re: #426 freetoken

Frum calls it:

From Frum:

I wish it were otherwise, but it does seem that these racialized attacks on Obama have exacted a toll on him. But they also have exacted a toll on the opposition to Obama. The too-faint repudiation of birtherism by regular Republicans has shaped not only the Obama brand, but also the Republican brand. It was not only white people who heard the implied message about who counts and who does not count as a “real American.”

He’s soft-pedaling it. People of color were crying all over the internet, including here. It’s so sad. I want Obama to kick somebody’s ass to cheer them up, but I don’t think that would do it.