Barack Obama doesn’t want to have back and forths on the MLK thing anymore, and this spate of increasingly reductive (and stupid) gender vs. race discussions may finally be over. We hope.
“If I hear my own supporters engaging in talk that I think is ungenerous or misleading or in some way is unfair, I will speak out forcefully against it,” he said. “I hope the other campaigns take the same approach.”
On a day that initially was devoted to speaking about the economy, he held a nine-minute news conference. Before taking questions, Mr. Obama mentioned his rivals by name and praised them.
“I think that I may disagree with Senator Clinton or Senator Edwards on how to get there, but we share the same goals. We’re all Democrats,” Mr. Obama said. “We all believe in civil rights. We all believe in equal rights. We all believe that regardless of race or gender that people should have equal opportunities.”
He continued, saying: “They are good people, they are patriots. They are running because they think that they can move this country to a better place.”
Hat tip to dNa at Too Sense.
