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Can Democrats learn to talk about race?
Hillary Clinton's "hardworking Americans" comment seemed to exclude blacks. Donna Brazile's "new" Democratic vision marginalized working-class whites and Latinos. How does the party unite?
Joan Walsh [2008-05-09]

  • I'll talk about race

    Here's what I have to say about race:

    We do not need to learn to talk about race so much as we need to get to a place in our society where we do not need to talk about race.

    I, a Clinton supporter, will vote for Obama for many reasons. One of them is because he is of African-American decent. If someone votes for Obama soley because of his mixed background, that is totally legitimate as far as I am concerned. I am totally white, but if I were African-American I would have supported Obama and never blinked an eye. We have one of the worst presidents in our history who makes a laughing stock of himself daily. There is no better environment for Obama to overcome racial barriers to the whiehouse.

    He says he can bring Democrats and Republicans together. He is going to have to start with Democrats. I wish him the best.

    -- logicalresponse
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    Friday, May 9, 2008 01:52 PM
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