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Obama proves Chris Matthews wrong on Ferraro comments

March 11th, 2008 No Comments

Regarding Geraldine Ferraro’s comment that Barack Obama is where he is because he’s black, Chris Matthews, scolding those who were defending Ferraro’s statement, declared her wrong on the grounds that no one ever says a white guy is where he is because he’s white.
However, by the time Matthews had delivered his sermon, Obama himself had [...]

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Really really ready for a black president

March 9th, 2008 2 Comments

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Ready for a black president
The myth of America’s racist past
Electing Obama: how the country says "some of my best friends are black"
Mythmakers
McCain: victim of the old racial gamesmanship?

 

Ready for a black president
It keeps popping up everywhere this election, this question of America’s readiness for a black president. A Google search on the phrase, in quotes, [...]

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