Letters to the Editor
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@sajwan
The Clintonites seem to be cherry picking the "granny" bit from Obama's speech, and that's understandable. The speech was one of the best my generation has had the honor of hearing, and the Clinton camp has to attack him for something, so...why not paint him as a granny-hater? Who doesn't love their granny, right?
Of course it's ridiculous. The whole point is missed when they focus on this, but I guess that's the whole idea. The idea that someone in their family from their grandparent's generation would be racist is something that rings very familiar to a lot of us, including myself. It is a discomfort that many Americans of my generation (especially in the South, I imagine) have had to deal with, and Obama's point was that they are products of their time, and that they are still deserving of our love and admiration. If you didn't share this experience with us, then I salute you (and your elders). I did, as did many of my peers. This line in his speech was directed at us, and it hit home.
Where's the contraversy in that?