But the pastor at Obama's (decidedly un-Muslim) church said nice things about Farrakhan. In Tim Russert's world, this constitutes a scandalous contradiction. Therefore, CNN thinks Obama might be unpalatable to American Jews. Therefore, Obama has to prove he's not a terrorist.

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