Friday, February 02, 2007

Barack Obama

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Presidential candidate sorry for Obama gaffe



Senator Joe Biden spent his first day as an official presidential candidate making apologies after describing his Democratic rival Barack Obama as "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy". The Delaware senator said on Wednesday that he regretted his description of Mr Obama as "clean" in an article in the New York Observer. Mr Biden told reporters that he used the word to describe Mr Obama as "fresh and new", and he did not mean to disparage other black candidates in past elections, such as civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. Associated Press in New York



To be honest it worries me how many US Senators are just plain racist. "The first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy". Oh...dear...



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