OBAMA SAID PLENTY — by Steve Nadis
According to today’s Boston Globe, Barack Obama is getting dumped on by academics and pundits for not speaking more forcefully about Don Imus’ on-air comments. Obama called Imus’ remarks “divisive, hurtful, and offensive to Americans of all backgrounds,” but evidently that is not enough to satisfy critics who were looking to him to take a harder line.
Frankly, I think he’s said plenty. The man’s running for president of the United States. Since when are the comments of a radio host an issue of national import? I also think it’s to his credit that he’s not using this incident as a springboard to demagoguery–the kind that other civic leaders are less circumspect about engaging in.
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21:36:16
Isn’t that some kind of racism to insist that a Black politician take a particularly hard line on a racially charged incident? Wasn’t the whole aim of the civil rights movement to create a color-blind society?
I agree with you OR. Why should a candidate for president of the U.S. be forced to take a stand on whether or not a particular shock jock should be fired for making offensive remarks?