On Jul 29, 2004, at 11:17 AM, knowknot at mindspring.com wrote:
> But the distrust of many for him has nothing whatever to do with
> whether he is more than "half-black" much less is it dismissable a
> racism, albeit it may be influenced by Sharpton's own race-hustling.
>
this and dwayne's post are both on target, imo.
obama's politics are pretty progressive, which is one reason everyone was surprised he kicked so much ass in the dem primary. the other being that he's black. a black city man sold progressive politics downstate. it's pretty impressive and, imo, just goes to show it can be done.
j