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  • Talking about race not same as racist talk (ALL WEE-WEE'D UP IN DEFENSE OF HARRY REID)

    01/12/2010 10:21:15 AM PST · by Chi-townChief · 36 replies · 760+ views
    Chicago Sun-Times ^ | January 12, 2010 | MARY MITCHELL Sun-Times Columnist
    GOP turning Reid's opinion into political haymaker If it were not so pathetic, the political fallout over remarks made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would be hilarious. Reid is under attack for saying privately in 2008 that then-Sen. Barack Obama would be a successful black presidential candidate because of his "light-skinned" appearance and because he doesn't speak with a "Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one." Frankly, a lot of African Americans must have yawned. Reid only confirmed what a lot of black voters thought -- which is why Obama wrestled with questions about "his blackness" throughout his...