Posted by
Wes Fowler on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:05:19 AM
Alas, Barack Obama, we hardly knew ye.
The rookie senator who seemed like a great "clean slate" candidate by the Dems has officially been co-opted by the Jesse Jackson/ Al Sharpton division . He compared the shootings at Virginia Tech (the worst in U.S. history) to the
racial slur by Don Imus. He says that there are different kinds of violence in the world.
I think comparing a radio comment to mass murder is disgusting. It dishonors the victims and their families. It reminds me of a comment made by a caller to a radio show on 9/12/2001. The caller said that racism was the black community's 9/11. I think this is comparing apples and oranges. Even worse, Obama used a tragedy to make a political comment that was totally unrelated to the incident.
I have heard Obama is being advised by Jesse Jackson. I wonder how long it will be before Obama is
rhyming in his speeches.