Kennedy Townsend: Obama can overcome race

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and niece of President Robert F. Kennedy, said voter uncertainty over Obama's race is much like the unease voters had in electing the country's first Roman Catholic.

"People thought the Pope would be running the White House if he was elected," Townsend said.

Townsend, an early Obama supporter, said any unease with Obama's race can be similarly overcome. Obama, if elected, would be the nation's first African-American president.

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[Tony Kondaks]

Bill Clinton was accused of racism over comments he made about Obama in South Carolina.

Geraldine Ferraro was forced to resign from her position on Hillary's campaign because of alleged racist comments she made.

But there's a double standard because Barack's stereotypical comments about Blacks' athletic prowess was much, much worse:

http://pledgednotbound.com/racialist.htm

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