Democratic race-baiting has actually reached the point where black Democrats are accusing other black Democrats of having problems with black Democrats being in power. It’s like an episode of The Twilight Zone.
“You never heard of that before,” Michelle Paterson, in her first comments on the situation, said following a luncheon in Midtown.
“David’s the first African-American governor in the state of New York and he’s being asked to get out of the race. It’s very unusual and it seems very unfair.”…
Paterson added, “I never heard of a president asking a governor not to run … so I thought it was very unusual that this would be asked of David and I don’t think it’s right.”
Okay, but then why doesn’t Obama have a problem with black governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts? Obama’s comfortable enough with Patrick being in power to repeatedly steal speech content from him. And there’s no evidence that Obama had a problem with Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the first black governor.
This line of race-baiting clearly won’t work for Paterson, so his wife cleverly goes on to more confusing victimization:
In a passionate defense of her husband, New York’s first lady, Michelle Paterson, tells News 4 it’s wrong for the White House to get involved in a local race. She admits there have been some very disappointing times recently where it seemed her husband might not be able to survive politically. But she said he’s “a fighter” who is staying in the race. Mrs. Paterson says she believes David’s blindness is contributing to his low poll numbers.
Really? Really? It’s not because of his disastrous policies, his revalation of personal affairs right after his predecessor resigned over a prostitution scandal, or the ongoing fiscal crisis? No, it’s because blind. Clearly.
by Stephan Tawney on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:48 pm