Tipsheet

“One thing you have to remember is that Obama, he’s half white..."

According to the NYT, Obama volunteers have to use -- what I would consider to be an insulting and racist argument -- to persuade other Obama volunteers that he's really okay

“I don’t want to sound like I’m prejudiced,” Ms. Mendive said. “I’ve never been around a lot of black people before. I just worry that they’re nice to your face but then when they get around their own people you just have to worry about what they’re going to do to you.”

Ms. Vance responded: “One thing you have to remember is that Obama, he’s half white and he was raised by his white mother. So his views are more white than black really.”