Ok if Congressman Davis were from Delaware or some other backwoods northern state - you could possibly make the argument that he didn't know that calling a black man, "Boy" had the connotations that it carries with it.
But he's from
KENTUCKY...
Sometimes we GOP'ers don't elect the brightest bulbs in the store either...
Nonetheless Congressman Davis
wrote a personal letter to Senator Obama on Monday apologizing for his own "poor choice of (some would say
BITTER) words..." (Rumor was that while dictating the letter to his secretary Congressman Davis was clutching a .44 caliber in one hand and a fat copy of the King James in the other...)
One of the more humorous aspects of this story however is how stupid, ignorant, and uppity Obama's boy gets in
the final paragraph. In essence overlooking the racially charged tone of Davis' original comment the Obama spokes-dude reacts to its substance:
Monday, Obama spokesman Bill Burton told NBC News: “It's hard to tell what is more outrageous — Representative Davis’ condescending and personal attack, or his absurd and offensive claim that Barack Obama is not prepared to defend America.”
Now being the father of an African American son whose skin is far darker than Senator Obama's - I'm fine with the whole, "don't call me 'BOY' honkie" mentality that might have caused some emotional scarring for the sensitive half white Senator who grew up in Hawaii. But Burton lost me completely when he says its all outrageous to believe that Obama is not prepared to defend America.
I mean...
When HAS Barack Obama ever defended America, or even ADVOCATED America's right to defend itself - his vote on the matter be damned?
Can Mr. Burton please tell this boy the who what when where and how THAT happened?