A white college valedictorian is nothing much to blog about, unless he went to Morehouse, the only all-male, historically black college in the country. Joshua Packwood (4.0 GPA) made history as the first white valedictorian in the 141-year history of Morehouse.
Packwood certainly wasn't the school's first white student, but he
eventually became an "unlikely ambassador for the school." He was voted
dorm president as a freshman and was a Rhodes scholar finalist. He was
popular and nicknamed "Tom Cruise," perhaps before there was any debate
whether this was a compliment or an insult.
"Josh Packwood is Morehouse," the college's president said in a
February speech. "He happens to be Euro-American and brings much
appreciated diversity to our campus."
How Does Hillary Clinton Feel About the White Racist Vote?
Written by Foresight
Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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If you haven't already, check out my colleague Betsy Reed's compelling account
of how Hillary Clinton's campaign has deployed the racist playbook of
the right against Barack Obama. As Betsy argues, Clinton has positioned
herself to take advantage of the feeding frenzy around Rev. Wright, and
her surrogates have portrayed "the black candidate" as less American,
less patriotic and most importantly in what is now a race for
superdelegates, less electable.
It's that last word--electable--that really rankles me because it
imputes "electability" to the candidates themselves. It's as if
"electability" were a personal quality--like integrity, compassion or
in more biologized accounts, say, blonde hair--that candidates possess
in varying degrees. All of this is absurd since "electability" is
wholly determined by the voters, usually. (In 2000, George W. Bush
didn't possess "electability" so much as he was gifted it by the
Supreme Court.)
Obama: Clinton's 'obliterate' Iran statement too much like Bush
Written by Foresight
Tuesday, 06 May 2008
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(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday accused Sen. Hillary
Clinton of echoing the "bluster" of President Bush when she said the
U.S. would be able to "obliterate" Iran if it used nuclear weapons
against Israel.
"It's not the language we need right now, and I think it's language
reflective of George Bush," Obama told NBC's "Meet the Press."
Clinton made the statement about Iran on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday.
"I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack
Iran [if it attacked Israel]," Clinton said. "In the next 10 years,
during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on
Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
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