Want to get an audience with Mayor Mike?
You might try serving up a grilled cheese, and chocolate milk.
That was Michael Nutter's food of choice at Little Pete's the other day, where he sat down with a New York Times reporter to explain, yet again, his reasons for backing Hillary Rodham Clinton over Barack Obama. It seems to be a conundrum to others, but not, of course, to him.
From the story:
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He’s a really nice guy who’s talking about really important issues,” Mr. Nutter said last week while sitting over a late dinner of grilled cheese and chocolate milk at his favorite diner, Little Pete’s, “and I am aware that he is African-American.” Mr. Nutter’s wit is dry almost to the point of brittle.“But there is this fascination, mostly in the press, with certain elements of race issues that, for whatever reason, only get raised with high-profile African-Americans,” Mr. Nutter said. “Have you asked any non-African-American politicians why they are supporting Senator Obama, and if they are getting flak from their constituents for supporting Senator Obama?”
Nutter said much the same last week in The Inquirer.
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