Remember Hillary's 2000 debate with Rick Lazio?  When she got ambushed on the first question by Tim Russert, who asked her to apologize for lying to the American people about her husband's infidelities?  And Rick Lazio, the smug little twit, lapped it up and joined in the pile-on?

Well, last night Hillary Clinton became Rick Lazio.

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

As a white male Obama supporter who has been quite willing to support Hillary in the event of her victorious attainment of the nomination, I find the above statements to be horrifyingly divisive, offensive, and frankly indefensible.  And I am utterly perplexed how any good Democrat could feel otherwise.  I am willing to consider an opposing perspective--but first let me clarify why I feel the way I do.