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The ?Affirmative Action Candidate?

Someone should tell Susan Estrich, former Dukakis campaign manager and continuing Democratic talking head, that when in a hole one should stop digging.

Offering her 1¢ worth on the Ferraro firestorm (originally it was 2¢ worth, but I devalued it based on content), Estrich writes:

I don't think she in any way meant to put Obama down by pointing to his race as an essential element of his appeal. It is an essential element of his appeal. That doesn't mean he's the affirmative action candidate. It doesn't mean he's unqualified or undeserving.

In other words, if were an ?affirmative action candidate,? she is clearly implying, he would be ?unqualified or underserving.?

It?s always interesting to see what friends of affirmative action say about it when they?re not being careful.

Full post as published by Discriminations on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).