James E. Clyburn of South Carolina's statement about his "disappointment at comments by Bill and Hillary" is the latest effort by Blacks and White journalists to anoint Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee at the expense of the truth.

Clinton's comments comparing Obama to Martin Luther King Jr. and herself to Lyndon Johnson was a perfectly reasonable analogy. King's organizing and soaring rhetoric were keys to waking up America to the sins of racism. However it was Johnson's political skills and willingness to use them that enacted one civil rights law after another. It also created the politics we know now a solid South for the Republics. To deny this reality would be like saying Abraham Lincoln didn't free the slaves even though Frederick Douglas agitated for abolition.

However this not the first time in this campaign that truth has been sacrificed in the name of some sort of political correctness. Prior to Iowa Caucuses MJ Rosenberg claimed that Clinton was playing the race card. There was no real evidence for this and the charge disappeared as soon as Obama won his victory.

It continued with the hysteria over Jack Shaheen's truthful statements about Obama's cocaine use. Obama has admitted it and has written about it. Shaheen had the nerve to suggest Republicans would use it again Obama. Two days later Republican operative Ed Rollins did just that. However Shaheen was sacrificed to the forces of PC who prefer lies over the the truth.

Yesterday there were two more examples of soft-headed and lazy journalists trying to wrap a cocoon around Obama. The first was a slander against NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. He was accused of using "shuck and jive" as a racial negative against Obama. However, a simple call to either Cuomo or the journalist who ran the original story would have shown that the phrase had nothing to do with Obama. People have to get over the fact that various phrases associated with Blacks have now entered everyday conversation. Perhaps some have to get their keyboards out of their mouths?

There should be no doubt that as Shaheen tried to point out that the Republicans will use race against Obama if he is the nominee. It pains me to defend Karl Rove since he is likely to lead the attacks on Obama or any Democratic candidate. However his WSJ Op-Ed piece was hardly racial.

Obama's comments at the Democratic Debate were cold and rude. Calling them "trash talk" seems a perfect description. For those who don't like "trash talk" as a phrase should look at the backpage of the NY Daily News with the headline "Trash Day." It is all about trash talking.

Playing pick-up basketball at Harvard is racial? Because Harvard is so associated with the Black Ghetto? If I said I played pick-up basketball at Penn what would that tell anyone?

Finally, Rove is not the first person to suggest that Obama is lazy. It has been pointed out that he missed many votes in both the Illinois Legislature and the U.S. Senate. It has also been said that as Chairman of a Senate Sub-committee he has rarely called a meeting. Juan Gonzalelez in a NY Daily News column headlined "I smell Obama baloney" also raises this issue among others. Perhaps there are legitimate reasons to miss votes and not to call hearings, but why not say what they are rather than smear people?

Both Politico and Dan Abrams have started to look at the Press. The Media does not like the Clintons. Abrams also claims the Press wants a Black President and implies they will sacrifice truth and reality and fairness in order to protect Obama.

You combine the desire for a Black President with an incredible smugness and sanctimony and laziness ignorance the Media is clearly ready to sacrifice truth and decency in order to shield Obama.