By Donald Paneth

Clinton vs. Obama.

What are we witnessing?

What is it a preparation for?

Mrs. Clinton indicates she will continue. Obama appears to have the nomination.

I am skeptical about what seems to be going on and about what it might signify.

The American people have been misled for decades.

McCarthyism, for instance, did not end with McCarthy. His viewpoint and methods were retained and applied in new and imaginative directions by George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Richard M. Nixon.

The Vietnamese conflict did not end with the French surrender at Dienbienphu. The U.S. took it up. Dwight Eisenhower agreed at Geneva that an election would be held on the question of reunifying North and South Vietnam.

The U.S. did not permit that election to be held.

In 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson campaigned on a peace platform, he intended war.

The Bush installation in December 2000 was totally, completely, and absolutely illegitimate.

His illegal administration has carried out illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, setting aside the U.S. Constitution, congressional legislation, international treaties, Geneva conventions.

Is all of that now to be remedied by the 2008 election?

That seems very improbable.

I have questions about White House (palace) intrique, possible contrivances reached with McCain, Clinton, Obama, with the participation of the Pentagon, corporations, big oil.

Why has the price of oil per barrel topped $122?

Will we experience, no matter who is chosen in the presidential election, not only a continuation of the present wars but their expansion? A limited air
assault on Iran?

The okey-doke has been frequently spread before Americans — and they have picked up on it every time.

They have a serene capacity for being deceived.

Is that sort of deception being practiced once again?

The possibility is keeping me awake nights.