Nutter and Clinton pair up

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/us/politics/14penn.html?ref=us

This article definitely had some embedded greatness in that it both gave voice to the difficulty of Americans trying to discuss race without being racist or saying anything that could possibly be construed as racist (1) and allowed for some humor about stereotypes of political endorsement (2).

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Vivian McCabe, a grandmother, neighborhood block captain and supporter of both Mr. Nutter and Mr. Obama, expressed the frustration in a sidewalk interview the other day. “I was shocked,” she said, referring to Mr. Nutter’s endorsement of Mrs. Clinton. “Not because he’s black, but — I was just looking at him to...” She paused. “What words should I use?” she said. She could not come up with any.


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“He’s a really nice guy who’s talking about really important issues,” Mr. Nutter said last week while sitting over a late dinner of grilled cheese and chocolate milk at his favorite diner, Little Pete’s, “and I am aware that he is African-American.” Mr. Nutter’s wit is dry almost to the point of brittle.