March 07, 2009

Obama Distances Himself From Holders "Nation Of Cowards" Speech

What took him so damn long, this was a month ago. I don't buy it.

President Obama says he would not have used the same language that Eric Holder did last month when the attorney general declared that the United States is a nation of cowards on matters of race.

"We've made enormous progress and we shouldn't lose sight of that," Obama told The New York Times in an interview posted on the newspaper's Web site Saturday.

The president said he understood Holder to be saying the country often is uncomfortable talking about race until there's a racial flare-up or conflict and that the nation probably could be more constructive in facing up to slavery and discrimination.

As usually, making excuses. "Holder said it but it isn't what he meant".

By Stable Hand at 04:33 PM | |