Reid Under Fire For Racially Charged Comments

In a new book about the 2008 presidential campaign, Harry Reid is quoted as saying that Obama could be elected because he was "light-skinned" and did not speak in a "Negro dialect." What do you think?

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  “Ooh, better hope my grandmother doesn't find out. She's gonna be pissed she didn't get credit for that quote herself."”

  David Fogel –
  Office Automation Analyst

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  “It's unfair that he's being treated like a huge racist just for saying what the rest of us were thinking but didn't want to say because we were afraid we’d be treated like huge racists."”

  Anna Schefrin –
  Hardening-Machine Operator

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  “Then again, John McCain also was light-skinned and didn't speak with a Negro dialect, so maybe there's some X factor Harry Reid is missing."”

  Wade Heinrich –
  Humid System Operator