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Rudy Wants Prez To Be Like Cosby

In this Aug. 23, 2007, SR file photo by Kathy Plonka, Republican Rudy Giuliani arrives at The Coeur d'Alene Resort before a campaign fundraiser at the home of Attorney John Magnuson.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that President Barack Obama could leave a unique legacy if he spoke about the intersection of race and law enforcement like Bill Cosby. “[Obama] could explain that yes, there are bad police and yes, there are police that act improperly and yes, there are more contacts between the police and blacks and we’re doing everything we can,” said Giuliani on John Gambling’s New York radio show on AM970. “If an African-American president stood up and said — I hate to mention it because of what happened afterwards — the kind of stuff that Bill Cosby used to say”/Alex Rogers, Time. More here.

Seriously?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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