Caller mad at us for 'supporting a black man'

Audio: Caller mad at us for 'supporting a black man'

Folks, here's audio of the caller I mentioned in my column who was mad about the Obama endorsement purely because we're "supporting a black man." http://blogs.thestate.com/bradwarthensblog/files/caller_short.wav


Here's a transcript:

"...I need to talk with someone to discuss the fact that y'all are supporting a black man for president of the United States. I am ASHAMED that we've got a newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, one of the best cities in America, and yet we've got a black operation supporting black candidates, that doesn't have any more sense of being president of the United States than I do. He may be educated with a college degree, but let me tell you one thing: He has no common sense whatsoever, or you don't either. And if you feel like calling me, go to it, girl [the message was left on our publisher's assistant's line]. I am disappointed and upset that we've got a black newspaper right here in the city of Columbia."

If you have trouble loading the audio, let me know. I guess I could shrink the file, but we would lose sound quality -- I think.

Anyway, welcome to my world. Fortunately, this caller reflects a minority view. But it's a minority that we hear from too often.