There is a racial element to the Joe Wilson incident, as there is in almost everything in American life. That Wilson is from South Carolina and that Barack Obama is African-American; that Clyburn is a civil-rights warrior and that Wilson is a former Strom Thurmond aide — it all makes it easy to turn this into another racial battle.
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HERE'S THE OFFENDING MAUREEN DOWD PIECE
(THE HILL, suggested by SIXTO MENDEZ)
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