While I agree in principle with the idea that Israel and our irrational support of Israel is generally one of the causes of Middle East violence and terrorism, No One in America today can run a Presidential Campaign and win promoting the idea of distancing ourselves from or cutting off Israel.

Not Obama, not Hillary, and not McCain (especially).

The ugly truth is that the Jewish vote in this country won't allow it. The Christian Evangelical Vote (the people that only support Israel in hopes that the country spawns more Chaos so Jesus "returns" and kills the people the Right Wing disagrees -- FYI Jewish Friends this means you too) won't allow for it. The Mass Media will tar and feather anyone as Anti-Semitic for even thinking it. And the ability to raise any amount of money would be severely crippled.

Unfortunately, Israel is the obnoxious, loud uncle at the table of Thanksgiving politics you can't get rid and you have to sit next to nicely.

It is unfair to tarnish Obama as a "Neo-Con" because he can't do what everyone else can't do. The fact is, though, that under an Obama Presidency real peace with a real Palestinian state has a better shot than under John McCain. Under John McCain Mideast peace has no shot, and there is a high likelihood that at the end of a McCain Presidency the whole of the Mideast is a flaming atomic hole in the ground.

Which is better I ask?

This kind of story makes me remember the good ole' days of Salon when there was an actual sex section and everything seemed edgy, randy. Before Salon went to articles about Oprah, Babies, Cuddling and being "OK", and Jennifer Aniston.

Reading through the obvious hit letters, pounded out by the gnarled, irrational fingers of wizened HRC supporters makes me sad. Mainly because sometimes in life there are times to just Shut Up and appreciate the moment in which we live. This speech is one of those times.

Take a break, get a breath of air, and dare to dream a bit. Just for a day. You can all go back in a day or two to claiming Hillary is a Victim of her own Vagina even as she smears a great man, tries to rig a convention, and steal an election.

But just for once take politics out of the equation and Hope for once. To do anything else makes everyone look Small.

We want to know anything mainly because Politicians are just another substrate of Celebrity that we can build up and tear down over perceived "misdeeds". Misdeeds we secretly wish we had the bank account or the sheer kinkiness of will to indulge in.

How much do we need to know? Near zero. I assume politicians have sex just like I assume fat people, grandparents, and people into Nintendo CosPlay have sex. But, like the aforementioned groups, I don't need to know what kind of sex they have.

If double teaming the First Lady of New Jersey is what gets you, and her, and the other dude off that's ... good. But I don't need to know about it. As long as Friday Night's Orgy doesn't make you late for Monday's budget session.

Council on Foreign Relations... Or COuntry Fried Rock.

... For everyone else, yes.

Where is the hue and cry from Salon.com for John McCain to make a speech about his religion and freedom of religion that decries the worst of what Rod Parsley and John Hagee have said? Where is the hue and cry from Salon.com for Hillary Clinton to make a "Make or Break" Speech about sexism in America because of remarks made by Geraldine Ferraro?

The bias is plain, Joan, and it is old and stale. Much like the continued support of Hillary Clinton. Salon used to be edgy, and fun, and irreverent along with being a source of news and views for a new kind of Leftism. Even when the fire burned out, and the prudishness of Broadsheet and features about sex after pregnancy replaced the irreverent edge and youth of the early years, Salon was still a bastion of Progressive Politics.

Not anymore obviously. Gone in favor of a bunch of leathery, old spinsters crowing for the return of Hillary and Clintonian power politics.

Here lies, Salon, they used to be cool, they used to be relevant, they used to be with us and now they are against us. More old, tired roadblocks, relics of the past, standing in the way of real change.

Barack Obama makes a ground breaking speech on race, Joan bashes him. Barack Obama makes another speech about ending the war Hillary helped start and instead Joan chooses to apologize for Hillary.

ENOUGH!

Hillary voted for a war that has killed 4,000 Americans and god knows how many Iraqis. By proxy she has much a murderer as George Bush is. So she feels bad about being complicit in murder and destroying a nation. Many murderers do when they get caught.

I stopped subscribing to Salon when it got lame, and now that it has gone from Lame to being an orifice of the Clinton campaign I don't even have to bother with reading it. Call me Salon, when Joan Walsh gets her pink slip.