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Is MSNBC really asking debate viewers to pick a winner via text? Press 1 for Hillary Clinton, press 2 for Barack Obama ...

(JENNIFER SKALKA)

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Yup. If it wasnt bad enough, it just gets stranger, doesnt it?

20 debates and the last one finally has some meat behind it with issues and differences being discussed and MSNBC actually wants to turn it into American Idol.

Barack the Prophet?
Something unusal happen in last nights debate regarding the use of the word sermon. Curious that Barack would use the term instead of a talk or a speech. Thoughts?

Barack Transcript Ohio Debat
"When I was -- just last point I would make -- when I was giving -- had the honor of giving a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in conjunction with Martin Luther King's birthday in front of a large African-American audience I specifically spoke out against anti- Semitism within the African-American community, and that's what gives people confidence that I will continue to do that when I'm president of United States"

Definition Wikepedia
A sermon is an oration by a prophet or member of the clergy. Sermons address a Biblical, theological, or religious topic, usually expounding on a type of belief or law within both past and present contexts

Barack the Prophet?
Something unusal happen in last nights debate regarding the use of the word sermon. Curious that Barack would use the term instead of a talk or a speech. Thoughts?

Barack Transcript Ohio Debat
"When I was -- just last point I would make -- when I was giving -- had the honor of giving a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in conjunction with Martin Luther King's birthday in front of a large African-American audience I specifically spoke out against anti- Semitism within the African-American community, and that's what gives people confidence that I will continue to do that when I'm president of United States"

Definition Wikepedia
A sermon is an oration by a prophet or member of the clergy. Sermons address a Biblical, theological, or religious topic, usually expounding on a type of belief or law within both past and present contexts

Bill - Don't be ridiculous. If that's the kind of stuff you can bring up against Obama, that when he is asked to speak behind a pulpit to a religious congregation he calls it a sermon, then you have nothing.

Open letter to Nathan Sharanskiy

Dear Mr. Sharanskiy - you are true hero to the jewish people. I respect you a lot. I'm writing you this letter because I feel that this is a critical time in the career of Dmitriy Salita who is being sabbotaged by antisemitic forces in boxing. I feel it's a time for you as well as other jewish leaders and activist take a look at what's going - and how discriminated is Dmitriy Salita by antisemitic forces in boxing.
I hope that free world, media and all good people will respond and stop boycote and conspiracy against Dmitriy Salita. Amen.

Big networks intentionally failed to schedule fights for jewish athletes Dana Rosenblat, Roman Greenberg, Dmitriy Salita. The keyword here is intentionally. Biased cryticism is really closer to anti-semitism. There graduate and undergraduate programs around the country that study genocide, holocaust and anti-semitism. There scholars that research anti-semtism in contemporary america, corporate anti-semitism, etc. Talented world ranked Jewish boxers who go through hell of anti-semitism should be topic of your research. Organizations that supposed to fight anti-semitism like ADL, this is your job to bring public attention to discrimination against jewish athletes. This organized anti-semitism is not much better than mossacre in Munich - there they were killed physically, here they just isolated by anti-semitic executives who run boxing networks. It's happening in America, in 21 century. Remember, indifference killed jews in Europe. Indifference is killing jewish fighters in America today. I can't keep it quiet anymore.

“Each fighter on the card is in a position to make a statement very early in 2009,’’ said Luis Barragan, director of programming for HBO Sports.

P.S. Why you don't let Dmitriy Salita to make a statement?