Harry Reid's comments about President Obama during the 2008 campaign as told in the book "Game Change" are no surprise to me. As a Detroiter I see the Reid attitude all the time from the Democrats in our state toward their fellow party members. It's the attitude that 'We'll overlook the fact that this person has no experience or qualifications because they are clean and speak well.' You remember that adjective "clean" don't you? It's why Joe Biden felt Obama was qualified to be president.
What baffles me about the Reid argument is that the Democrats are spinning it to make it look like critics are being too politically correct. They wrote the book on PC and now they are trying to play the other side of the coin. If what Harry said is not a problem then I suggest everyone try this experiment: Compliment an African American by telling them you are impressed with how they can "turn on their negro dialect when they need to". I am sure their reaction will be very telling. Of course, if your a Republican they will probably call you a racist.
As the members of the black congressional caucus put on their best Uncle Tom smiles and proudly defend Massa Harry, we get a realistic look at how the Democrat party works. The party leadership, who propped up a first term senator (who had not done anything but run for office) as a presidential candidate because he was "light skinned", "clean" and could "turn on the negro dialect when he needed to" is now calling in their favor. It's the "You owe us" moment.
I am sure when Harry called President Obama it wasn't to apologize. It was to remind Obama of how much he owed Harry. After all, "A few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee". (Bill Clinton's words.) The problem with Harry is that he is a party leader who was just saying what the rest of the white members of his party were thinking. But he wasn't smart enough to keep his mouth shut.
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