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- RUTHDFW, on 06/19/2008, -50/+281Class Act!
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -40/+137It's really quite fascinating. Objective people would see this as Obama covering his butt after a really embarrassing incident involving stark bigotry. Imagine if the same incident happened in McCain's camp. There wouldn't be enough bandwidth on Digg to keep up with the comments bashing him. But here, Obama writes a letter of apology, and he's an unsung hero. Just an observation.
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -5/+83Thanks for assuming that all black men treat black women badly. Should I judge how white men treat white women by the wife-beating cretin in the trailer park? Bigot.
- dinot, on 06/20/2008, -38/+111Class and civility all around.
- alapoet, on 06/20/2008, -38/+107Well done.
- borez, on 06/20/2008, -35/+94Can somebody please tell me why (on Digg) does any anti-Obama story ( not this one obviously ) never quite make it to the front page? The story about his NAFTA turn-around the other day was shocking...yet it disappeared like Houdini on steroids?
FTR: I'm neither pro, or ant-Obama, the guy has no view point on scrapping the federal reserve, so as far as I'm concerned, he's: A. just another puppet, B. has no balls or C. he's completely naive ( which is highly unlikely )
Digg me down, but... do it with a reasonable point of view please, coz this comment is meant to spark debate... not hatred. - Wagnerian, on 06/20/2008, -35/+93Nice apology and nice ladies. I'm glad Obama is willing to be accountable.
- PoliticalMan922, on 06/20/2008, -35/+88It's nice to see that it still exists, huh?
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -2/+44According to your account, you were here on Digg last August-December.
How many negative Ron Paul stories made front page, when he was the Digg darling? Same thing, just in a much larger scope now.
The two couldn't be much further apart ideologically, but this is Digg. Digg Darlings happen all the time. - nevoc, on 06/20/2008, -7/+45I'd hit it. She can even leave the headscarf on if she wants.
- gimmeslack12, on 06/20/2008, -2/+38Class act indeed, not necessarily by Obama but by the women having the humility to accept the apology and move on. Resolutions are nice to hear about in such cases.
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -41/+75Yes, I can see McCain doing this. There is nothing super-human or extraordinary about having manners as good as a five-year-old's. The only difference is, a five-year-old would not release a statement to the press congratulating himself for apologizing.
Let's give Obama a big lollipop as a reward for his good behavior. - shawn1122, on 06/20/2008, -6/+38I agree. If this were McCain, everyone here would be saying "He damn well better have apologized."
That being said, a spokesperson for Obama had already apologized and I'm very happy to see that he has apologized personally to them. I thought that it was something that he needed to do, and judging by the kind of guy he is, I knew that he would eventually. I don't know if McCain would take that extra step to apologize personally, though I can't say that he wouldn't. It's just more of a sure thing with Obama. - theaceoffire, on 06/20/2008, -3/+34Most people don't write letters, they have premade formats or interns write them.
Calling takes more effort than stamping a signature on a word document. - Jeffler, on 06/20/2008, -19/+48How long until Fox News finds a way to spin this to make him somehow being an extremist muslim?
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -1/+29Dude, you can say it all you want, but it just ain't so in America today.
I am half Black, half Irish. NO ONE (outside my direct family and racist bigots) calls me anything but black/African American (I hate that term, BTW). Anything I do is associated with my being black.
It must be the Irish part of me that kept me from ever hitting my lovely wife, or my girlfriend, and raising two scholarship kids, following the logic of the idiot above ;-) - robertl30, on 06/20/2008, -2/+29I may just be getting old, but those are all hotties.
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -3/+28You must be one of those folks who's surprised that Blacks can have dinner in without hootin' and hollerin'. You and Bill-O must get along great.
- whataboutdave, on 06/20/2008, -11/+35It's obvious why his staff tried to keep them out of the picture, and that reason wasn't to offend Muslims. Imagine the fallout from the "Obama is a Muslim" crowd if too many pictures came to light of him with young supporters wearing Hijabs. It would find its way to every middle aged person's inbox in a week, and people would get uneasy about his candidacy. It's an unnecessary risk. Yeah, its an ugly reality, but that's the way that electoral politics must be run.
It makes me wonder why they stopped in Detroit in the first place. There are many practicing Muslims there, and they must have known that something like this could potentially happen and disrupt the campaign.
It's an unfortunate situation all around, but I hope these girls know why it happened. Sometimes we loose sight of the purpopse of campaigns - especially feel-good campaigns like Obama's. At the end of the day, Obama needs to win. Otherwise there is no point in spending so much money and mobilizing so many people. - fbeecher, on 06/20/2008, -15/+38If the same or similar thing happened with McCain and he handled it in the same way as Obama handled his situation, I'm sure you'd get similar comments of "Well done" and "Class and civility all around," etc. I'll admit to being an Obama fanboy, but if McCain did this, I would definitely praise him for it. I expect many other Obama supporters would feel the same way. His insistence on civility and cooperation is a HUGE part of his draw.
- finklemiss, on 06/20/2008, -3/+26Yeah but uncover the rack to her right.
- IslandDog, on 06/20/2008, -29/+50LOL. You people are just suckers. This is called political opportunity.
