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[mbali]

Have you witnessed every single comment made or discussion engaged in by every other white politician on the topic of race? If not, you're in no position to criticize how they discuss this topic.

As I said, you should just stick with talking about how YOUR candidate deals with the issue and let the voters make up their own minds about how he compares with other candidates.

Black people aren't stupid. They aren't children who need to be told how to deal with this issue. They don't need Howard Dean to act as their emissary to white people. They are considerably more savvy than most people about the race issue and don't need to be educated by Howard Dean and his supporters about what is and isn't important and who and who isn't properly addressing their concerns. They can figure it out all by themselves, without Howard Dean's help!

Dean's constant lectures about his perceived "superiority" on this issue smacks of paternalism - as if he believes he's the Great White Savior for black folks. It's insulting. And, if he doesn't stop it soon, it's going to be an achilles heel.