On Thursday, I'll be writing about racial dimensions of the Democratic primary campaigns. The report Tuesday night is that Barack Obama won 90%-plus of the Black vote in Mississippi. At the same time, Hillary Clinton won 72% of the White vote, while Obama got about 27%. My questions are these: (1) Why is Obama getting such an overwhelming percentage of the Black vote? (2) Why is Hillary Clinton getting approximately three-out-of-four White votes? I'll be looking into Geraldine Ferraro's comments about Obama being "lucky" that he's a Black male candidate. Ferraro's statements horrified the cable media, which is easily horrified. I believe both Clinton are using race to gain political advantage.
Both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama are using the "race card" to their advantage -- and to the disadvantage of Black people. Sadly, there's nothing unusual about the approach they're taking.
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I think Obama has more than Geraldine Ferraro to worry about. what she said ain't nothing compared to what his pastor is saying.
http://colecurtis-colecurtis.blogspot.com/2008/03/obamas-pastor-god-damn-america-us-to.html
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Wright_on_film.html
Hi Cole: I'll be writing tomorrow about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the hatred he spews. It's one of the biggest stories of the year, but the national media is afraid to cover it.
steve
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