Posted by
Gabrielle Cusumano on Saturday, January 09, 2010 5:04:03 PM
WASHINGTON – "The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate apologized on Saturday for comments he made about
Barack Obama's race during the 2008 presidential bid and are quoted in a yet-to-be-released book about the campaign.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada described in private then-
Sen. Barack Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negr*-- dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Obama is the nation's first African-American president. " By PHILIP ELLIOT
AP: Reid apologizes for 'no Negr* dialect' comment at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_on_el_se/us_obama_reid
