Saturday, March 24, 2012

If I had a son...

"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."

Really, Mr. President?  Just what does that mean?  That he would be black?  That he would be really cute?  Maybe wear Hollister tees and have a hoodie?  Wasn't that a rather gratuitouus remark?  What!!???  Was it your intention to stir the pot with racial overtones?  I don't know - I'm really naive sometimes - but I do know that now Al Sharpton is stirring the pot and there is unrest all over the country because of this.

Change.org is using this quote to collect signatures on a petition demanding justice.  A real tragedy, but is the race card helpful?  While the president didn't jump to conclusions like he did with the Harvard Law professor, he did nothing to ameliorate the situation at all. Way to go, Mr. O.


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