Obama Dares to Acknowledge his "Whiteness"

Barack Obama took a big step today.

He went to Kansas, back to his roots.

Obama Visits Grandfather's Kansas Town

For all the talk about Barack Obama's quest to be the first black president, his visit to his grandfather's hometown Tuesday was a reminder that it is only half the story.

Obama is the son of an African father and a white mother from this heartland state, which holds its presidential caucus Feb. 5. "We're family!" Obama said as he took the stage in a packed community college gymnasium for an event that combined politics with a personal story that does not get a lot of attention in his campaign.

Obama told reporters on the flight from Washington that the stop in Kansas would remind voters about his roots and that he was not born into privilege.

It was his first visit ever to El Dorado, where his maternal grandfather, Stanley Dunham, grew up. Obama was raised by his mother and his grandparents in Hawaii; his father left the family when Obama was just 2 years old and then returned to his native Kenya.

Obama told the audience that his story "spans miles and generations, races and realities."

"It is a varied and unlikely journey, but one that's held together by the same simple dream," he said. "And that is why it's an American story. That's why I can stand here and talk about how this country is more than a collection of red states and blue states because my story could only happen in the United States of America."

Obama is a human chameleon.

Only a few days ago, in South Carolina, he was a black man.

Today, he admits that he's a white man, too.

The audacity of... truth!

Sometimes it takes courage to acknowledge the truth.

It's about time that he's letting those white skeletons out of his closet.

In reality, I think it's a Super Tuesday thing.