"Obama shows an ability to transcend race."  The Boston Globe in 2007.  "She is a typical white person who, you know, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, there is a reaction."  Barack Obama in 2008, speaking of his grandmother.  "The Cambridge police acted stupidly... there's a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately.  That's just a fact."  Barack Obama in 2009.  (Read Full Post)