John Kerry: Obama will “bridge the divide of religious extremism” because he’s black.

Oh, John Kerry. I don’t think this is going to help much. Or, er, are you secretly working for Hillary?

ABC News’s Jake Tapper sums up Kery’s endorsement of Obama:

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Kerry said that a President Obama would help the US, in relations with Muslim countries, “in some cases go around their dictator leaders to the people and inspire the people in ways that we can’t otherwise.”

“He has the ability to help us bridge the divide of religious extremism,” Kerry said. “To maybe even give power to moderate Islam to be able to stand up against this radical misinterpretation of a legitimate religion.”

Kerry was asked what gives Obama that credibility.

“Because he’s African-American. Because he’s a black man. Who has come from a place of oppression and repression through the years in our own country.”

An African-American president would be “a symbol of empowerment” for those who have been disenfranchised around the world, Kerry said, “an important lesson for America to show Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, other places in the world where disenfranchised people don’t get anything.”

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This “typical black” endorsement comes hot on the heels of Obama’s description of his “racist” Grandmother as a “typical white.” Read here for James Taranto’s comments on Kerry’s endorsement.

And, sort of off-topic but still on the whole guilt/victimhood collective thing, be sure to read David Thompson’s “Phantom Guilt Syndrome” (via a link at Tim Blair’s)

–via WSJ/James Taranto

UPDATE:  Tizona’s post on this has the video of John Kerry.