Alohilani: I agree. Running/managing a Campaign based upon dated, tired divisions is ridiculous. Mr. Obama isn't the ONLY African-American that has white relatives. Take a look around. Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers and author of the Declaration of Independence, had children with Sally Hemmings -- a SLAVE. When Mr. Obama laughs about his being related to Dick Cheney, he is addressing the stupidity of this dated/tired discussion front and center. African-Americans have waited for this moment in our history for our white brethern to get how ridiculous this is. You can't choose your relatives in the United States of America -- and those of us who have a lineage that goes back multiple generations knows we are ALL related. Only newcomers who have bought into these dated/tired historical narratives are left. The Clintons (and Ms. Solis-Doyle's MANAGEMENT) tapped into this zeitgist with their Latino strategy, to the detriment of Latinos who are also not monolithic. Blatently fostering a NATIONAL IDENTITIFICATION FOR LATINOS AS OVERT RACISTS is not positive -- and some Hispanic NY politicians are moving toward Barack because they realized how damaging this will be for their futures. Of course, EVERYTHING/EVERYONE is currency for the Clintons to use and discard...as Ms. Solis-Doyle realized too late. Hopefully, Latinos will see their own future in her experience and quickly CORRECT this racist identity FAST. They will be left behind as America once again goes through a new TRANSITION, which ironically makes it more possible for quality woman to move into the upper ranks of politics, business and other realms -- as the Civil Rights Movement buttressed and was leveraged by Gloria Steinem's Women's Rights Movement in the 1960s -- though you will NEVER hear her or Feminists openly say it. We want our best and brightest and, perhaps more from Harvard, Yale, Princeton...and dare we say it...Stanford...will seek careers to SERVE instead of the autopilot fast track to RICHES at the expense of others, in a 40 year clamor up the corporate/special interest/Office as PROFIT totem pole -- following the Bushes/Clintons.
Alohilani: I agree. Running/managing a Campaign based upon dated, tired divisions is ridiculous. Mr. Obama isn't the ONLY African-American that has white relatives. Take a look around. Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers and author of the Declaration of Independence, had children with Sally Hemmings -- a SLAVE. When Mr. Obama laughs about his being related to Dick Cheney, he is addressing the stupidity of this dated/tired discussion front and center. African-Americans have waited for this moment in our history for our white brethern to get how ridiculous this is. You can't choose your relatives in the United States of America -- and those of us who have a lineage that goes back multiple generations knows we are ALL related. Only newcomers who have bought into these dated/tired historical narratives are left. The Clintons (and Ms. Solis-Doyle's MANAGEMENT) tapped into this zeitgist with their Latino strategy, to the detriment of Latinos who are also not monolithic. Blatently fostering a NATIONAL IDENTITIFICATION FOR LATINOS AS OVERT RACISTS is not positive -- and some Hispanic NY politicians are moving toward Barack because they realized how damaging this will be for their futures. Of course, EVERYTHING/EVERYONE is currency for the Clintons to use and discard...as Ms. Solis-Doyle realized too late. Hopefully, Latinos will see their own future in her experience and quickly CORRECT this racist identity FAST. They will be left behind as America once again goes through a new TRANSITION, which ironically makes it more possible for quality woman to move into the upper ranks of politics, business and other realms -- as the Civil Rights Movement buttressed and was leveraged by Gloria Steinem's Women's Rights Movement in the 1960s -- though you will NEVER hear her or Feminists openly say it. We want our best and brightest and, perhaps more from Harvard, Yale, Princeton...and dare we say it...Stanford...will seek careers to SERVE instead of the autopilot fast track to RICHES at the expense of others, in a 40 year clamor up the corporate/special interest/Office as PROFIT totem pole -- following the Bushes/Clintons.