Obama May Send Delegation to UN Hatefest After All

Nothing like having true convictions and sticking to your word. I figure Obama may as well attend himself. It's been awhile since he was listening to Jeremiah Wright and he may just be jonesing for some anti-Semitic bilge.

The United States on Tuesday held out the chance of attending a U.N. conference on racism in Geneva next week but said the final text must remove what Washington views as restrictions on freedom of speech.

State Department spokesman Robert Wood welcomed the toning down of "objectionable" language deemed hostile toward Israel but indicated more must be done before the United States would reverse a February decision to boycott the meeting.

"We commend those who have worked to effect these changes," said Wood of the draft document being negotiated in preparatory meetings. "There remain, however, elements of the current draft text that continue to pose significant concerns."

Israel and American Jewish groups have urged the United States not to take part in the conference. Canada and Italy have said they will not attend, and several other countries are considering their participation.

The United States found language in the draft related to "incitement" to religious hatred problematic because it suggested support for restrictions on freedom of expression, said Wood.

"We hope that these remaining concerns will be addressed, so that the United States can reengage the conference process with the hope of arriving at a conference document that we can support," Wood said, indicating the United States might still attend if changes were made to the document.

In addition, Wood said the conference must not reaffirm the "flawed" statement which emerged from the U.N.'s meeting on racism in 2001 in Durban, South Africa.

The United States and Israel walked out of the Durban meeting before it ended over a draft resolution that singled out Israel for criticism and likened Zionism to racism.

So all the conference organizers need to do is redact some of the overt anti-Semitism and Obama will be happy to have us attend.

Then while we're there all the unexpurgated will just come out in the open for all to hear and they'll proclaim "shock" and "sadness" over the events.

Meanwhile, it's interesting to note that a "reporter" from the Huffington Post gets to listen in on White House conference calls. Such a cozy relationship there.