A few months ago, I wrote a post about the hypocritical nature of the dreaded “race card” and how it is being used in the identity politics game. More recently another example was the revelation in a new book in which Harry Reid is quoted as saying Obama was “light-skinned” and lacked a “Negro dialect” – traits that apparently made him a more viable candidate for the Presidency. While Reid no doubt did not mean anything racist by his comments, and I do mean this, it’s the defense coming to his aid that is, well, indefensible. (more…)
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Harry Reid’s Blunder
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