IMHO, JD did cross way over the line with the dinner comment. That is not in keeping with what I have seen him as over the years. He came back and admitted as much and apologized (which is more in keeping with what I would expect from him).
That being said, I would hearken back to the thread I started asking whether the right was actually trying to make it impossible to be black and a GOP supporter. I think that was when Limbaugh (who is pretty influential and consequential) called the President a "little boy". I think by now, anybody in the public spotlight has to know how those types of statements will be perceived by a lot of people. There is simply too much precedence to ignore.
To go on national TV with AL Sharpton of all people...AL Sharpton and throw that out there is either calculated or incredibly insensitive...
I've got to run
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