Obama's concern for his daughters

James Taranto:

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Oh well, at least we can have the audacity to hope Barack Obama will be a new kind of "black leader." Or can we? From yesterday's New York Times:

Senator Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who is running for president, called on MSNBC and CBS Radio to disassociate themselves from Mr. Imus, and said that he would never go on the show again. He said he had appeared once, more than two years ago.

"He didn't just cross the line," Mr. Obama said in an interview with ABC News. "He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America."

So according to Obama, the problem with what Imus said wasn't that it was shocking but that it was so ordinary. Imus gave voice to stereotypes so prevalent that Obama's daughters "are having to deal with [them] today in America."

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But wait. It seems Obama has been associating with rappers whose lyrics are worse than anything said by Imus. You can check out the least offensive parts at the link. Taranto adds, "If Obama's two young daughters are having to deal with Imus-like invidious stereotypes, then, it would seem a major reason is their father's friends."

The audacity of liberals who excuse rapper lyrics can spin the heads of more than their daughters.