I really think they're attacking me because I'm white.
More precisely, they're attacking her because she told a Los Angeles paper:
If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color), he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.
Yes, the marvelous life of black men in modern America. Truly, how could anyone think that dark skin in America could be a disadvantage.
One presumes that the Clinton campaign will shortly combine the prefixes "de-" and "re-" with bases "-ject" and "-nounce," as they demanded Obama do with the unsolicited support of a divisive public figure.
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