and help us understand what the d.a. did. he started with a kind of authenticity card. i am biracial. my mother is a black woman. she s concerned about me and my safety to this day. so he in one sense establishes the parameters of his legitimacy by justifying his remarks predicated upon his own personal racial identity to establish the fact that he can therefore be fair and just here. tell us about why that move is either necessary or he put that forth at this particular point in the midst of what we see going on in baltimore and before that in ferguson. i think it s a really great point, michael. i think what we re seeing in this and you really captured it, we re seeing in the way that these cases are being presented to the public a real evolution. a really dramatic evolution from going back to the days when these kinds of incidents would be accompanied by a press conference that was all about a mayor showing absolute support
spector leaving the party. if he had not left the party like he did in 2010, i don t suspect his name would be as poisonous. what do you think of those comments whands do you think santorum s chances are in place like pennsylvania? steve is right. politics makes strange bedfellows and spector and santorum is a good show of that. they had to become allies in the interest of their state and the interest that he was a senior, powerful member in the congress. that s how they got together. what s interesting is spector is the real republican here because the republicans have moved to the right. he had to essentially leave the party or get his authenticity card revoked. when we look at politics now,
what are your arguments that would suggest that obama is not doing the right thing? but to play the authenticity card, that s for whack rappers and middle of the road entertainers. well, he keeps saying, let s not talk about race while he talks about race. so he s not going to bring up race, but he s the real black man. he s not going to bring up race, but the media doesn t like a black conservative. so it s sort of like i m going to bring it up, what i m going to mention. it s interesting. he should put that the godfather pizza stuff is great, it might work there, but certainly doesn t work within the broad spectrum of the american politics and i think people will see that ultimately. who do you think he s playing to dr. dyson? do you think he s trying to gear up the conservatives into feeling like i m taking this guy on? and i m what is his end game here? yeah. that s a great point, reverend sharpton. i think what he s trying to do is say look, because it s been perceived
might continue to conjure. ehe continues every day to act as president of america. he s not ashamed of his african-american roots. he continues to enliven the conversation around issues important to african-american people. one can be critical about him not being forthcoming about that, but one cannot suggest that he s not a real black man. and that kind of personal assault is part of the have it yolic attack upon a person when people lack serious substantive arguments. it seems to me that mr. cain lacks a serious argument. what are your arguments that would suggest that obama is not doing the right thing? but to play the authenticity card, that s for whack rappers and middle of the road entertainers. well, he keeps saying, let s not talk about race while he talks about race. so he s not going to bring up race, but he s the real black man. he s not going to bring up race, but the media doesn t like a black conservative. so it s sort of like i m going to bring it up, what i m going