Since I don't get television (by choice), I don't see the same campaign most Americans do. I see the same images and hear the same soundbites, but I'm in control of my information; I watch, listen, read and think via the internet. Wolf Blitzer doesn't decide the timing or the content, I do.

Last night I read an article in The New York Times about Rev. Wright's latest TV appearances; I thought the article was snide. I watched all of Bill Moyers' long interview with Wright and found him eloquent, smart, worth listening to. But now that I've seen the first 20 minutes of Wright's NAACP speech in Detroit, in which he mocks President Kennedy and President Johnson for their accents, I realize that The Times TV critic was right on the money. Wright thinks this is all about him, and he's making the most of it.

As The Times columnist Bob Herbert points out today, Wright's so devoted to Black people he's willing to destroy the first Black senator with a chance to be president. Wright has turned into a caricature of himself, as Sen. Obama said today.

I am not a Kennedy idolizer. I remember President Kennedy's term differently than many others do; I was 9 years old when he was elected, but I was already tuned in to national news and politics. Kennedy seemed indecisive on civil rights. When he was killed, President Johnson took over, with the smoothest transition in a time of national crisis. For almost a year LBJ had perfect pitch in everything he said and did. And with help from many people, from Martin Luther King Jr. and the thousands of civil rights marchers and activists to Democratic and Republican members of the Senate, LBJ got the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed. That changed everything.

So when Jeremiah Wright comes around to make fun of two American heroes for how they talked, for their regional accents, I am done with Jeremiah Wright. I don't care what point he was trying to make. I just click the Stop button. I navigate elsewhere.

I knew the Chicago Tribune had video of Sen. Obama denouncing Wright's remarks, so I watched that. I wanted to see how the candidate performs in a time of trial. He was thoughtful and considerate; he could have been a little clearer and more forceful, but he was thinking on his feet. He'll get his words simplified in a half hour. If he needs help, here's my suggestion: "America, just hit the clicker on Rev. Wright."

I was satisfied with Obama's news conference today, so I navigated here to post this, and as soon as I hit Publish, I'll be making another donation. Indiana is going to turn the tide on this nomination. Indiana is going to make Barack Obama president of the United States. Indiana is going for Obama on May 6th, just like we went for Robert Kennedy in 1968, Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and John F. Kennedy in 1960.

It's our gift to America. You can always count on Hoosiers to do the right thing.++