Obama now plays the race card...

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<p>Senator Obama plays the race card in response to McCain TV ad:</p>

<p>* At three stops in the battleground state of Missouri, Obama told audiences that his opponent is trying to make voters “scared” of him because he doesn’t look like past presidents – an apparent reference to being black – and has a “funny name.”</p>

<p>“Nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the challenges we face,” Obama said Wednesday in Springfield, Missouri. “So what they’re going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he’s not patriotic enough. He’s got a funny name. You know, he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills, you know. He’s risky.”</p>

<p>This is not the first time Obama has delivered this line. He made similar comments dating back to the Democratic presidential primary. But a McCain adviser said Davis reacted strongly because the McCain campaign said Obama was directly responding to a new McCain campaign ad.</p>

<p>The political ad, which the McCain campaign released Wednesday, features starlets Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. The ad calls Obama the “biggest celebrity in the world” and asks, “But is he ready to lead?”
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McCain’s campaign manager charged that Obama falsely accused the McCain campaign of injecting race into the presidential contest.</p>

<p>Asked by CNN’s John King whether that was fair criticism, McCain said it was.</p>

<p>“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,” he said in Racine, Wisconsin.</p>

<p>The Obama campaign has denied the accusation, but McCain said, “I’ll let the American people judge.”</p>

<p>In a statement earlier Thursday, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis 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.”
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<p>Excerpted from: [McCain</a> defends charge that Obama playing race card - CNN.com](<a href=“McCain defends charge that Obama playing race card - CNN.com”>McCain defends charge that Obama playing race card - CNN.com)</p>

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<p>He is not playing the race card as much as he is stating the truth</p>

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<p>He did this after losses to Hillary in the primary.</p>

<p>Hillary is still stronger than both McCain and Obama.</p>

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<p>Political criticism during a presidential campaign is not racist.</p>

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<p>A large part of this whole campaign has been race, with Obama being the first viable African-American presidential candidate in the history of America. He isn’t necessarily playing the race card by choice but in response to the slander regarding his ancestry and religious beliefs that has been created.</p>

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<p>I don’t recall McCain or his surrogates attacking Obama on either race or religion. That would be a third-rail topic and thus quite unwise.</p>

<p>Here’s an additional link from CNN on the subject: [McCain</a> defends charge that Obama playing race card - CNN.com](<a href=“McCain defends charge that Obama playing race card - CNN.com”>McCain defends charge that Obama playing race card - CNN.com)</p>

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<p>C’mon. The ad with Briney and Paris IS the race card. McCain and his people can smirk and claim that it wasn’t intended to be insulting all they want, but nobody should be fooled. But, as Obama told the Rolling Stone, he “doesn’t do cowering.” You’re seeing from the Rovians the typical bully response when bullies are called on what they do: whining.</p>

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<p>I agree with you, parent2noles. As much as I support Obama, I believe he was wrong in his comments yesterday. McCain has savaged him on pretty much everything, real and imagined–except for race.</p>

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<p>The “Celeb” ad lampoons Obama’s world tour. It’s fair commentary.</p>

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<p>Huh? There was nothing racial about the ad at all. Although some left wing wackos are trying to claim that the use of two white women (Britney and Paris) was intended to raise the spector if inter-racial dating. Pure baloney. They are symbols of air-headed vacuous celebrity or “fame without portfolio” as Lindsey Graham describes it.</p>

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<p>Oh, the ad was definitely intended to be insulting. Comparing the Democrat to Britney and Paris is about as insulting as it gets. Just not racially insulting.</p>

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The ad was about vanity and vacuousness.</p>

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<p>I don’t know how we got stuck with these two.</p>

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<p>How did they manage to leave Lindsay Lohan out of that ad?</p>

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<p>I don’t get how Obama bringing this up is going to get people to vote for him. Every single action he does in the next few months should be for that singular goal. I don’t think being open about his race or name or background helps him in the slightest.</p>

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<p>AMom2 and Tega - </p>

<p>I agree with both your posts.</p>

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<p>He can’t help it. Crying “racism” has been his knee-jerk reaction every time he lost a primary or fell in the polls.</p>

<p>Nine point drop over the last week in the Gallup tracking poll and here come the charges of “racism”, right on cue.</p>

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<p>^Seems if he does this McCain will call him out on it directly. Good strategy.</p>

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<p>Oh, baloney!</p>

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<p>McCain played the race card first by changing his position on affirmative action. Duh!</p>

<p>interesteddad:</p>

<p>Why do you hate Obama so much? Like you seem to literally hate him. Why?</p>

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<p>McCain will say and do anything to get elected. No character; no conscious; no soul.</p>

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<p>I told you why. His playing the race card after his New Hamphshire primary loss was one of the most despicable political moves I’ve ever seen. It told me everything I need to know about the man.</p>