And what's weird is that of course he had to know he'd be asked that question, if not at the debate then somewhere. You'd think he'd have a better answer about why she'd make a good president. The fact that the one he did have brought out all this condescension, showing that he obviously doesn't think it's condescending...that's troubling.
I definitely thought the same thing about his defense of the crowd. Because he didn't even acknowledge that there were things said that were unacceptable--this while demanding that Obama repudiate what Lewis said. He must know that there is a real voice in his supporters that is blatantly racist and speaks of Obama as a terrorist. It would be one thing if he said that anybody who said those things was wrong but that they didn't make up the crowd. But going out of his way to basically turn those very supporters into victims, as if it wasn't fair to say what they said was bad? That's totally condoning it.
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Date: 2008-10-16 07:44 pm (UTC)I definitely thought the same thing about his defense of the crowd. Because he didn't even acknowledge that there were things said that were unacceptable--this while demanding that Obama repudiate what Lewis said. He must know that there is a real voice in his supporters that is blatantly racist and speaks of Obama as a terrorist. It would be one thing if he said that anybody who said those things was wrong but that they didn't make up the crowd. But going out of his way to basically turn those very supporters into victims, as if it wasn't fair to say what they said was bad? That's totally condoning it.