nomination there s no question when the organization stands. proudly and loudly in support of our sister a.g. they had her back at her senate hearing in january. is this it the issue that reminds all of us where we as deltas stand? at the table, john gutierrez, peter slevin christina greer and a professor of history of public affairs at princeton university and fellow at the new america foundation. we go first o to tampa, florida, where i m joined by paul let walker, national president of delta incorporated. so nice to have you, madame president. good morning, it is my pleasure to be here. how are you today? i am wonderful. i love your colors. i wore them for our organization. and actually, i have to say, from the moment of her senate hearings i have been it s been fascinating to watch
because the realities are that as a black man, barack can get shot going to the gas station. sorry, so that was the wrong one, but let s pause on that for a moment. i thought there was almost a prophetic aspect to that. e we just got our things mixed. she says i m not worrying about whether he will be assassinated on the campaign trail because he s a black man and he s always vulnerable. that s right, it s a theme that she has talked about. she talked about it before ferguson if you look at her remarks on the anniversary of brown vs. board of education. when she was making a decision about whether to say yes to barack obama s presidential quest in 2006 she said i took myself down every dark road i could think of. michelle obama is a list maker, a thinker, she looks far ahead. and she felt that she had to think those thoughts. you know there were an awful lot of people who were waiting for