Originally Posted by PR_Tom

He brought up many points that had nothing to do with the trial. In fact, not much of his comments were about the trial. He never said stand your ground was used in the trial either. I personally think that Obama makes mistakes when he talks about news items from the oval office because people weight his opinion too much. This is one where he's speaking about racism in America so I have no problem with it. There was utterly nothing to do with racism in this case in my opinion and I think that was shown in the trial. But it's another one of those things that brings the topic of racism to the foreground again.

As I listen to Obama there is absolutely nothing in his speech to do with any facts in this case. It's just a few minutes about racial disparity in America and I'm not sure that's very disputable. There is plenty of racial disparity. Just look at that recent Cheerios commercial. People freak out because *gasp* there's an interracial couple with a mixed child! Oh the horror.