Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Other Black Senatorial Candidates To AP: "We're Not Dead Yet -- In Fact, We're Feeling Better!"
OK, this is the kind of careless distortion that drives me nuts -- from an Associated Press article on Barack Obama's speech last night:Obama would become the Senate's only black member, and only the fifth black senator in history, if elected this fall.
Um, no. That's not necessarily true. Look, I understand that with the Ryan implosion and the Barthwell and Ditka demurrers on the GOP side, Obama's practically a shoo-in for the Senate from Illinois. And that these other candidates still have to slog through some formidable primaries in the next few months.
But I believe Mike Miles of Colorado, Denise Majette of Georgia, and Arthur Morrell of Louisiana, might all have a problem with the use of that word, "only."
Wouldn't it be nice to have -- for the first time in history -- MORE THAN ONE African American Senator at a time?
