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Those Uncontrollable Campaign Surrogates: Lowery Cites "Slave Mentality"

By Big Tent Democrat

Sometimes, you just can not control them, the campaign surrogates. Here is Obama supporter Rev. Joseph Lowery being offensive:

Just when you thought supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had gotten past this race thing. In an address to the Hungry Club at Butler Street YMCA in downtown Atlanta, the Rev. Joseph Lowery re-stoked the fires on Wednesday when he told the largely African-American audience that “a slave mentality” was fueling black doubts about Obama’s chances of capturing the White House. “The slavery mentality compels us to say, ‘We can’t win, we can’t do,’” said Lowery, an avid Obama supporter and a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Strong words, when you consider that they include people like U.S. Rep. John Lewis or former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young.

Oh I know, some will come tell me he was NOT talking about African American Clinton supporters, he REALLY wasn't. Suure. And Bob Johnson was not talking about Obama's drug use. Tell me another one. In any event, I feel confident that the Obama campaign had NOTHING to do with this. They are not stupid. The pitfalls of campaign surrogates and supporters is what is at work here. People should keep that in mind the next time some idiot Clinton supporter says something stupid and offensive.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).