Yesterday I posted an extensive rant about the negative slant Bill O'Reilly is giving McCain items, including his unbalanced list of guests to discuss important things like energy. Last night (15 June), Obama was again presented in glowing terms while a private pro-McCain ad was pilloried by O'Reilly and his "expert" guest. The thing that really fried my wires though was O'Reilly's "Talking Points". In it he asserted that Obama kept himself above the fray on playing the race card!? WTF! (apologies to those of you who knows what that means and might be offended, but sometimes, just sometimes, that four-letter Anglo-Saxon word is the most expressive in the English language--which is why I use it rarely, so as to keep it powerful--grin)

His whole campaign is premised on race. Otherwise, why would he proclaim himself the "post-racial" candidate? Honey, when you put that 200-pound gorilla in the title of your book, you've just proclaimed it the leading character. If he'd proclaimed himself the "post-religion" candidate, do you think religion would be pushed to the forefront of the discussion? Well, duh! Can you imagine Colin Powell subscribing to that kind of cheap, divisive slogan? Me neither. He's a man of talent, accomplishment and I suspect he's like me and everyone else who thinks race is an inane thing to even think about while we're at war and our economy is being plummeted from all sides. Obama, himself, made it an issue right from the get-go.

And then when Barack threw his old white granny under the bus (I believe holding the woman who raised you up to public condemnation for remarks made over 30 years ago in private is PD low), he pretty much let us know where he stood. Then he really piled it on when he explained the tire marks on grandma when he insulted ME (wonder how he'd like it if I called him "a typical black man").

Oh, and I'd say his belonging to a church that pretty much thrives on racial divide and class warfare tells us most of what we need to know about Obama's views. I mean, would YOU join a church without knowing its theology and specific beliefs? He joined Reverend Wright's church as an adult and either Obama knew what he was joining or he was the only person in Chicago who didn't know where Wright stood in the matter of racial politics.

Finally, apparently Mr. O'Reilly thinks Obama's statement that all Republicans are race baiters and haters is staying above the fray. Accusing people of racism is not just an Obama "card"--it's his whole stinking deck.

So. Am I the only one who's noticed that O'Reilly's "no spin" is moving counter-clockwise these days?