Quick Hits: Your Political News Appetizer

Here are some pieces that caught my eye:

Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage is an idiot who traffics in racism and religious bigotry.  His target this time? Barack Obama.  Savage insists on perpetuating the consistently debunked story that Obama was educated in and Indonesian Madrassa.  For some people, the truth is irrelevant.  This will a big problem for Obama if he wins the nomination.  The Republicans will stealthily use some voters narrow-mindedness and xenophobia to stoke fears among voters to demonize Obama.

Big Willie explains himself.  From the Politico:  "Bill Clinton called into Al Sharpton's (as well as Steve Harvey’s, Michael Baisden’s, and Tom Joyner’s) radio show just now to make the point that the "fairy tale" he was referring to in New Hampshire was the media's coverage of Obama's campaign -- specifically, his war vote -- not the campaign itself."  Put me down as thinking this is overdone.  Willie wasn't hatin' on Obama, so stop being so sensitive.

Some people hate Hillary Clinton – and then there is Bill Kristol.  So cynical, so negative (unless it’s Bush’s Iraq policy), and so delusional.  He is among the cheerleaders pushing the idea that Hillary Clinton's voice-cracking response to a voters question in New Hampshire was theater.  If she were that good an actress, then she ought to go to Hollywood and claim her Best Actress Oscar.  I take the position that some of her difficulties in seeking the nomination are the residue of conservative attacks on her dating back to the early 1990s.  It's amazing how some Democrats, in arguing for Obama or others, are using conservative talking points to explain their opposition to Clinton.  I guess they never got the memo that the Clinton's were exonerated in Whitewater.

A recession in our midst?  It must be because Congress and the White House are falling over themselves to come up with an acceptable stimulus package.