Posted on 03/21/2008 9:54:03 PM PDT by Red Steel
Hillary Clinton's strategists are delighted at what they consider Barack Obama's latest stumble in the hypersensitive world of racial politics.
Obama is drawing a new round of criticism for his comments on a Philadelphia radio sports program yesterday in which he said his grandmother is a "typical white person" who has fears about black men. He was attempting to explain a portion of his speech on race earlier this week—specifically, the statement that his white grandmother gets nervous when a black man approaches her on the street.
Obama told the radio host, "The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's been bred in our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society." Obama was already drawing flak for his association with a controversial preacher in Chicago who has made anti-American and antiwhite comments.
An Obama spokesman noted that the Illinois senator was trying to say that his grandmother has the same fears shared by many in her "generation."
Clinton insiders say Obama's remarks stereotyped whites in a negative way and will further alienate white working-class people around the country, including those in Pennsylvania, which holds a key primary April 22. Obama's remarks are being criticized on Fox News, NBC, MSNBC, and elsewhere in the media, keeping the controversy going. Clinton strategists say it's part of a broader problem—that Obama has not been sufficiently "vetted" and there are many areas of his life and background that have escaped scrutiny and might embarrass him later.
Hillary Clinton was not vetted as well, she is delusional if she thinks that a scandal or many scandals are not going to hit her soon.
Does this mean, blue collar white people? What, are "professional white people" -- i.e. college educated -- too sophisticated to know when they've been stereotyped?
But even she does not blame America for 9-11...nor does she believe the USA invented H.I.V. to kill black babies.
They are right about alienating white voters. And, he hasn’t even been scrutinized about his Marxist political solutions yet. If he survives this (and that is doubtful), he has a slew of policy problems to try to defend.
Oh no he Din’t. That’s Racist.
I wonder if Obama is a typical black/white person who fears himself.
Nor does Obama.
The Clinton’s cajoled the dialogue into racism because they knew they might continue to fool blacks while courting blue collar whites. Obama fell into the trap quite nicely.
Actually, Obama has rephrased his words from "inbred" to "bred".
Why isn’t there a little white kid saying that’s racist? LOL.
Yeah and here’s what’s really funny: It’s over for Clinton. She can’t win now no matter what. Instead of calling it a day, she’s more than happy to keep dragging Obama through the mud all the way up to the convention.
Good on ya, Hillary...
Didn’t Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, make some remark in an interview about “Barack could get shot buying gas?”
His wife is a nut. A hate-filled nut.
I wish people would show up at Hussein Obama rallies with tape recordings of the rev. Wright and play them loud.
Most the folks there would be too stupid to get it but maybe a few would.
What a cute little typical n word kid
Yes, it was not "blackness" but "unknownness" that was at issue here. Literally Obamasama argued that white folks show extreme anxiety when they run into someone they don't know.
What a tremendously strange belief!
Has this guy been living in sealed steel drum for the last 40 years or what.
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