http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2008/03/21/obamas-speech-on-race/ At home drawing pictures of mountaintops Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2008/03/21/obamas-speech-on-race/comment-page-1/#comment-22973 John Rove Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:23:25 +0000 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2008/03/21/obamas-speech-on-race/#comment-22973 This speech was a very good way to handle the Reverend Wright contraversy, while at the same time blunting all the other attacks. Sinve the beginning of the Obama campaign one of the major lines of attack was to remind people he is black. That is the whole point of the "Barack the magic negro" song that Rush Limbaugh keeps playing. In certain circles mostly people over 60 that is effective. In this speech Obama admits that, yes, he is in fact black and doesn't ask anyone to ignore it. It is sort of like what Bill Clinton used to do where he would both answer the question but get to the hidden meaning of the question as well. This speech was a very good way to handle the Reverend Wright contraversy, while at the same time blunting all the other attacks. Sinve the beginning of the Obama campaign one of the major lines of attack was to remind people he is black. That is the whole point of the “Barack the magic negro” song that Rush Limbaugh keeps playing. In certain circles mostly people over 60 that is effective. In this speech Obama admits that, yes, he is in fact black and doesn’t ask anyone to ignore it.
It is sort of like what Bill Clinton used to do where he would both answer the question but get to the hidden meaning of the question as well.

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