Originally posted on February 1, 2007.

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Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) announced his bid for President in the 2008 election this week, and immediately stepped in a big warm pile of political doo-doo, when he referred to fellow President campaigner, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean."

Now, the Liberalista media types are blowing the comment all out of proportion, and Biden himself apologized, saying he was trying to compliment Obama for being a fresh face on the campaign trail, the latest thing, the newest political flavor of the month. Those attacking Biden for the comment are claiming that he made a racist comment.

Actually, Biden's comment was dead on...it's just that the media is not focused on the right word in the statement. They focus on "articulate and bright and clean."

I think Biden was totally correct and should not have to apologize for anything, and in fact, he made an insightful statement.

Because rather than focusing on "articulate", and "bright", and "clean", I focus on the other descriptive term: "mainstream".

What the Liberalistas fail to deal with is the fact that none of *their* buddies can be honestly characterized as within the mainstream of our society. Do you believe that Jesse Jackson is mainstream after some of the remarks he has made (the ones against Jews being the most infamous)? How about Al Sharpton? Carol Moseley Brawn? How about New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, who said that New Orleans should be rebuilt as a "chocolate" city...is he mainstream? Can someone point me to a Liberalista leader who is a mainstream African-American?

I believe the terms Liberalista and mainstream are incompatible with each other.

Now, I am no shill for Joe Biden. I plan to take a good look at Biden, along with all of the other candidates for the election in 2008, and I'll share my views with you. However, no matter your political stripe, Senator Joe Biden should not be attacked for exposing a truth, even if that truth hurts.

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John B.
Blog Guy

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