What's that I hear? Yes! It's the EM cavalry come to help circle the wagons and defend Joe Biden from the slings and arrows.......
From the Sun Times: News Headline: "Biden launches presidential bid -- then walks into race row over Obama 'slur.' " Wait a minute. Whoa.
This is what Democratic candidate Joe Biden is quoted as saying regarding Democratic candidate Barack Obama:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy . . ."
But woops. Wait. The print press forgot something. It forgot a comma:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African American, who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy . . ."
If that's the meaning it makes absolutely no sense. He is not the first AA (to run for Pres) ie. Jesse Jackson, Alan Keyes, Al Sharpton and Sheila Jackson Lee. The only way it makes any sense is the way it was initially interpreted and it's a slur. Not on Obama but every other African American who has strived for the Presidency.
One nice thing though, intellectual dishonesty of this degree is both easy to identify and debunk. Sorry boys, you don't even get an E for effort on this one.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
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