Rev. Wright and Cable News

On Sunday, CNN and Fox News aired the speech made by Reverend Wright live from the NAACP dinner in Detroit, MI. Now, I have not seen CNN, nor especially, FOX News ever air anything from NAACP or Black-related, for that matter. When I saw this, as an Obama supporter, I was very upset because those channel's motives for showing Wright's speech were not altruistic.

Now on Monday, the cable news channels aired Wright's speech at the National Press Club further damaging the Obama campaign. So at this point, I don't know who to be mad at more - Rev. Wright, the cable news, the NAACP, or Obama.

Here is why I am mad at Rev. Wright.

Rev. Wright, this is not about you, the black church, or black people. This is about the Clinton campaign and the cable news networks doing everything they can to drag down Obama. If Clinton and cable news could use Rezko, they would use Rezko. If they could use the Canada public relations incident, they would have used that. But it seems Rev. Wright's comments have had a more detrimental effect on Obama, so they are using Rev. Wright.

Therefore, if I am the pastor of a church where one of my parishioners is running as the first African-American to actually have the possibility of being elected president, can you guess what I would have done if I knew I was the problem in my parishioner's campaign? You know it - take a long six month tour around the world until Dec. 1 2008 after the election is over. I would take cover and do what Dave Chappelle did, disappear in Africa for a few months without telling anyone where I have gone. GO INTO HIDING JEREMIAH WRIGHT!!!

Instead, what does he do on the eve of two elections in Indiana and North Carolina? Get on TV everywhere. For the past two days, all I have seen is Wright on TV 24/7. Doesn't he realize that he is to white people like Farrakhan is to Jews? Doesn't he realize that he is now the David Duke of Black people? And doesn't he realize that the media is trying to make it seem (and white people secretly fear) that whatever he says is what Obama is actually thinking? As Jon Stewart asked Obama on the Daily Show, "If you become president, are you going to do bait and switch and enslave white people?" That is every white person's secret fear and it is being exploited every time Rev. Wright opens his mouth on national television.

So what white person is going to feel comfortable electing a black man they think may set out to destroy all white people once he gets into the white house? None of them! That's who. In fact, a poll today on MSNBC showed that 41% of people polled saw Obama as "less favorable" since Rev. Wright's speeches (as was intended by the cable news networks and the Clinton campaign). So I am mad at Rev. Wright, very mad at him because his actions may have cost Obama the presidency.

What should Obama do?

Obama needs to drag all of his white relatives out to his rallies and press conferences and kiss them every day on TV to remind white people that he is, after all, half-white. Obama can't hate white people too much when his mother and the grandparents who raised him are white. He needs to let America know how close he is to his white parents and show America those other East Indian, Asian, Indonesian, whatever the world relatives he has so that he can offset his blackness. His blackness has become a detriment and now he needs to claim his other half - the white half in all fullness and sincerity.

The second thing Obama needs to do, as a panelist said on MSNBC (can you tell I watch MSNBC) is call Rev. Wright a kook and completely distance himself from the man. Obama tried to be honorable, but since Rev. Wright isn't doing right by Obama, Obama no longer needs to do right by Rev. Wright. It is a shame, it has to come to this, but what can you do? Obama needs to strongly denounce Wright, show he can't stand him and whatever else it takes to make these white people comfortable. After Obama is elected, he can take it all back and make Rev. Wright the Secretary of the Department of Reparations for Black People.

I was mad at NAACP, but now I am not so sure.

My thinking on this was that the NAACP did not have to allow cable news access into their dinner at Detroit. I noticed only CNN and Fox News air the dinner speech the Rev. Wright made - in its entirety. NAACP should have been savvy enough to know that Rev. Wright is a detriment to the Obama campaign and should not be party to any attempt the media makes to sabotage Obama through Rev. Wright.

But instead, what do I see? Not only does CNN show Rev. Wright's speech, they also show another Detroit reverend in all of his Detroit glory going off on white people and the so-called attacks being made on Rev. Wright and the black church. Is the NAACP insane??? Don't they know that all white people hear from those preachers is kill whitey, kill whitey, kill whitey. White people are scared to death of angry black men and if they think Obama is one of them, guess what they will do? Vote for Hillary Clinton - idiot!

Instead, I think the NAACP thought that a) they could get a lot of money from people and/or a lot of publicity if they had Wright there and national news coverage or b) were trying to clear Rev. Wright's name by having him speak or c) were getting hyped because national news wanted to know what they were doing.

So you have a bunch of sell out blacks at the NAACP who are short-sighted and have received much too much money from white people and other corporate sponsors in the past. Don't they realize that if Obama were president, Obama could just write the NAACP into his national budget? I mean come on, isn't this what this is all about? Isn't this why, as a black woman, I am voting for a black man. Obama will have the power and authority to create a whole department solely for the advancement of all black people if he wanted to - if the NAACP cooperated? Instead, the NAACP may have sabotaged Obama's campaign too.

