Obama said that while government cannot guarantee success, it is "a betrayal of our ideals" for people to be held back from opportunity because of their skin color or their economic class.No word yet from the elite private school Obama sends his children to where there aren't many blacks or poor children.Also,no word yet from the elitist, almost all white, health club Obama belongs to which isn't exactly friendly to poor folk.
"If you're poor in this country, that's hazardous to your health," Obama said. "If you're poor and a minority, that's downright lethal."
Friday, July 13, 2007
Obama gets loudest applause
The Detroit News reports on Comrade Obama at the NAACP: