Obama supporters have Obama's critics cowed. And the reason is race. I don't like Bill Clinton but he was exactly right when he said Obama's much-touted opposition to the Iraq War was a "fairty tale." It was. Obama made a mild speech when he was in the Illinois legislature. I doubt anyone even noticed. His main opposition to the Iraq War since then has been tactical (Bush hasn't done it right, not that Bush shouldn't have done it at all). And Obama seems to have a burr under his saddle about wanting to attack Packistan.

spite of all this, when Bill Clinton made his fairy tale remark, people acted as if he'd dressed in blackface, rolled his eyes, spoke in southern dialect and called Obama "a colored man."

Obama supporters are cynically using Obama's race to shield him from legitimate citicism. I mean, if Obama was such an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War how come none of us heard about his legendary spirited dissent until he decided to run for president?

I think Obama understands that if he wants to be president he can't use his skin color to deflect legitimate criticism of his record. Some of his supporters, unfortunately, do not.