It Must Be Campaign Season

And this is pretty low.

"Vote for me because I'm black. And by the way, it's Black History Month. And you're black, too."

President Barack Obama this month launched “African Americans For Obama.” [...] There is no question this is a direct appeal to race as a unifying theme with supporters — a move that would be denounced if tried by his white opponents. In the video, Obama states “I don’t think there’s a better time than Black History Month” for this effort, but some view this as the worst time for an open injection of race as a motivating factor in politics.

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If African Americans are united by their racial bond with Obama, does that mean that other candidates can appeal openly to white communities? Clearly other communities organize around their common identities from Cubans to Koreans to Italians. However, organizing solely on the basis for skin color should raise some legitimate concerns and objections, in my view. Indeed, we have strongly condemned past candidates who made even veiled references to race.

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I also realize that associations have long been defined on exclusionary groups from Italian-Americans to Irish-Americans to share cultural norms and practices. Moreover, I do not question the right of people to choose racially exclusive associations — as much as I abhor them. I understand that people feel that they need the shared experiences and culture in such sites. I support the right to have such sites and association regardless of my dislike for racial exclusionary practices. However, I believe this trend — particularly in politics — undermines rather than advances the cause of men like Martin Luther King and the successes highlighted during Black History month. To that end, I think that the President is being irresponsible in organizing part of his campaign along racial lines. More than anyone else, a president should be a unifying figure in our country.

  Jonathan Turley

And I've been calling Rick Santorum a whore.

What's more interesting to me than the fact that the president is openly appealing to race, is that he feels he needs to. His handlers must have been doing some polling and determined that even the black community is no longer a sure vote.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.