Here is how it works. First the press, either from the right or left, pounces on a public figure because someone associated with him said something the press deems unacceptable. Then other public figures start demanding that the associate be renounced, or they will be forced to denounce the pounced upon public figure.

It is the pounce, renounce, denounce game.

The latest pounce is on Barack Obama. Obama's minister said,"God damn America." It does not matter in what context the preacher said it. Context is for rubes. There is no time to include context in a TV sound bite.

Obama talks to his public relations people. Obama quickly gets to renouncing.

Louis Farrakhan said some nice things about Obama. Why shouldn't he? Louis Farrakhan seems to be happy that a black man might become President. That deserves some serious renouncing.

I have not taken a survey, but I will bet the ranch that there are a lot of black people who are happy that a black man might become President. I bet that some of them have criminal records, too.

So, we can see that Barack Obama has the support of black people with criminal records. Better get to renouncing, Obama.

Pounce, renounce, denounce.

The press pounced on Hillary Clinton the other day because Geraldine Ferraro opined that Barack Obama's popularity among black voters was at least partially due to the fact that Obama was black. Hillary renounced Ferraro. Ferraro resigned.

It is not just a game for Democrats. A Protestant minister who supported John McCain actually said some bad things about Roman Catholics. Imagine that. A Protestant saying something disagreeable about Roman Catholics. The press pounced. McCain renounced.

A few months ago, the press pounced on Ron Paul because a self-proclaimed fascist donated a whopping $500.00 to the Paul campaign. Ron Paul refused to play the pounce, renounce, denounce game, so he got denounced.

The man just has no political acumen. A man who will not play the pounce, renounce, denounce game has no business being President.