a rich reading

frank rich writes a bomb ass op-ed in the NYTimes ery sunday (damn near). i wanted to put his latest one on blast cuz as usual he is on point. his latest piece illuminates the relationship between the media and the GOP ... and their mutual obsession with a) denigrating the Democratic party, and b) perpetuating myths about how obama has a BLACKNESS problem.

here's a lil taste:
The fictional scenario of mobs of crazed women defecting to Mr. McCain is just one subplot of the master narrative that has consumed our politics for months. The larger plot has it that the Democratic Party is hopelessly divided, and that only a ticket containing Mrs. Clinton in either slot could retain the loyalty of white male bowlers and other constituencies who tended to prefer her to Mr. Obama in the primaries.