This is an opinion piece of varying "quality". It starts as a tit-for-tat set of accusations against McCain in return for those made against Obama for his association with Wright, then makes makes the point that such accusations are are essentially silly but that the level of sensationalism is unequal between races but then returns to an unbalanced diatribe against Republicans. What could have been a thoughtful and persuasive piece ends up being fodder for the true believers.

While at least this major pundit, Frank Rich, writing for a US corporate newspaper, has finally let the cat out of the bag regarding the fake Obama/Wright "connection" and the media campaign to distract and diminish Obama, it is interesting that his own newspaper, the NYT, has been one of the culprits in promoting the very "furor" to which he refers as BORING. While the Washington Post (the beltway den of that titular "dean" of pundits, David Broder, exposing his political biases ... More »