Pastor's remarks, even if taken out of context, are a BIG DEAL

If your pastor says something that the American public doesn't want to hear, well, you can be sure that the right-wing echo chamber (i.e. the corporate-controlled media) will echo the words, in small sound-bites that don't allow the listener to form an independent, objective opinion. We all know, from hours and hours of incessant looping of small sound-bites on the right wing (i.e. corporate controlled) media, that Barack Obama's pastor has said a couple of things that - at least when taken totally out of context and without the surrounding words and sentences - seem controversial. Some of his remarks hit a little too close to home in that they actually ask American's to be critical of their government - something which seems anathema to most. Perish the thought that America could have done anything wrong, EVER, and that we should look in the mirror to see if we could improve our foreign policy; but let's put that aside for now. The question is: if it's a big story that your pastor says something controversial, shouldn't logic dictate that it's an even BIGGER story when the chairman of your party, whom you appointed, has a history of supporting murderous dictators? Hmmm....

Support and apologism for murder, rape, and torture: apparently NO BIG DEAL

Yet if the chairman of your party has a track record of representing a murderous regime responsible for thousands of murders, rapes, torture, and "disappearances", well, that's no big deal! After all, murderous dictators don't make for nice 10 second sound bites that can be looped over and over. Moreover, we wouldn't want to criticize the republican candidate, John McCain, because he's pro-business and will give corporations, especially the war profiteers like Blackwater, Halliburton, KBR, and company a free pass! So, this barely merits a news item, while Barack's pastor will be discussed for days, weeks, even months!