What should Obama do?

If Obama loses, he should give the NAACP the finger.

Cable news media-- ooooohhh, now they are the royal pain in the derriere. Just thinking about them makes my nostrils flare in a rage that is so strong, I see red and can't think straight. Throughout this election, I have turned into a mad woman as I shout obscenities at the TV because CNN, MSNBC, and especially Fox News just won't get the story straight.

So to save my sanity and blood pressure, I have stopped watching CNN. Fox News has always been suspect so I always avoided that channel. Which leaves me with MSNBC because they were the only channel that did not air Rev. Wright's speech at the NAACP dinner.

I can understand Fox News airing the Wright speech because they make no secret about wanting McCain in office and know that Rev. Wright is the best way to destroy Obama. So they will talk about Wright everyday as Obama's ratings slowly slide downward into the gutter.

But CNN, was a different story. I tried to keep the faith with CNN. They were the channel that showed coverage of the first Gulf War when I was in school before MSNBC and Fox News even existed. Their longevity in the game should have given them some credibility, right? Right?

Wrong! I forgot about their shoddy coverage of black people during Hurricane Katrina. I forgot about their one-sided coverage of Jena Six (Jena who? - exactly!) I forgot about their limited coverage of Obama in the beginning of the campaign when they figured Obama was a non-issue and all they talked about was Hillary Clinton.

But, most importantly, CNN is run by Jewish rich people who want Clinton as their president because she favors pro-Israel policies while Obama probably could care less. (Here is where I am going to get in trouble for saying anything against the Jews and be sent to jail like they did Wesley Snipes)

See a few months ago, a bunch of rich Jews wrote Nancy Pelosi a letter asking her to take back her statement encouraging superdelegates to vote in the direction of their pledged delegates which favors Obama. They all signed the letter so you could see their names and look them up. All of the signees were Jewish, except for a few sell-out blacks. During the Clinton's presidency, he had a very pro-Israel policy. So of course, they want Hillary in office to bring back the good ole days.

So I can't watch too much cable news because their shoddy journalism and obvious bias against Obama is making my blood pressure go up and since I am only 32, I can't die from Shoddy News Syndrome. I'm too young!

So what should Obama do?

Get his butt in front of the news cameras everyday all day. Coverage, coverage, coverage!!

Which brings me to why I am mad at Obama.

Obama is not coming with it. Do you know what I mean when I say coming with it? He is not bringing it on, punching below the belt, gettin' down and dirty.

Instead, we get no response. Just like the Rezko controversy and the Canada controversy, he is too slow to address the attacks that are made against him. And it hurts his campaign each time. It also infuriates and frustrates his supporters who just want to pick up the phone and scream some needed one-two punch strategies into his ear. Personally, I tend to fantasize about driving to one of his rallies, grabbing him by the neck and yelling, "Get it together, Man!"

Personal message to Obama:

Obama, this stuff is not going to go away. This is not a matter of the Clintons and the media testing your mettle. No, they want you to LOSE and they have found your kryptonite - Rev. Wright!

Get your a-- on TV and charm the socks off the American people like you did at the Democratic Convention. As people get to know you and your policies, they fall in love with you. Your presence offsets any attacks that are made against you. Show America you can fight for yourself because then they will trust that you will fight for them.

Come on Obama! You can do it! Yes You Can!

Sun conjunct Mars

There are astrological configurations and aspects that can have a powerful influence over a limited period (luckily, they are always limited). Right now Mars is in Cancer and I am a Cancer, so I am loving this right now. All of the plans I made last year are finally coming to fruition thanks to the Mars/Sun conjunction. However, that energy spell will be over on May 9th when Mars goes into Leo (according to Astrologyzone.com) and Mercury goes retrograde from late May to June 18th. I can feel it happening.

Sun conjunct Mars makes you feel bold, confident, assertive, and ready to take on new challenges. The best way to use this energy is to go full force towards any ventures, entrepreneural ideas, or career goals that you have had. You will have the energy and confidence to pursue them as well as the persistence and drive to get past any obstacles that pop up!

Obama and the Media

The media has turned on its machine of inadequate journalism. I hate that Reverend Wright gave his interview today because it just gives journalists another opportunity to tear Obama down with his comments, another opportunity to remind white voters that Obama is black (and angry and will kill them if he got the chance) - which is not true at all. I am disappointed in TV news and cannot trust them for information. I have stopped watching CNN completely because their treatment of the election. In the beginning they were my main source, but now I have turned to MSNBC. I know all of the cable news channels are vying for ratings, but MSNBC seems to have a milder approach to it. As opposed to CNN, which gathers commentators together just for the sake of creating angst. They truly responded to Hillary's call that the media was too easy on Obama so now they are revving up their "tear down" engines and running over Obama. But he is tough just as Clinton is tough, so we will see how he handles this.