I want to  very briefly address two issues and open up a discussion of strategy on the basis of these.

The first is the LOGIC in the way the media, Hillary and McCain have interpreted Obama's San Francisco Comments.  

The second is how this sort of response is one that logically is identical to almost all major areas of attacks on Obama. In fact, as long as Obama maintains a intelligent and nuanced position on any hot button we can expect attacks that have this same form.

This raising the question of how best to address such attacks given our culture and "real politics"

Part One: Bitterness and Logic
Part Two Nuance and Elitism
Part Three: Crafting a Strong Response

Part One after the jump

Perhaps it is time to put pressure on the media to report on Hillary's "The Family"  international political right wing spiritual group/cult

In light of recent events we should consider a campaign to get this to the media.

see Barbara Ehrenreich's article on The Huffington Post

 which Starts:

Posted March 19, 2008 | 01:11 PM (EST)
There's a reason why Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent during the flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she's a lot more vulnerable than Obama.

You can find all about it in a widely under-read article in the September 2007 issue of Mother Jones, in which Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet reported that "through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as the "Fellowship," aka The Family. But it won't be a secret much longer. Jeff Sharlet's shocking exposé, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power will be published in May.