"I'm going to tell you something: That boy's finger does not need to be on the button," Davis declared.

Hillary Annie Oakley Clinton says: ''I could not have said it better myself. Geoff Davis Gittin Er Done, like I will from day one"

Bad day for the Ice Queen. The lead story tonight is that she got booed. Then this garbage.

The apology appears sincere, so I would suggest that Obama accept it. It would be easy to flood the airways with our outrage about the "boy" usage, but Obama can show himself to be the bigger person. I'd advise him to meet with Davis and personally accept his apology.

My poor choice of words is regrettable and was in no way meant to impugn you

Of course it was!

The people of this country don't care about racism...only about the highly offensive word "bitter".

From the Obama campaign:

"It's hard to tell what is more outrageous -- Representative Davis' condescending and personal attack, or his absurd and offensive claim that Barack Obama is not prepared to defend America," said Bill Burton, an Obama campaign spokesman.

Meanwhile, Phil Singer had this to say:

"It's hard to gell what is more outrageous -- that after months, MONTHS, Obama finally gives us something to work with, just in time to squash Bill's excellent Bosnia comments, or the fact that some &^%$$&two-bit Republican dickhead has to go and change the subject. Can't we get some love here, people?"

Seriously. What a bind. They could make hay out of McConnell's disgusting remarks, but everytime they did, Davis' BOY comment would come back...

you know what Obama should do (or what I would do)

he should publically accept the apology and say "hey I understand saying something we don't necessarily mean, but seeing how it could be taken a certain way"

it would make it hard for GOP to attack him for how he said something but forgive their guy for how he said something >_

but thats just me

Once again race becomes an issue in the campaign with a southern Republican having to grovel for a racially insensitive remark. But it's probably no big deal. Jeremiah Wright just called Thomas Jefferson a pedophile a few days ago, and so far there's been almost no mention of it - except on Fox News, of course.

Thomas Jefferson a pedophile?

Where is the outrage?

Wow.

I was going to say I read his remarks as being more ageist than racist, but then I saw he's only Barack's elder by 3 years. Still don't know I'd call it racist, but it was definitely intended to demean.

His apology does seem sincere though, so he gets a pass.

Excuse me but when you say: "That boy's finger does not need to be on the button," about an African American, you are going to have one hell of a time convincing me that you just condescended on the basis of his age.

I'm not that dumb - I grew up in Texas. Like I haven't already heard every single racist code word, excuse, justification already?

I grew up with it. I know it when I sees it.

News Flash:

Wright is old news. No one cares anymore.

You people are living in the past, where people might remember something a few days later.

Not now. Clinton can support the war up until 2006, saying that setting a withdrawal date would be giving in to the terrorists, but does any Hillary supporter remember?

Look, Hate Wright all you want. He's not going to cost Obama either the nomination or the general election, and repeating his quotes just makes you look desperate.

Change "that boy's" to "Barack Obama's finger does not need to be on the button" and it sounds fine.

McConnell is correct with regard to Obama: "I fear the two Democrats, one in particular, is incredibly naive," McConnell said, adding that five years ago when the U.S. Senate voted to go to war in Iraq, Obama was in the Illinois state senate. "This is the big leagues now. At what point do you turn off the demagoguery and become a serious, responsible leader?"

Obama...responsible...never.

So Obama uses a admittedly poor choice of words and this clown jumps all over it was perverse glee, however now the show is on the other foot, it was an innocent "misspeak" and nothing more.

Interesting.

Reverent Wright said that Thomas Jefferson had fathered a child by a fifteen year old slave girl.

That is true. Her name was Sally Hemmings. Jefferson did sexually assault an underage girl, while he held her in bondage. He fathered more children after that with the same girl.

When an Adult Male holds an underage girl in complete captivity, and sexually assaults her over and over, and never acknowledges his crimes, what would you call the perpetrator of such evil acts!

More Obama elitism:

Obama's "punished with a baby" comment sparks protests

Christian leaders in the U.S. are demanding that Sen. Barack Obama apologize for comments he made referring to babies as a “punishment”.

While addressing a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last weekend, Sen. Obama said, "When it comes specifically to HIV/AIDS, the most important prevention is education, which should include -- which should include abstinence education and teaching the children -- teaching children, you know, that sex is not something casual," he said.

"But it should also include -- it should also include other, you know, information about contraception because, look, I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old," he added.

"I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby," Obama said.

The Christian Defense Coalition responded to Obama by saying that his comment is “not only a slap in the face to every child born to a young mother, but it diminishes the great joy that children bring to their families regardless of the circumstances in which they were born.”

Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, also commented on Obama’s campaign for change, saying, "Senator Obama talks about bringing change to America. However, when it comes to his policies on abortion he is strictly 'old school.' Every recent poll shows that America's emerging generation is embracing a culture of life and desires and end to the violence that has resulted in the deaths of over 50,000,000 innocent children and wounded so many women.”

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12231

With respect to the comments of Davis to the extent that racism is involved, which it is, this is not the problem. In large part Davis and McConnell remarks were juvenile, remember Allen's remarks in Virginia. It was not the "macaca" that doomed Allen, it was the pattern over time, and his lack of political strength. Obama did win the Virginia primary as I recall.

By design such remarks are intended to detract from substantive issues; this is the real danger. Individuals who are attracted by this type of remark are not disposed to Obama, and their lost will not be missed.

In sum it is best to stay on message and move on!

I have been screwing up my tags all day long.

Damn.

I haven't seen nor heard anything yet from Obama on the "that boy" remark, so let me predict his response: He'll be gracious, accept Davis' apology, maybe even add a little self-deprecating quip, and that's the last we'll hear of it.

That's the beauty of this man. He thinks, acts, and talks like an adult. I am so happy that he will be our next president.

if the pointy hat fits your pointy head, apologies ain't fooling anybody

Does anyone find it ironic that a southern politician with the same name (almost) as the only president of the Confederacy made this comment?

I don't.

We just have to keep in mind that few statements coming out of Kentucky have any teeth.

Actually, the Congressman was misquoted. He referred to Sen. Obama as "that THERE boy", and accordingly has sent a letter of apology to Strunk and White.

Nasty comment to follow: That old man's finger is what shouldn't be on the button. McCain has demonstrated in numerous ways, from his votes in congress, to his bio tour all about being a Navy brat (wait, is he not 70 years old and has spent the has been a Senator in the US Congress for the most recent 20 years?) to his answers to voters' questions that he is all about war. If any of the current candidates is impulsive and self-righteous enough to drop a nuclear bomb, it's McCain.

It's okay among family members, but the genesis of the term is racial, even if a specific use is not. Just trying to provide some context.

hahaha! so amusing.

Yeah, as I said once, it's not just a term the "genesis of which is racial", it is the kind of insult that can get you killed. It is simply one of the most deeply insulting things you can say to or about an adult African American male..

Racists have always used the term "boy" to address adult black males in a servile role, waiters, drivers, gardeners, etc., the French equivalent of "garcon" for a waiter in the old days when the society was class-conscious. This is not age-related, and similar to the "macaca" remark.