I have been watching the Press,television commentators and pundants giving senator Obama a pass on their coverage of his campaign.That is to say they have nothing critical to say about his campaign or taken a critical look at his policies or record.Instead they have taken statements of the Clintons and anyone who supports senator Clinton out of context and called this race baiting or using the race card.It seems as if they think the African American community is so naive or uninformed that this will work. I understand we now have a twenty-four hour News cycle and the airtime needs to be filled with something,even if it is a misrepresentation of what was said and then trumpeted for weeks. I have been shocked at the number of African Americans,including the so called articulate, politically savvy and college educated,that have used this to attack the Clinton's.It is as if those that fell for this forgot how to read a paragraph and understand what the speaker is conveying in it.When President Bill Clinton ended the paragraph in a statement about Senator Obama's claim of superior judgment on the vote for authorization to use military force in Iraq.He ended with the line "This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've every seen".The Media took this one line turned it around to meaning that Obama's campaign was a fair tale.The only thing reported was the last line,which was out of the context of the speech and broadcast to the world.The second offense of the Media came in South Carolina. The simple phase "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88.Jackson ran a good campaign.And Obama ran a good campaign".This was translated by the Press as Obama is the"Black Candidate".The Clintons are playing the race card is the way this simple statment was and still is played by the Press.And again many intelligent people black and white bought into this nonsense.Politics is and always will be a rough game.It is about power.These statements were taken out of context,but imagine they were not.This is small stuff compared to what has happen in the past and probably will happen in the general election with the Republicans.We need a Press Corp that will not exploit and intertpret statments to their own liking and for their own gain.There is too much at stake.We also need an electorate that is knowledgeable enough not to fall for this kind of ploy.Don't get me wrong I am a proud African American and would love to see an African American as president of this country,but these are perilous times.Senator Obama is an intelligent and charismatic man.Hope is something we all need.The problem is hope does not move legislation. Knowing how to move the levers of government is what moves legislation.I will support Senator Hillary Clinton.I hope the Democaratic Party does not just do what will make many feel good about the supposed progress the party will have appeared to have made.By making Senator Obama our presidental nomonee and feeling good about ourseleves,but on substance.We need to remember who our advisaries are and support whom ever the democratic candidate is.