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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Salena Zito :: Townhall.com Columnist
"Race... Will Have To Be Resolved," Civil Rights Leader Says
by Salena Zito
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The danger of not emphasizing race is that some people might think race will not matter if Obama is elected, Daniels said.

"I suggest quite the contrary," he said. "Race still matters, and will have to be resolved no matter who the president of the United States may be."

Daniels said the ultimate challenge is to keep civil rights and human rights as part of any administration's agenda.

"Otherwise, we betray the long struggle of people," he said.

Daniels, a Democrat, said after the forum that he plans to vote for Obama.

"I could have comfortably supported any of the candidates that were running this year," he said. "But it is Obama that has my support -- in part because he is black, but also because he is correct."

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Salena Zito is a political analyst, reporter and columnist.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Feb 24, 2008 - 11:23 PM EST
Re Zito and Daniels real identity
Zito is probably too young to know much about internal security and the far-left. I experienced it starting in the mid-1960's and have stayed with it as a historian and columnist ever since.

You don't give people credibility at the beginning of a story and then try to play catch-up at the end.

I understand that PBS is doing a story on Pete Seeger, an unrepentant Stalinist and life-long communist. They will sugarcoat his record of supporting all kinds of communism, count on it.


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Reply # 2
Date: Feb 22, 2008 - 5:42 PM EST
more subtle, Madmax
Madmax, isn't there a possibility that Ms. Zito is much more subtle than you might have thought. Consider: perhaps she knew all about Ron Daniels. What better way to discredit civil rights workers than to identify someone whose leftist credentials are so easily found than to identify him in a seemingly neutral, beningn way?

I don't know if Ms. Zito is really willing and able to play nasty like this, but don't assume that she just didn't know any better. In other words, if somebody like Daniels is an Obama supporter, then clearly (as conservativs love to remind us) Obama is supported by all sorts of radical leftist enemies of America (who probably also don't like apple pie either).
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