- ahmedb07, on 06/20/2008, -1/+22....im muslim and i really dont find that offensive...theres racism, and then theres having a sense of humor, lighten up.
- ryanparke, on 06/20/2008, -17/+37Maybe it's because more people like Obama, just a thought.
- bjs3171, on 06/20/2008, -0/+20HOLD ON. You have lollipops?
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -1/+21That would be giving too much importance to the event. I'm sure that Obama want this episode to be forgotten, and having them near him at the next rally would just fire the ire of some people who would accuse him on banking on the event.
Plus, those two Muslim woman might not want to have the crazies go after them to find some dubious link to try and use the whole event against Obama. - Mth3ory, on 06/20/2008, -5/+22Hey,
I'm an Obama supporter and I don't mean to snuff out your steam but for the record that photo was taken AFTER the incident. Here's the article noting that this photo was taken afterwards - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11168.ht ...
On another note, Obama handled this situation with absolute grace. Great job! - ryanparke, on 06/20/2008, -11/+28I seriously doubt he knew anything about it until after the fact.
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -0/+16I should say that in the winter, I am pretty light skinned. Come spring/summer, I no longer blend in ;-)
Your man-boy is so correct though.
My kids are VERY light skinned. Most people have no clue about their racial make-up, if they don't know the parents. But they are also the generation of "who gives a *****" about race/sexuality. It is still amazing to me: My parents we the first generation that was allowed to inter racially marry, and now my kids are in the "it doesn't matter" generation.
There is hope! - BaudiIROCZ, on 06/20/2008, -2/+18Buried you for being a racist *****.
- hamobu, on 06/20/2008, -1/+16Terrorist fist bump is now the biggest concern in our society since communist high-five went out of fashion.
- thh204, on 06/20/2008, -5/+19I definitely do not agree. Most Digbamans would look past the apology and continue to call McCain a bigot and a racist.
/sigh - inactive, on 06/20/2008, -4/+18Agreed. I'm not against Obama. I just really dislike subjective news (I use the term loosely) like this being made popular all the time on Digg.
- fuzzmeister, on 06/20/2008, -3/+16See the picture earlier up in this page to disprove your point.
- bruce86, on 06/20/2008, -2/+15Don't forget his TERRORIST FIST BUMP
- Technohamster, on 06/20/2008, -0/+12I thought it was in front of reporters?
- jsams81, on 06/26/2009, -0/+12the girl on the far left has big boobs
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -0/+12Whatever. What kind of idiot calls his wife a ***** in front of others?
- FyreGoddess, on 06/20/2008, -1/+13I think Obama actually looks a lot more black than most mixed-race children that I see around.
Then again, that's a completely superficial judgment and I'm sure that there are plenty of people who are mixed, but are assumed to just be black.
I don't know, in one of the series of books I read, there's a passage where a mixed-race boy is talking to a man about being mixed.
Man: Why is it when I look at you, all I see is the black half?
Boy: I don't know, but when black folks look at me, all they see is the white half.
I don't see how anyone can really win when skin color plays so important a part to people's assumptions and first impressions. No matter what their heritage. - WasabiBomb, on 06/20/2008, -1/+13HE didn't "kick them aside." Volunteers working at the event did. He apologized for his volunteer's actions.... what would you want him to do?
- hamobu, on 06/20/2008, -9/+21Seems to me that things have been turning against Obama on digg. Three reasons for that:
1. AIPAC kiss fest
2. NAFTA flip-flop
3. Public financing flip-flop.
I think most people on digg will quickly turn on anyone who is obviously BS-ing, and Obama is doing just that since he locked in nomination. - asianautica, on 06/20/2008, -5/+16If you're gonna use derogatory name for a group of people, at least get the group of people right.
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -1/+12That was for you re: why don't anti-Obama stories make front page
see: Ron Paul during his Digg heyday...
Same story, different candidate. It is Obama's turn on Digg to have diggers not allow any questions that don't show Obama in a positive light to become popular.
It is analogous to the Ron Paul "you hate freedom" of 9 months ago, whenever anyone posted anything that questioned his policies. - inactive, on 06/20/2008, -2/+13I can see your point, I wouldn't want a Black president that call it's substance addicted wife a "*****" in public!
/Oh... wait... wrong candidate - inactive, on 06/20/2008, -3/+14It's putting his neck on the line and personally apologizing for something that volunteers did on their own accord.
Yes, he is pretty smart.
/Cue to the "ooohhh you are an apologist" crazies - inactive, on 06/20/2008, -3/+14So will they(muslim women) appear standing next to him on stage in the next conference? I think they should.
- inactive, on 06/20/2008, -13/+23Objective people DO see this as Obama covering his butt after a really embarrassing incident involving stark bigotry.
Does it change the fact that it was a nice gesture? Speculating about what would happen if it was McCain is not even remotely objective. - themonkman, on 06/20/2008, -2/+12Wow. That's an extreme amount of bigotry you got there, isn't it? Stereotype much? If you're going to connect domestic abuse with anything, you should associate it to poverty and lack of education than race. Studies show that domestic abuse, particularly against women, are almost equal across race groups in places where the people live at or below the poverty line. That statistic drops drastically in homes where they live higher above poverty lines. Culture has some to do with it, but I've seen just as many white women get beaten by white men as I have with Africans.
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