“It would be such an affirmation of who we say we are as a people if we can
elect an African American president, a young leader who is obviously a visionary and got an ability to inspire people,” Kerry said. “It will give us an ability to talk to those countries, to in some cases go around their dictator leaders to the people and inspire the people in ways that we can’t otherwise.”
The Massachusetts senator said Obama has an ability to perhaps even empower moderate Islam “to be able to stand up against the racial misinterpretation of a legitimate religion.” Asked by a reporter what gave Obama the credibility to do so, Kerry said, “Because he’s African American. Because he’s a black man, who has come from a place of oppression and repression through the years in our own country. We only broke the back of civil rights, Jim Crow, in the 1960s here. Everybody in the world knows this is a recent journey for America too. And everybody still knows that issues of skin and discrimination still exist.”
So, Geraldine Ferraro gets the mob out with torches and pitchforks for her saying something negative about Obama's abilities because he's black, but Kerry gets an ok from everyone because he said something positive about Obama because he's black?
Wow, the insane amount of hypocrisy being shown here is undeniable. John Kerry was the Democrats golden boy in 2004, and now, largely he's being ignored.
So, when do we expect to hear from Obama denouncing John Kerry's statement because it brought up race, rather than ability?
Travis
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