[Daradon]

Jumping into the middle of this Obama speech back and forth. True Obama may have said the system worked the way it was supposed to. But that is only half the issue. The other half is the very real suspicion of African Americans, especially the further south you go. Whether the ruling was right within the bounds of the law, and whether Obama sees that or not, still doesn't change the fact is that race is still a big issue, and probably was in this case. If there wasn't obvious problems with race in this country and specifically this state, why did a black women get 20 years for firing her gun into the air? Still can't figure out the people who want to bury their heads in the sand on that part of the debate, but whatever.

As far as Obama making a comment on racism, I think he's perfectly within his bounds to do it, and it's the right thing to do even if voters do take it poorly.

The funny thing is if a white president said the same thing, he probably would have been called a hero or compassionate visionary. It might have been a moment of sober thought for the American voter. He definitely wouldn't have been called out over it, the optics just aren't the same. But because Obama is black, he has to straddle a line, which I think he is doing very well.

I think it also shows how the racism is still very much there, it's just more subversive than it used to be. As I said, it wouldn't have been an issue if a white president said it.