Just when everyone in the Obama camp is hoping to put the race issue behind them and return to the substantive issue's American politics, along comes John Kerry.
According to MSNBC, via NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli; In an interview giving to a N.H. newspaper on Tuesday, Kerry speaking on the race speech said that Obama would be uniquely qualified to bridge the divide with the Islamic world and to empower moderate Islam. when asked by the reporter about the rational behind his assertion, Kerry said "because he's a black man"
Here's the quote from MSNBC:
Speaking of the race speech from Tuesday, Obama supporter John Kerry gave an interview with a local N.H. paper, reports NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli. In it, Kerry said the color of Obama's skin makes him uniquely qualified for president and even reach out to the moderate Islam world. During an interview with the New Bedford Standard Times, portions of which were posted on YouTube, John Kerry says bluntly that Barack Obama has the potential to "bridge the divide in religious extremism" because he is black....
...The Massachusetts senator said Obama has an ability to perhaps even empower moderate Islam "to be able to stand up against the racial misinterpretation of a legitimate religion." Asked by a reporter what gave Obama the credibility to do so, Kerry said, "Because he's African American. Because he's a black man, who has come from a place of oppression and repression through the years in our own country. We only broke the back of civil rights, Jim Crow, in the 1960s here. Everybody in the world knows this is a recent journey for America too. And everybody still knows that issues of skin and discrimination still exist.
Heres the video
Good Lord! How Frelling Idiotic is that?
UPDATE
Link to Huffington post
Link to MSNBC
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Link to ABC's Political Punch article Kindly provided by beachmom
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