tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post8695254797609133248..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Civil Rights Roundup: 7/28/08David Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-52829112026862994122008-07-28T10:19:00.000-07:002008-07-28T10:19:00.000-07:00"McCain's own campaign refused to say whether it s...<I>"McCain's own campaign refused to say whether it stands by the candidate's announcement that he supports the ballot initiative." I wasn't aware that "the McCain campaign" had the authority to trump John McCain as to his own position.</I><BR/><BR/>One often hears of a candidate's distancing himself from a screwup by his campaign staff, but yeah, CNN has a new one on us if the campaign staff is now distancing itself from a perceived screwup by the candidate.<BR/><BR/>I think the confusion stems from McCain's equating of "affirmative action" with "government- mandated hiring quotas." Obviously, affirmative action ranges outside just the area of hiring, and there can be affirmative action without quotas. The actual language of the initiatives Connerly currently is sponsoring is:<BR/><BR/>"The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin, in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting."<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>I'm irked by this error in the Wichita Eagle story about Obama: 'his 2004 memoir, "Dreams From my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance."'<BR/><BR/>The memoir was republished in 2004 when Obama was running for the Senate, but was first published in 1995 after Obama attracted media attention for being elected as HLR president. I think it's important to keep that in mind, considering how personal the memoir is, in contrast to "Audacity of Hope."PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com