Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

after we have had the candidates, who themselves rose above race and rose above gender, to have surrogates insert gender and race into a historic election is such a disservice and such a tragedy, at that.

Context

Norton criticizes the surrogates for bringing race and gender into the election discourse, undermining the candidates' achievements.

04/24/2008

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