Democrats’ meltdown: Break out the popcorn

The politics of change are continuing, and it’s quite a show.

After the broadside Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign took when America suddenly could no longer ignore his pastor’s hate-filled message, the frontrunner for Democratic messiah apparently decided to spread the pain.

Last week, his campaign released to the New York Times a picture of Bill Clinton shaking hands with Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, implying, of course, that Clinton — and by extension his wife, Hillary — was a racist.

Then just in case the Clintons had missed that implication, Obama’s campaign sent out retired Gen. Merrill McPeak, armed at the lip. President Clinton had commented to a North Carolina veterans’ group that “it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people (meaning Hillary and the GOP’s Sen. John McCain) who love this country and were devoted to the interests of the country.”

The Obama campaign, still smarting from the Rev. Wright’s now-infamous “God damn America speech,” as well as Mrs. Obama’s oft-repeated comment about having never before been proud of her country, counterattacked. McPeak actually compared President Clinton to Joe McCarthy for leaving Obama out of his praises.

“I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitors,” McPeak said, “so I’ve had enough of it.”

The Clinton campaign picked up the gauntlet and unleashed James Carville to go after Obama’s newest big-name supporter, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who had held positions in the Clinton administration and formerly supported Hillary. Carville fired a shot across Obama’s bow when he called Richardson a Judas, on Good Friday no less, then flatly refused to apologize when the Obama camp whined to the news media.

Not to be out-smacked, the Obama camp posted a video on YouTube that clearly showed Hillary was lying about her version of a trip to Bosnia in which she had said her group came under sniper fire. The video showed instead a calm, celebratory event and had Hillary pleading sleep deprivation for her previous version of events — a version which she had told at least twice.

Hillary — with all the subtlety of Popeye yelling out “I’ve had alls I can stands, I can’t stands no more” and popping open a can of spinach — finally came out swinging and gave Obama a well-deserved press whuppin’ over his association with Jeremiah Wright.

“He would not have been my pastor. You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend,” Hillary said, echoing the thoughts of what is probably the majority of Americans.

Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton feigned offense. “It’s disappointing to see Hillary Clinton’s campaign sink to this low,” said the belly of the snake.

Now, the Clinton campaign has begun circulating an article from the American Spectator that accuses Gen. McPeak of being a drunk and an anti-Semite.

Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain, who ably survived the New York Times’ last attempt to slime him, is sitting back and counting the defectors from the Democrats.