"You've got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate," Haley Barbour told Fox News in remarks that were repeated on Rush Limbaugh's show.
The Reverend(s) Jackson and Sharpton would be in full court ambulance mode...
That’s a great point, and how about this gem from the spokesman:
“He wasn’t being critical, he wasn’t making accusations, but just being realistic.”
How could saying people aren’t ready to vote for a black candidate not be critical? If Eddie is not criticizing that behavior is he condoning it? I mean, I know we live in an era of soundbytes and drive-by journalism—but do these people even think about what they write?