Now that Barack Obama has severed ties with the Trinity United Church of Christ, his longtime spiritual adviser, the race-baiting, conspiracy-mongering Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has decided to keep his grip on The House That Wright Built: Indeed, Trinity members familiar with the developments say that on May 27, Moss was summoned to the church’s massive brown sanctuary for a meeting that included Wright, several church board members and other senior leaders.

I’m getting giggles!

fucking Clinton. Here’s my present theory on the mystery Michelle Obama video, or tapes, or whatever. I think that Hillary has it on good authority (by which I mean a snitch) that Michelle said some stupid and inflammatory things at this PUSH/Rainbow event. She’s floating the suggestion that it exists on some kind of recording to see what will shake loose. Maybe someone will come forth with the thing. Maybe

That is the question John B. Judis poses at TNR, though his analysis of the question is lacking in a key respect: In several important respects, his campaign is like Smith’s rather than Kennedy’s. Just as Smith eschewed any discussion of religion, Obama largely stayed away from talking about race until it was forced upon him by revelations about his former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Kennedy took control of the

I think nishi might be one. Time for a Sacred National Conversation on sexism, says Kirsten Powers.  h/t Allah Pundit, of course, who falls in love with all the hawt television newspundit ladies

Like Karl, I was skeptical, but via dre via American Thinker via Clarice come some intriguing details.  So, possible rant-O!-riffic popcorn opportunity in the works.

Teh horror! Meanwhile, via Fausta, comes this: China, Venezuela and now Brazil soon to be drilling off the coast of Florida while America sits on its own natural resources And I’m sure they’ll do a bang-up job of it, too, seeing as their so deeply invested in making sure there are no spills or other environmental nastiness. Read the rest. Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less. I think that would

From the 2006 Gridiron Dinner, sung by Barack Obama to the tune of “If I Only Had A Brain”: I’m aspiring to greatness, but somehow I feel weightless A freshman’s sad refrain I could be a great uniter, making ethics rules much tighter If I only had McCain I could bring us all together, no storm we couldn’t weather, We’d feel each other’s pain Red and blue wouldn’t matter, party

Regular pw visitors know that I generally find Excitable Andy to be both lazy and histrionic, but of the various recations to Hillary Clinton’s non-concession speech last night, he comes closest to understanding the nature of her gambit. By expressing a willingness to be part of a “unity ticket” yesterday, just as Barack Obama was getting the necessary superdelegates to clinch the Democratic nomination, she publicly presented the Obama campaign

Although I have criticized most every serious candidate in this campaign — and Barack Obama more than most (as the candidate getting the most media coverage) – I do share Rich Lowry’s congratulations for  Obama: Even if we’re going to hear it over and over, it’s true—this is a historic moment. That an African-American has a better than even chance to be the next president of the United States is an