What Rick Brookhiser said:
Yes, it's early, yes, a lot could happen. But a man who could not have used certain restrooms forty years ago is in the center ring, not as a freak in the manner of Alberto Fujimori or Sonia Gandhi, nor even as a faction fighter in the style of Jesse Jackson, but as a real player. One of our great national sins is being obliterated, as the years pass, by the virtues of our national system. I don't agree with Obama and I don't particularly like him, but I am proud of this moment.
Also, in the interest of intellectual vanity, it behooves me to point out that the WSJ op-ed I wrote way back in June of '06 saying that Barack Obama should throw his hat in the ring, inexperience be damned, looks pretty prescient right about now.
Shelby Steele's question is: Do blacks want 'one of our great national sins is being obliterated'? What's in it for them?
Posted by Steve Sailer | January 5, 2008 5:31 PM