The other thing that brought race to the forefront of the national psyche was just not-ready-for-prime time politics. A US representative in talking about his opposition to a health care reform proposal was trying to discuss the issue of federal funding being used for abortions. In making a point, he used Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and President Barack Obama as examples. Basically, he said if abortions were publicly funded decades ago would "...the great minds of Thomas and Obama been aborted?". The common factor between Obama and Thomas is that they are both Black men. If you hear the representative's whole speech he actually talks highly of both men and admires their intelligence but he did not use his own intelligence in making his point. In a matter of seconds, he killed any aspirations he might have had for a presidential run in 2012 and maybe 2016.
If you think about it, this covers the options of Black women and White women but it still sounds bad. I know he wishes Governor Sanford would hold another press conference. :)
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