I was overwhelmingly confident that the Edwards adultery scandal was true; it's been circulating on the internet for quite some time now. In my opinion, Edwards silence was an admission of guilt. That being said, I'm more disappointed with the mainstream media than I am with Edwards.

The Edwards situation is sad but the media coverage or lack there of, is just plain wrong; MSM dropped the ball...again. This is a trust issue for me and I'm sure others feel the same way I do. The MSM was well aware of this story (politico stated this) and yet they failed to inform the American people. MSM has been derelict in their duty for a long time now when it comes to informing the American people. This is an ongoing trend; remember the lead up to the Iraq war? In my opinion, MSM are more concerned with cheerleading for their party/candidate.

The "tabloid" paper actually deserves kudos for following a story and reporting it, they did more than mouth political punditry.
 

Obama is doing a pre-emtive strike on Republicans. He assumes that Republicans will create fear by playing the race card. It seems strange to me that Obama would bring up race before anyone else does. Bringing up race is what got Geraldine Ferraro into trouble isn't it?

Here's Ferraro's comment:

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is.

Here's Obama's comment:

"We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid.

"They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?"

Regardless of whether or not Republicans go after Obama using his race, IMO, it's not wise for Obama to accuse someone in advance.  It really is nothing more than an assumption on Obama's part. I'm surprised Obama would make a pre-emptive accusation like this, especially since many have claimed Obama trancends race.

Jim Johnson just stepped down....Just heard about it.

I thought it was important to set the record straight. Another diary stated that Clinton was releasing her delegates; she's not.

A Clinton spokesman said that Clinton is not technically releasing her delegates -- doing so would cause many of them to be dropped from the slate -- but noted that both Bill Bradley and Howard Dean did not formally release their slates until their conventions. http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/arch ives/2008/06/clinton_asks_pledged_delega tes.php

Barack's VP advisor needs to go.

Two degrees of separation: The Wall Street Journal reports that a very special friend of Sen. Barack Obama is also a very special friend of embattled Countrywide Financial co-founder Angelo Mozilo.

The Journal reports that James Johnson --  a high-ranking advisor to Obama -- was part of an elite group -- "friends of Angelo" -- who got more than $7 million in special loans from Countrywide. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2 008/06/obamas-countryw.html

June 4 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama, in his first day as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, named Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Jim Johnson and Eric Holder to lead the search for a running mate.

All three have strong ties to Washington. Kennedy Schlossberg is the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy. Johnson served as chief executive officer of the government- chartered mortgage-finance company Fannie Mae, and Holder worked as a deputy U.S. attorney general under President Bill Clinton. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2 0601087&sid=aKgnDWlDajR4&refer=h ome

I've never seen a church host so much hate. Below is a video of Father Michael Pfleger mocking Hillary Clinton.

Here's his relationship/information in reference to Obama.

Father Michael Pfleger, a fiery liberal social activist and a white reverend at an African-American church -- St. Sabina's Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago -- is a longtime friend and associate of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, having known him since the presidential hopeful was a community activist. In September, the Obama campaign brought Pfleger to Iowa to host one of several interfaith forums for the campaign.

The Democratic Party insiders and mainstream media just screwed up...big time! The two entities joined together and decided the Democratic primary election.

Ignoring the American people and then adding insult to injury, the Democratic party chose to trump the will of the people. Day by day, little by little, the Obama campaign rolled out party insiders/superdelegates to offset any win/votes of the oppositon. The huge win in WV was the final straw for impatient insiders; The endorsement of John Edwards was presented in order to offset the WV win. It's apparent that the Democratic Party is willing to ignore important information from the WV primary; they're also willing to insult the WV people by trumping their votes through important endorsements/superdelegates. The media is more than happy to accommodate the Obama campaign by going along with the program. It looks as if the media is ready to close up shop and declare the race over. It's a sad day in America when The Democratic party brokers an election in the United States of America.

In reference to the media's involvement, this article sums it up pretty well.

Media Said To Have Already Written Off Contest In The Politico, Roger Simon writes, "If a tree falls in the forest when everybody expects it to fall, does it make a sound? Yes, says Hillary Clinton. It makes a deafening roar, says Hillary Clinton. SHE WON THE WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY BY A KAZILLION PERCENTAGE POINTS TUESDAY NIGHT, AND THAT, SHE SAYS, HAS TO MEAN SOMETHING! Except the press doesn't think so. The press is unimpressed. This may be the first time in election history in which the press has withdrawn from a race before the candidate."

I'm amazed. There's no accountability when it comes to the Obama campaign. They, get away with playing the race card with no questions asked. Now, I'm not a fan of John McCain but the following comment is totally out of line in my opinion.

In an interview with National Journal's Linda Douglass, meanwhile, Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, said that race won't be a problem for Obama in November.

Why? Because "the vast, vast majority of voters who would not vote for Barack Obama in November based on race are probably firmly in John McCain's camp already," according to Plouffe.

FYI Obama supporters; Informing the media that "racists are firmly in McCain's camp" is playing the race card. Where's your outrage Obama supporters?