But rest assured, superdelegate McClatchy has declared its support for Obama.
The latest example of McClatchy blocking and tackling on Obama's behalf is today's piece by Matt Stearns on Internet political slanders. Amazingly, Stearns was only able to locate Internet slanders against Obama.
Here are the first paragraphs of the piece:
Some things about Barack Obama rub some voters the wrong way.
"We don't need a Muslim," said Jannay Smith, a retiree from Kokomo, Ind. "Who's to say if he gets in there what he'll do?"
Added Steve Shallenberger, a Kokomo electrician: "He's just calling himself a Christian because he knows that's what we in Indiana want to hear."
Then there's Sherry Richey, also from Kokomo: "He wouldn't put his hand on the Bible; he wanted the Quran. He won't put his hand over his heart during the anthem or say the Pledge of Allegiance. He's too un-American."
All of these slurs on Obama are categorically untrue.
Obama, the front-running Democratic presidential candidate, is a Christian, has never been a Muslim, swore his Senate oath on the Bible, says the pledge and generally puts his hand over his heart when he sings the national anthem.
So why were people aware enough of current events to attend political rallies in the days leading up to the Indiana primary saying such things?
They'd been misled by the Internet.
Stearn's story of Obama being victimized by the Internet goes on from there.
Did it never enter Stearn's head to look at Internet slurs against McCain? Like the slur found on left-wing sites that he confessed to war crimes. Or the slur - not started on the Internet, but published on left-wing sites - that he used an expletive at his wife in front of reporters.
But I guess when you are an Obama superdelegate you can stop pretending to be impartial.
