Hypocrite Harry Reid Is A Racist – He Once Called Obama Light-skinned With ‘No Negro Dialect’
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By Noel Sheppard
Back in 2008, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) referred to then presidential candidate Barack Obama as a light-skinned African American with no Negro dialect.
Such is in Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s soon to be released book “Game Change” and was reported by the Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder Friday.
According to LexisNexis and Google news searches, this revelation, posted by Ambinder at his Politics blog, received very little attention from America’s Obama-loving media:
On page 37, a remark, said “privately” by Sen. Harry Reid, about Barack Obama’s racial appeal. Though Reid would later say that he was neutral in the presidential race, the truth, the authors write, was that his ”
encouragement of Obama was unequivocal. He was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama — a “light-skinned” African American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,” as he said privately. Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama’s race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination.
From what I can tell, until Reid issued an apology Saturday, Ambinder’s find received little attention.
The Washington Post reported,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) apologized today for referring to President Barack Obama as “light skinned” and “with no Negro dialect” in private conversations during the 2008 presidential campaign.
“I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words,” said Reid in a statement. “I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments.”
DIRTY HARRY! |
