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Make no mistake: He's running
All but launching a presidential run, Barack Obama has added serious star power to the 2008 race -- and made history.
By Walter Shapiro [2007-01-17]

  • kistockman, what about his other half?

    "Lack of Experience"

    Shapiro has forgotten or simply does not realize that this argument is and has always been an argument about race.

    In every industry people of color are always expected to have much more experience than anyone else.

    So anyone who claims that Obama has no depth of experience (while Bush sits in the WH no less!) is adopting an historically racist argument.

    Believe me, I didn't put Bush in the White House, nor am I going to claim he has the necessary experience...but I just find your logic mighty offensive. Obama seems like a swell guy with a lot of potential, but he DOES have a lack of experience in comparison with other candidates. Why is this racist? Am I supposed to vote for someone with a lack of experience simply because he's black...

    or rather, HALF black? His mother was white, so he's technically also caucasian. This isn't a bad thing, so why not celebrate your Irish-French-English or whatever side too? Isn't America all about the melting pot?

    -- hs
    Wednesday, January 17, 2007 09:23 AM
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