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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (443739)	1/1/2009 6:52:24 AM
From: Road Walker	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572298

Editorial Talk About Out of Touch The Republican Party paid a steep price for race-baiting in the presidential campaign. Remember the ferocious backlash against the California Republican group that produced a racist newsletter depicting Barack Obama on a food stamp, surrounded by images of fried chicken and watermelon? Then there were those two congressmen who were rightly excoriated for condemning Mr. Obama’s candidacy in the language of the Jim Crow South — one describing him as a “boy” and the other as “uppity.” We thought after all that — and, oh yes, losing the election — everyone in the Republican Party leadership would have figured out that race-baiting alienates young, minority and all reasonable voters. Clearly, not everyone has. Chip Saltsman, a veteran political operative, is pushing his candidacy for chairman of the Republican National Committee. He distributed a compact disc containing a parody questioning President-elect Barack Obama’s racial authenticity. The song — entitled “Barack the Magic Negro” — by a writer often heard on the Rush Limbaugh radio show, has split the Republican leadership. One faction thinks the parody is just fine and seems prepared to defend it to the death. The other is condemning it and shuddering at its political consequences. Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, warned his party against using “racist descriptions” and said that the parody should “disqualify any Republican National Committee candidate who would use it.” Mr. Saltsman, who was Mike Huckabee’s campaign manager during the primaries, could still be vaulted into the chairman’s seat by hard-core committee members who resent the explosion of criticism and have learned nothing from the last election. Maybe they like the hole their party is standing in and want to dig it even deeper. That’s their right, but it does the country no good. Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (443739)	1/1/2009 9:45:45 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1572298

Pope seeks major changes to financial system By NICOLE WINFIELD Published: Today Pope Benedict XVI is calling for "sobriety and solidarity" in 2009 as the world struggles with economic and social woes. His appeal was made amid the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica during a New Year's Eve vespers service on Wednesday. Benedict described these times as being "marked by uncertainty and worry for the future." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI challenged world leaders on Thursday to make major changes to the global financial system, saying short-term answers to the financial crisis weren't sufficient. "It's not enough, as Jesus said, to put patches on an old suit," Benedict said in his New Year's Day blessing to thousands of people huddled under umbrellas in a rain-soaked St. Peter's Square. Echoing a similar theme in his New Year's Day homily, Benedict said the crisis should be seen as a test-case about the future of globalization. "Are we ready to read it in its complexity as a way for the future and not just an emergency to respond to with short-term answers?" he asked. "Are we ready to make a profound revision in the dominant development model, to correct it in a farsighted and concerted way?" He said the health of the planet required such a correction, as well as what he called the "cultural and moral crisis" in which the world finds itself. Benedict has spoken out frequently about the financial crisis, and he used the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, celebrated every Jan. 1, to emphasize his belief that the meltdown showed the need for greater solidarity with the poor. "Seen in its profundity, the crisis should be seen as a serious symptom that requires intervention at its root," the pontiff said. During his homily, Benedict also said he was praying for an end to the violence in Gaza and said he hoped the international community would come forward with concrete proposals so the Israelis and Palestinians could live in peace, security and dignity. AP Mobile News Network. © 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.