> -----Original Message----- > From: Billy Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:17 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Ferraro: US Black People Have It Easy > > Ferraro simply made the mistake of saying in more plain language what > the > Clinton campaign has been saying all along - that Obama seems to be > above > scrutiny...except that Ferraro finished the sentence out loud whereas > the > Clinton people leave it to the listener to finish the sentence. > > If Obama becomes the candidate, race will be one of those 'untouchable > but > unavoidable' topics.
Maybe... I kind of see it two different ways: One hand asking "is where he is because he's black?" (or "is Hillary where she is because she's a former first lady?") is a valid question. Did those circumstances... essentially "accidental" give them a boost to their current positions? Maybe, maybe not. But that question really is elementary. It's interesting, sociologically, but doesn't really change the landscape. They're THERE NOW. Now, regardless how they arrived, you have to deal with them based on their qualifications for the job. On the other hand the question "should he be where he is because he's black?" is pretty nonsensical. It's a value judgement. Reverse it to "should he not be where is because he's black?" and it even begins to get ugly. The first question is saying that their acceptance might have something to do with a quality not normally considered. It's really no different than asking if Bush-the-lesser was nominated because he's the son of a president or if Reagan was nominated because he was an actor. It's introspective; asking: are we paying too much attention this unrelated thing? The latter question, again, is asking for a value judgment. It's asking, should this unrelated thing be considered paramount? I guess it really boils down to this: voting for or not voting for Obama _because_he's_black_ is a mistake... but while the former may just be poor judgment the latter is just plain ugly. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
