Obama today has revealed the racist side of his white grandmother, who “helped raise” him. His speech today is a damage control measure he has to do, because of his pastor. And he has been with his pastor for 20 years. This is how he described his white grandmother:
…a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.
He refused media to interview his grandmother because of “family privacy”. Now he disclosed his white grandma as racist. Very nice political tricks.
I guess most people are tired of this race. So let me quote someone’s summarization of Obama’s honesty:
Obama’s race does not matter to me. What matters to me is honesty. Obama has been caught in many little lies lately. First there was no meeting in Canada, then there was. First Rezko raised a little money, then a lot. First he never heard any controversial comments from Rev Wright, then he did. Obama’s affiliation controversial figures is divisive, not his race….
And one article from WSJ I find pretty insightful about Obama’s seemingly success.