Posted by
Katy Grimes on Monday, July 28, 2008 5:28:13 PM
Townhall columnist Star Parker wrote a fabulous column today that is a must read for anyone closely following this Presidential election. I am growing weary of hearing about Obama's "Black America," "Hispanic America," and of course, "White America." For a guy who said that race doesn't matter, he sure has made it a hallmark of his entire campaign.
Star Parker: The headline on the website of German magazine Der Spiegel about Barack Obama's speech in Berlin: "Huge Crowds Left with Mixed Feelings."
Two hundred thousand turned out for the speech, but CNN's Candy Crowley reported an "absence of euphoria" at the event.
As Senator Obama went global with "Yes, we can" and "Change we can believe in" he left at least some of the horde in Berlin scratching their heads. Perhaps these Germans, out to hear what all the excitement was about, were looking for leadership and substance rather than kumbaya.
What they got was the global version of "There is not a White America and a Black America and Latino America and Asian American America -- there is the United States of America."
Obama spoke not just as a "proud citizen of the United States but a fellow citizen of the world."
Read the rest of her column
here