Norman, who began selling the shirts in late April, has said they are not meant to be racist. He said he thinks the Illinois senator and the character "look so much alike."

Cruyff...did you forget to add a comment or are you saying that his explanation is sufficient?

. . .what's to comment on?-his explanation is sufficient to show what a clown he is.

I saw this episode earlier this week. Practices like these are becoming more common place and acceptable in the American society these days. They (white media) made mincemeat out of Rev Wright but despicable things like these are just brushed aside. There was also a recent story that got little attention - The Obama volunteers that came under extreme racist abuse while canvassing OH, PA & IN.

The Obama camp is also downplaying these incidents and maybe rightly so, given the sensitivity of the subject. Any type of racial tension would spell doom for the Obama campaign. The fact is, people tend to get divisive in any type of racial uproar.

RD - I wouldn't go as far as comparing this to the Latin American situation. I am not sure what ties the Clintons have with Puerto Rico but I am quite sure that the majority of them are not voting for Obama simply because of his race.

When I read earlier your comment at the bottom wasn't attached.

Obama on the other hand has to just shut his mouth and take this while taking low blows from the President who wouldn´t even have the decency to denounce the racial rhetoric.

I don't think this guy was taking any cues from the Clintons. He is a well known conservative redneck who actually stated that OJ Simpson should have married Hillary...Lol

while taking low blows from the President who wouldn´t even have the decency to denounce the racial rhetoric.