Playing in the snow
Jul 24, 2007 Medialites, Politics and Poker
Snow in Atlanta? Don Surber considers the preposterous You Tube exercise and asks:
What were the Democratic presidential candidates thinking last night? I can see where the ratings-starved CNN would host such a gimmick, but why would anyone who wants to be considered a serious person submit to questions from a snowman? …
The questions did not come from YouTubers. They were selected by CNN from YouTube submissions. … They did not lob softballs at the candidates, they put softballs on a T.
Asking Barack Obama if he “is black enough” is racist and even worse too damned easy.
The real question if whether his blackness has given him a pass throughout his life. Sure, he may not be able to get a cab in New York City, but was the color of his skin also a free ride to Harvard?
Maybe not. I’d love to hear his take on affirmative action.
Don, don’t get too excited. If you don’t think his “take” has already been reduced to a focus-group-approved sound bite, too, you’re watching too much You Tube.
