Oh Harry

To quote the current Senate majority leader, “Barack Obama could become the first African-American president because he was ‘light-skinned’ and because he did not speak with a ‘Negro’ dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

Obviously, the GOP is calling for him to resign; like Trent Lott did in 2007.  Saying that Reid’s comments are congruent to those that led to former Senator Lott’s resignation three years ago.

But what Reid said, f*ing stupid as it was, is not parallel to Lott’s statement in 07′.  Quoting the former Senator, “I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him, [and] we’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either.”

Now to compare the two.  Reid was making a comment about how President Obama could be seen as the nation’s first black Head of State if he spoke with, what those in the mainstream consider to be, a Negro dialect.  And Trent Lott was saying that if more people voted for an overt segregationist, that would to expediting the nation’s race problems.

Still, Reid is an absolute moron for saying what he said.  Should he step-down?  I don’t really care whether he stays or not, because he’s not one of my Senators.  Even more pertinent than his comments, the Democrats need as many Senators as they can get at this point to prevent stalling or stoppage of healthcare legislation.

Thoughts?