Those of us who look at Obama as a radical leftist first, African American second, may have trouble believing it, but not everyone sees it that way.

The left is, if nothing else, rife with internal racism.  They see everything as divided and compartmentalized.  To them white, black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American aren’t just labels, they’re unflinching lifestyle definitions.  Dems pay a mountain of lip service to the idea that they spend their days fighting racists but, in their heart of hearts, they see such divisions more starkly than anyone.

So, during last night’s State Of The Union speech, it must have been a great relief for Chris Matthews who, for a few minutes, managed to forget that Obama was black.

Chris, the rest of us have been looking at this guy, without thinking about his race, for a long time now.  We judge him based on his policies and his actions.  It’s nice that, at least for “an hour,” you were able to join us.

Or were you? 

I mean, as you say say you were watching and “said wait a minute, he’s an African American guy in front of a bunch of other white people.”  So, I guess you really didn’t manage to forget he was black after all, did you?

- Robert Laurie