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This whole dispute is partisan.
If you think the speech was less than brilliant and didn't do an adequate job explaining away his connections to a fearmonger, then you're an idiot conservative.
If you're falling all over yourself about how this is the most revolutionary speech every, you're a braindead and lovestruck liberal.
The fact is, it was fairly interesting and somewhat daring. It doesn't get the same acclaim (perhaps receiving negative backlash instead) if a white politician gives it, but that doesn't mean it didn't contain some valuable substance.
That said, I could care less what Obama says about race. I'm scared of what he'd do to the country, and lets not forget, this is about political posturing, not about some altruistic move to heal a racial divide (except insofar as that brings more delegates). I don't think he's evil, and I don't think he's racist. I simply disagree with the idea that he is good for America, and some liberals (not necessarily on this board) don't understand that. There seems to be a mindset that if just fixes this one thing, we'll all come around. Not quite.
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