Jul 31 2008
Did He Just Say What I Think He Said???
“I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged,” the Democratic presidential hopeful said.
“I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it’s Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.”
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Did the presumptive Democrat Party nominee and the favorite to become the next President of the United States of America just say that he supports reparations for slavery? And if he did, why the hell isn’t this a bigger story???
Actually, one can’t be that surprised when one considers the company the Obamessiah kept for so many years.
H/T to Gateway Pundit and Michael Graham
He didn’t. I watched the CNN interview. He was referring to social programs like job training, etc. The reparations question was explicitly dealt with immediately prior, and he redirected his answer to these job training types of ‘deeds’. I’m a staunch conservative, but I’ll have to admit, most of what he said made sense. He deals with most race-related questions with a carefully positioned ‘post-racism’ posture. The reason to not vote for this character is because of the tax-and-spend platform being provided to him by the Democrats.
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