"In the fuss over Rev. Wright, I haven't seen Clinton or a surrogate come close to expressing the courage John Edwards demonstrated."

I don't see any kind of equivalence between stating you do not want a racist or sexist vote and saying "If you are going to vote for me because you think it was in very bad judgement for Barack Obama to have an intimate 17 year relationship with a pastor who has shocking and racist views of America, and lies about it to the voters until he admits it, then I don't want your vote"?

One is a courageous statement, the other is really inappropriate. Voters have a right to evaluate a candidate's values and character on the basis of his actions and views. Reverend Wright is appropriate grist for the mill.

John Edwards, bless his progressive populist heart, was not going to win, and he knew it.  He could say what he felt without consequence, although I do admire him enormously and wish that he had had a real chance.  

I began life as an Edwards supporter, ya know...

I still think he'd make a damn fine Sec-Labor.

He may have, but I haven't heard about it. Has he ever said that if people are going to vote for him because Hillary is a woman, then he doesn't want their votes?

If one must reject, and refuse to excuse, white bigotry, then one must also reject, and refuse to excuse, black bigotry.  Only an unfortunately too  large of a segment of liberals believe otherwise.

Here's the point.  Hill's folks are pushing the Wright story to SuperDelegates right now, pointing as gingerly as possible to poll numbers in OH and PA.  AND hoping to reap what the good Rev. Wright has sown.  I haven't seen the 24-7 coverage of men against Hillary, but I think that'd be a fair question of the Obama camp as well.

Hillary's camp hopes the capitalize on a race-based tide against Obama just a few months before needing near universal black support to win the G.E.

Racism should be disgusting when it works against you as much as when it works for you.

So, are you complaining about African Americans buying racist rhetoric against Clinton? If that's the case, don't sweat it. If she gets the nomination, we'll be fine with African Americans. Or are you complaining about Obama engaging in clearly misogynist rhetoric? I'm not sure what you're saying here. I agree that Obama has run a morally cowardly campaign, but I doubt that his supporters would listen to him if he told 'em to turn it down.

While we're at it, let's stop with the bigotry against anyone not supporting (your candidate).  

Seriously, if Cheney posted on here, he would get a warmer reception from some folks that a Clinton or Obama supporter.  If you want throw around tags like "cheat," "liar," etc, save it for the people we have to topple in November.

McCain is no angel and his friends in Congress need to be taken to task for their wholesale support for failed policy after failed policy.

Have you lost your mind? Obama is talking about a "Typical white person" and his campaign is ending the NY Times a ten year old picture of Reverend Wright with Bill Clinton. Gee whets wrong with this picture? Even if Bill Clinton had known who Rev. Wright was to somehow tar Hillary Clinton with that shows just how misogynistic Obama is. The Clinton camapign is fending of BS politics  and they certainly aren't going to defend Obama when he pulls crap like this.