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John McCain accused Obama of playing the race card when he said "he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." McCain told CNN's John King:
I'm sorry to say that it is. It's legitimate. And there's no place in this campaign for that. There's no place for it and we shouldn't be doing it.McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, likewise said:
Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It's divisive, negative, shameful and wrong.Sadly, the promised "respectful campaign" is now stuck on race. As the New York Times noted:
The McCain campaign's accusation that Senator Barack Obama is "playing the race card" brings the race issue out in the open while allowing the McCain team to say it has not made the first move - a strategy we saw to some degree in the Democratic primaries.
Whether that works or not, this will mark the day that race officially became an issue in the 2008 general election.
McCain's ad linking Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton also tapped into racial fears.
Sure, McCain is using Obama's celebrity status against him and mocking his alleged "fame without portfolio." But by linking Obama with young white women, albeit celebutards, the ad subliminally evokes racial stereotypes of black men lusting after white women.
McCain is scheduled to give a keynote address today at the National Urban League's annual conference. It will be interesting to see whether he tells a ballroom full of black folks that he's "proud of that commercial" comparing Obama to two skanks.
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By: AB on 8/05/2008 12:19AM
If anybody is wondering why Mccain is now tie in the polls with Obama, the reason is Ludacris. The lyrics in his song directed at the presidential election has changed the electorate in a way that Obama may not be able to recover from. Our folks are so damaging to the cause, it makes me wonder whether these folks, Pastor Wright, Bernie Mac, Ludacris and the traitor African Americans who are voting with republicans for Mccain. This is the African American community's best chance ever at an Afican American becoming president. I truly wonder if there's some type of self defeating destructive tendency that we have sown into our subconciousness. WTF was Luda thinking? If the message isn't uplifting and positive for all peoples, all artists need to stay out of the political arena. Obama isn't the president yet and Luda's song only made it five times harder for Obama.
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By: RR on 8/05/2008 3:54AM
if you worked for the police dept, would you want somebody that has never been a cop placed as chief of police?
or the company you work for, hires somebody that never done the job, placed as ceo?
what gives OBAMA the right to be the leader of what used to be the mightiest armed forces on the planet, the right to be the chief.
he's talking putting our arms down, and talk to a world full of terrorist and crazy leaders of nations that want to wipe out the usa. i've begun to disbelieve in his patriotism. he's removed the flag from his plane, refuses to show his allegance to the usa. that not PRESIDENT material to me.
i hate the idea of the good ole boys being in office again, but i'm beginning to doubt OBAMA.
i feel it would be a mistake to put him in office.
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By: lauren on 8/10/2008 9:04AM
#11,#7,#3 unfortunately you have it so wrong it is our people who don't have a mind of their own. Yes there are ignorant people in every race. Most of us have our hands out. Put them back in your pockets people. We are a strong and intelligent . The Dems and Barack want to keep us and every other minority a permanent underclass.
Don't you get it. Dems don't want you to do well for yourselves they want control and power over you. Barack may be stating fact that he doesn't look like the other prez, blah blah, but he tells the crowds that Mc Cain Hilary are going to tell you that. He is the only one who is telling you that!!
Both candidates stink and they are not that different. I liked Obama because he seamed fresh,no experience is unheard of but he could hire people to assist with his lack of everything. Barack has a real chance to unite us and the white folk because he is black and white. Funny that he said that before unite and now he is trying to lock up our vote by telling us what the racist McCain will say before he says it? Come on. He has no experience and is promising the world. He will tax the rich, well 100,000 and up, that is rich? Let's stop being drones and a permanent underclass. #3 quit hating whitey so much, Mr Obama is not the savior because his skin is black. He wants to keep you a permanent under class with all of his programs he is a socialist. Quit hating so much it only hurts you and your family. Because they go on to having the chip of hatred against whity.
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By: Travis on 8/10/2008 11:08AM
why cant people understand that race IS an issue, of course there are alot of us voting for Obama simply because of his skin color. But there are also those who will not vote for him because for his skin color. thats just the way it is...
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By: R. Ann Jones on 8/10/2008 2:20PM
THE SIX I WOULD LIKE ANSWERED
1. When was it established that the winner in a campaign race pay off the debt of the the loser?
2. How is it known that the 18 million voters for Clinton in the primary were going to vote for her in the general election?
3. Since the so-called die-hard Clinton voters are so pro-Clinton, why then don't they log on to her website and each one of them pledge $1.00; that would be $18 million. Certainly she could eat the balance since she chose to remain in the race and overspend?
4. Why is it not questioned that if a candidate runs his/her campaign in the red, and insists on staying in regardless, not perceived as being irresponsible with finances?
5. Why do the talking heads persist in asking: "Why can't Obama get at least 50% of the vote?" Why not ask the same question of McCann? Is he not the more well-known? and
6. Why do the pundits not see that it is insulting to insinuate that Obama cannot advance politically unless he has the Clintons (Bill and Hill) no matter what they do or say about him ("veiled" or openly)?
R. Ann Jones
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