<p>You don’t see race as an issue because you don’t want to; it’s as simple as that. Sure, it may not be an issue for you, but what makes you think it isn’t an issue for other anti-Obama voters?</p>
<p>Also, don’t forget to read some of those comments on the video. ;)</p>
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<p>So intelligence doesn’t matter? No wonder why McCain has made it this far. Wow, America really is the land of opportunity–for some people at least. I mean if you can go from graduating 895th out of 899 students and openly admitting you’re “stupid” to president then you can do anything!</p>
<p>Well, he had enough influence to win endorsements from his colleagues in an equal or near equal number to Hillary, this, despite his being the new kid on the block, and despite Hillary’s alleged ’30 years’ of experience wrangling in the smoke filled back rooms of power (courtesy of her husband). Many of the most powerful senators went on record against Hillary, and others did so in private. Obama is also now known worldwide, and not just because he was someone’s wife. I think it is very clear that, unlike Hillary, Obama has gained much more than he had prior to his campaign.</p>
<p>Well, of course it is most debatable that McCain is more prepared for this job. His being a senator is certainly no fit preparation for the presidency, and that he was tortured by some Vietnamese, as sad as that is, is not fit preparation either. I am terribly unimpressed by McCain, especially since I think the man has no temperament to represent the country. Obama is his obvious superior here, and not only here. Obama is smarter, more intellectually curious, and more diplomatic in dealing with his opponents, all traits that in my view would make him a much better president than McCain. But, hey, Obama is black. And that is a problem for America.</p>
<p>We need not elect him to prove race is not a problem. We only need not see the spontaneous and nationwide racial attack on him by everyday Americans who support John McCain. </p>
<p>These are all attacks on the guy that are based purely on race. There are many more than this, and they are generating all on their own, from white leaders and everyday people. The truth is “they” really are trying to use race to make Obama “scary” to whites. Go ahead and Youtube “Is Obama Wright? - Pastor Jeremiah Wright & Senator Barack” and be honest about what is taking place in the video. Is the video really fair and honorable, or does it simply try to paint Obama as a black militant simply because he attended a church whose pastor has decried America’s racial injustice? Is it fair and balanced to Obama, the man, or does it use his race to create a political smear?</p>
<p>McCain’s supporters played the race card with serious viciousness and impunity, openly, though Obama himself has neither said nor done anything that warrants this. McCain’s supporters did this only because they knew it would work on millions of white folks.</p>
<p>But when Obama tries to disarm these attacks by telling folks not to fall for them, millions of whites claim he is playing the race card and that they “can’t stand him”. It is about race. And we all know it is.</p>
<p>Interestedad showed his true colors by trotting out the middle name Hussein again. Funny I haven’t ever see him or anyone else type out “John Sidney McCain”.</p>
<p>I don’t see how anyone who is paying attention could miss the fact that Obama has had to defend his patriotism (militant black? Osama/Obama references , Michelle’s “damning” senior thesis) and his religion,( he’s a closet Muslim?) at every turn, because he is black. What do people think the New Yorker was satirizing if not that? The race card has been played over and over before the horses were out of the gate by those who don’t want this man to succeed. Maybe not by McCain himself, but by his supporters, the “them” that Obama was referring to.<br>
I certainly don’t think that people are racist if they don’t vote for him, or even if they just don’t like the guy. But to not see the subtle and not so subtle racist innuendos by the “other side?” I find that hard to fathom.</p>
<p>Never said that at all - I said holding committtee meetings would be a good start.</p>
<p>I watched the youtube video - first of all, it’s just one guy w/ curious george t-shirts. And secondly, what’s wrong w/ Curious George? I understand that African Americans don’t like to be portrayed as monkeys - but Bush has been portrayed as Curious George too (and much worse). It’s not necessarily racial.</p>
<p>btw - I’m sure you could find a youtube video of somebody doing just about anything - that doesn’t mean it’s a prevailing opinion of the masses (a few comments by idiots doesn’t mean the whole world is racist either).</p>
<p>I think PAC money will help if you want support from the senators. Hillary should have doled out more PAC money for their support. </p>
<p>He is known worldwide, so I think it will be great to join Paris Hilton on a world tour if he does not win the presidency. The two are such a pair.</p>
<p>How can it be racial when our President (who happens to be white) has been portrayed as the VERY SAME CHARACTER?</p>
<p>Again I ask, What’s wrong with Curious George anyway? Isn’t he a well-loved character? You all keep touting your candidate’s “Intellectual Curiosity” - well there you go! (The “insult” of it is that CG always seems to get himslf in trouble as a result of his naivete - and in that case, it’s probably a good jab at both BHO & GWB).</p>
<p>Don’t forget Oprah. She’s first dubbed him The One.
Oprah could hand out free designer sunglasses to everyone in the crowd…so they aren’t blinded by The Light.</p>