The conservative Republican commentator responds to the controversial 2007 video of then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama's speech at Hampton University: "But the question for all Americans after viewing the video is whether
it befits our nation to have a commander-in-chief who engages in
naked racial appeals; who adopts a markedly different tone and persona
depending on the racial composition of the audience; and who freely
traffics in falsehoods that foster racial resentment? Although
pandering may be second nature for most politicians, the sheer
fraudulence on display in the 2007 video should be astonishing even for
the more cynical members of the political class. Yet perhaps surpassing even the fraudulence on display in the
video is the condescension inherent in Obama’s presentation. Speaking to
a black audience, the future leader of the free world engages in the
type of demagoguery generally used only by speakers who believe their
audiences are too ignorant to realize they’re being sold a load of (to
be technical) bull. Obama, nonetheless, had no problem flinging the
bull. First black president. Been there, done that. Time to move on."
Peter Kirsanow Op-Ed: Our Racialist President
