A Wright is wronged, so a Wright wrongs

Saw this clip of Jeremiah Wright’s appearance before the National Press Club yesterday.  Key quotes for this post:
“If you think I’m going to let you talk about by mama and her religious tradition, and my daddy and his religious tradition, and my grandma — you got another thing coming.” (Three minutes [...]

At the helm

Joel Achenbach gets into the life of the President here and yields some fascinating tidbits:

Jimmy Carter was intimately involved in assessing federal cotton-dust standards, Department of Interior parking assignments and requests to use the White House tennis court.
When William McKinley was shot by a would-be assassin, his vice president, Teddy Roosevelt, went on vacation with his [...]

Unequivocal BO

Random thought:  how come no one’s yet used Barack Obama’s initials for juvenile schoolyard dissing? 
Less random:  the latest Obama speech and interview are confirmation for me that his campaign will be ultimately successful.    Bottom line, he’s got the will and skill to make it happen, and the Presidency is his to lose.  I’ve eaten words before, so [...]

Going backwards in Indiana

Lazy Sunday surfing brought me to this gem about a congressional candidate who spoke to a group whose symbol is a swastika… at an event that celebrated Adolf Hitler’s birthday.  I don’t need to detail the boneheadedness or outrageousness.  So here’s what made me laugh:
When asked if he was a Nazi or sympathized with Nazis or white supremacists, Zirkle [...]

Nobody’s like Dallas Penn

One reason he’s got a loyal readership is pieces like this one, about the Sean Bell killing.

Not guilty?

Almost 16 years to the day after the Rodney King verdict, the Sean Bell verdict was handed down this morning in Queens. 
I hope the aftermath is not as violent this time.
I wasn’t there in the courtroom and I didn’t follow the case closely — in fact, someone had to remind me yesterday that the verdict was [...]

Don’t be a Royal Ahold

Last night I stopped in the local Giant Foods supermarket.  Stand up if you know the one on 33rd Street in Waverly.  I picked up some oranges, sweet potatoes, wheat bread and strawberry jam and headed to the self-checkout lane.  I was third in line and the woman in the midst of scanning her items was struggling mightily.  Every time she [...]

A good point

I’ve seen but maybe six quarters of the NBA playoffs to this point, and none of Chris Paul’s manhandling of the Mavericks.  But I know how BAD he is. 
I hope Kevin Garnett gets his ring this year and the Celtics’ defensive intensity and unselfish play might be enough.  But they’re vulnerable if Rajon Rondo doesn’t [...]

No, we’re not there yet

Just as commenter Clintonista predicted less than 24 hours ago, Hillary Clinton scored a 10-point victory in the Keystone State.  For that circumstance, the math broke pretty much as I’d calculated, too — her raw margin was 216,000 or so voters, and Barack Obama remains about a half-million votes up in the popular count. 
There’s a [...]

Pivotal Pennsylvania

 

No link for today.  I just want to register my hope that Obama takes today’s primary outright — that’s right, in the popular vote — and Clinton becomes thisclose to dropping out of the race.
I have no special insight but I suspect that all those polls showing him hopelessly — if only slightly —behind in [...]