While many in the media giggled over Barack Obama's little joke, they were too giddy to realize that this was his first pre-emptive strike. Be very careful because this post racial candidate has just issued a smug warning that any criticism will be deemed (dare I say it) racist.
It popped out casually, a throwaway line as he talked to reporters about finding the right puppy for his young daughters.
But with just three offhanded words in his first news conference as president-elect, Barack Obama reminded everyone how thoroughly different his administration — and inevitably, this country — will be.
"Mutts like me."
By now, almost everyone knows that Obama's mother was white and father was black, putting him on track to become the nation's first African-American president. But there was something startling, and telling, about hearing his self-description — particularly in how offhandedly he used it.
Wow! They just cracked the case.
Our media is so damned insightful.
