It’s been a little slow because I just completed a move and started a daily column over at AOL Black Voices/Black Spin blog.

The pace and intensity of my posting here will accelerate again in early August.

A friend told me about this site, I will be back. Conversation with thinking adults will be nice.

I thought Jesse Helms died a few days ago! Is he talking from the grave, because it sure sounds like something he’d like to do – cut Obama’s nuts off, that is )

All kidding aside, I think it’s much ado about nothing really – whether it was staged or just a careless slip of the tongue on JJ’s part. He’s Mr Irrelevant and his opinions simply won’t matter to many in this election. His own son gave him a very public and embarrassing tongue-lashing, as have several other notable figures like Spike lee. It’s as if he’s a child being scolded!

I think Fox News probably thought they had a stink bomb that they could use to foil Obama’s campaign somehow, but instead it’s having the opposite effect.

And to address Tyler’s question above – Obama is indeed a politician. And just like every other politician, he has to play the game if he wants to win. He (or we) may not like the rules, but he has to use them as a guide as he determines what actions to take or words to speak. Is he “the spook who sat by the door?” Likely not, nor do I expect him to be. Will he just be the Will Smith of government? I certainly hope not and don’t think so either.

If he becomes the next president, time will tell whether he lets the system surrounding him control him, or whether he dictates how the system operates. I think any speculation on how he’ll perform as president is just that – speculation. All we can really expect from his presidency (at least all I would expect) is that he’ll do what’s best for all of America.

As I stated in a similar post, I am extremely disappointed when people focus more on how the message was delivered and by who, where, etc. The message that Obama delivered was something that needed to be said.