If I were Obama I'd be tempted to ignore Keyes entirely
In Illinois, Keyes Begins Senate Effort
Keyes, a conservative commentator, wasted little time Monday in attacking Obama, charging that his views on abortion are "the slaveholder's position."
Keyes said Obama's vote against a bill that would have outlawed a form of late-term abortion denied unborn children their equal rights. "I would still be picking cotton if the country's moral principles had not been shaped by the Declaration of Independence," Keyes said, according to the Associated Press. He said Obama "has broken and rejected those principles -- he has taken the slaveholder's position."
…Asked about the phrase "slaveholder's position," Obama said Keyes "should look to members of his own party to see if that's appropriate if he's going to use that kind of language," the AP reported.
Let me tell you something: if Keyes wrote that himself, he's an abject asshole. But it reads like some white guy who hasn't got a clue what motivates Black folks decided Keyes needs to tap Black anger. Reminds me a lot of "graveyard rap."
