MO's latest comments.
http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/373706.html
Michelle Obama, 43, is especially challenging other black women, who'll be pivotal in the South Carolina primary, to consider whether they're torn between the two leading Democratic candidates because they identify with Clinton as a woman, admire her experience or loved Bill Clinton as president, or because racism has shaded their instincts.
"I know folks talk in barbershops and beauty salons, and I've heard some folks say, 'That Barack, he seems like a nice guy, but I'm not sure America's ready for a black president,'" Michelle Obama told a crowd Tuesday at historically black South Carolina State University.
"We've heard those voices before, voices that say, 'Maybe you should wait' - you know? - 'You can't do it,'" she said. "It's the bitter legacy of racism and discrimination and oppression in this country."
Her black pride message is a difficult one to calibrate, not only because overreaching could bring a backlash, but also because the campaign's national strategy hinges on whites seeing Obama as a post-racial candidate.
Obama's is playing race card deftly here. To most people outside SC, he tries to project a above-race image, but in SC, his campaign is tinkering on race baiting.
This is dangerous stuff.
http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/373706.html
Michelle Obama, 43, is especially challenging other black women, who'll be pivotal in the South Carolina primary, to consider whether they're torn between the two leading Democratic candidates because they identify with Clinton as a woman, admire her experience or loved Bill Clinton as president, or because racism has shaded their instincts.
"I know folks talk in barbershops and beauty salons, and I've heard some folks say, 'That Barack, he seems like a nice guy, but I'm not sure America's ready for a black president,'" Michelle Obama told a crowd Tuesday at historically black South Carolina State University.
"We've heard those voices before, voices that say, 'Maybe you should wait' - you know? - 'You can't do it,'" she said. "It's the bitter legacy of racism and discrimination and oppression in this country."
Her black pride message is a difficult one to calibrate, not only because overreaching could bring a backlash, but also because the campaign's national strategy hinges on whites seeing Obama as a post-racial candidate.
Obama's is playing race card deftly here. To most people outside SC, he tries to project a above-race image, but in SC, his campaign is tinkering on race baiting.
This is dangerous stuff.
