I'm not one of those Obama people who bristles at every criticism of him by any means (he's way too centrist and pro-corporate for my taste), but I must say this non-convtroversey over Obama's remarks is not only absurd, but yet another crystal clear example of how childish and idiotic our public discourse has become under the leadership of the corporate media and the dunderheaded morons who are given endless airtime on our tv stations, and limitless space in print and on the net to distort the truth and misdirect the attention of our citizenry. 

Obama's allegedly controversial comments were exactly right and offensive to no one who understands the English language.  His were comments clearly sympathetic to the plight of the common American and explained well how it has come about that common folks now regularly vote against their own economic interest: becuase they know nobody in Washington in either party if watching out for them or will do anything to serve their economic interests.  How is that in any way controversial?  It isn't.  What is controversial is the fantasy the media and the Clinton camp have concocted about what Obama said.  It's shameful and does the nation a great disservice.

In the midst of this nonevent we have Hillary Clinton, whose chance of winning the nomination at this point are no better than mine, making a fool of herself by acting as though doing a few shots at the corner bar is something she ever does in real life and making public statements about the Holy Spirit as though she were daily consulting her Bible and meditating on her personal relationship with the Almighty.  Now, it's one thing to make a fool of yourself, but to do so in a cynical, mean-spirited way, out of desperation and denial, so that the only causualty is the eventual Democratic nominee's chances (and thus the only hope of the American people for a return to sanity anytime soon), is quite another matter.

Hillary has shown herself capable of being unfathomably irresponsible these past few days.  It's almost embarassing to witness.  She needs to stop now and preserve whatever dignity she might have remaining.  Her irresponsibility ought to disqualify her for any office beyond the one she now holds in my humble opinion.

The only rival Hillary has in terms of irresponsibility is, of course, Grandpa John McCain who today is calling for elimination of the Federal tax on gas between Memorial Day and Labor Day. 

Other than the usual irresponsible GOP howling for more income tax cuts for the rich to be paid for later by working Americans, this has to take the cake!  Will anyone in the media ask how he proposes to deal with the shortfall in gas taxes which will cause the contraction of federal highway construction and maintenance projects nationwide?  Of course not.  It won't even cross their minds.  It's simply outrageous pandering that not only doesn't do anyone any good, but it panders particularly to the most wasteful and polluting among us as well as encouraging exactly the opposite kind of behavior that the country needs right now.  He proposes to make it easier to burn more gas and thus keep "fueling" (pardon the pun) the worsening global warming problem by lowering gas prices so as to make it more economical for Americans to avoid altering, in any way, their gashog lifestyles.

Truly amazing stuff folks!  And you can bet there will not be one word of inteligent criticism of either Hillary or McCain regarding the irresponsible, even idiotic things they are saying and doing right now.  Instead, one of Obama's most prescient and accurate statements of the campaign will continue to be twisted, and distorted beyond recognition by the overpaid morons in the media who daily do active disservice to the national interest on every subject imaginable. 

I tremble for my country...