Governor “Don’t Drop The Soap” Kathleen Sebelius Adds Race Baiting To Her Obama Stump Speech
Governor “Don’t Drop The Soap” Kathleen Sebelius decided to add some race baiting to her stump speech:
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius accused Republicans on Tuesday of injecting race into the presidential campaign, arguing that they are using “code language” to convince Midwesterners that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them.
“Have any of you noticed that Barack Obama is part African-American?” Sebelius asked with sarcasm. “(Republicans) are not going to go lightly into the darkness.”
Sebelius was responding to a question from the audience at the Iowa City Public Library about the tenacity of Democrats and whether they would fight for victory as hard as Republicans in the closing weeks of the election.
She did not elaborate on her comment.
Did I notice that Barack Obama is part African-American? yes I did, and he has reminded us of that since last June!
Ed:
The AP or the Miami Herald has edited this article to remove the “(Republicans) will not go lightly into the darkness” quote. Fortunately, I saved a cached version of the article here. It now reads:
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that a belief among some voters that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them is hindering his campaign for president.
Asked at a brown-bag lunch at the local library why the campaign is neck-and-neck, Sebelius said “code language” raising doubts about Obama is invalid because his life experience “has a lot more to do with me and my family.”
“I think that the notion that, ‘By the way, have any of you noticed that Barack Obama is part African American?’ I think that is for a number of people difficult,” Sebelius said. “I think we need to talk about the fact that that is a real issue.”
Why did this story get changed? Did someone at the AP or Herald decide that it made the smear tactics just too obvious?
Others blogging:
- Ace of Spades HQ
- Race-baiting for Obama
- ZEITGEIST
- The Obama Doctrine: Pre-emptive Strikes on Racism « Above My Pay Grade!
- The Other McCain: Sebelius plays the race card
- Obama Surrogate Plays the Race Card | The American Pundit
