[dirtboy]

Something else is going on here.

Gene Lyons was about the most biased pro-Clinton op-ed columnist out there. To this day, he can be counted on to reliably regurgitate Dem talking points.

So why this column? It's a guess on my part, but I think the DNC is realizing that Obama and the left, once again, jumped into this matter without having the full facts at hand and now the DNC is trying to extracate themselves from it before it causes serious electoral harm to them. Lyons basically threw Sharpton under the bus with this column. And that is a clear message to Al - you're on your own now, as far as support from leading Dems.

Lyons is NEVER fair unless someone wants him to be, for reasons that have nothing to do with fairness.

[Happy Rain]

The Martin case is a real tar baby (no racial pun intended) for Obama—he has to maintain the scam no matter what.

How was HE to know that someone named George Zimmerman was an Hispanic?

The first name said white and the second, Jew—the two groups he hates the most.

He has them fired up now and they ain't gonna let go until they get some release.

[JPG]

You've nailed it! Lyons is a rat lapdog from way back; every ready to advance the socialist meme. Also, the idiocy of ‘Rev’ Sharpton making news and then reporting on himself making news is becoming too much for even the most die-hard rat to swallow in one gulp.

[BlatherNaut]

I think the DNC is realizing that Obama and the left, once again, jumped into this matter without having the full facts at hand and now the DNC is trying to extracate themselves from it before it causes serious electoral harm to them.

I think you're right. This ginned-up farce was intended to energize the base. But inciting the base to the degree that violence and race riots ensue will damage Obama's chances, particularly in light of his public comment comparing TM to the son he never had, and his Justice Department's racist double standard when it comes to enforcing the law.