The Journolist

In a story that is as astounding as it is upsetting, it has been revealed that a large group of liberal journalists and academics exchanged and coordinated strategies during the presidential elections to aid in the election of Barack Obama. This was not a clearinghouse for ideas; rather, it was a secret coordination of campaign strategies to steer public opinion towards Obama. My favorite example of this mess was the suggestiong from a rather well known liberal journalist that came during the commotion surrounding the revelation of the jeremiah Wright videos. Wright was Obama's long-time pastor and mentor. He was always controversial but when the video surfaced of him saying "God Damn America" and laying the blame for 9-11 on the US, among other things, all hell broke loose. After all, how could Barack and Michelle Obama have sat in church for 20 years listening to this?

The suggestion as to how to deal with the problem was this: let's accuse those who raise the issue of racism. That's right -- Obama's supporters were using the race card to deflect attention from Obama's problem with Wright. As we all know, because of the videos, the mainstream media was forced to give the story air time. That blunted the charges of racism since the media did not want to call itself racist. Still, the idea that prominent liberals were coordinating an attack on the truth with charges of racism speaks volumes about the tactics of the left. Indeed, it is important to see the current "attack" by the NAACP on the Tea Parties in light of these prior tactics.