Obama: GOP Trying to Paint Me & Michelle as 'Too Black'

TheHill.com ^ | June 12th, 2008 | Andy Barr

[The_Republican]

Barack Obama said Thursday at a fundraiser in Chicago that the GOP is trying to make him and his wife Michelle appear "scary" and "too black."

"They’re going to try to make me into a scary guy. They’re even trying to make Michelle into a scary person. Right?" Obama said at an event in the Hyde Park area, according to CNN.

Obama said Republicans were trying to start a drumbeat questioning Obama's patriotism and whether he is "too black."

"I don’t know, before I wasn’t black enough," Obama said. The Illinois senator then suggested Republicans might say, "'now he might be too black.'"

[Slapshot68]

Sorry Barry, only the Dems make race an issue.

[Brilliant]

He doesn’t get it. It has nothing to do with his race.

[goldstategop]

Newsflash to the Obamessiah: I don't oppose him and Michelle because of their race. I oppose them on the content of their character and the company they keep.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[griswold3]

Well, Michelle you certainly aren’t Goldilocks! (you know too hot, too cold)

I did hear on the radio her calling O Bambi, ‘my baby daddy’. It was in her own words! I guess that’ll be on fightthesmears, too, huh?

[avacado]

What exactly does he mean by "too black?"

[Puppage]

I oppose them on the content of their character

Or, lack thereof

[TexasCajun]

How can that be when Obama is only Halfrican-American?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Marxists are scary.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Ugly thoughts from an ugly mind.

[wolfpat]

I’d sure like to know what his basis for this is. As far as I’ve seen, the GOP has gone out of its way to avoid any mention of his color.

As a matter of fact, the only ones mentioning color are his former church clergy.

[alecqss]

“too black”? GOP tries to paint?? Off teleprompter again, I guess...

[RockinRight]

What the hell is he talking about? The only ones discussing his blackness are his own party.

[TheBattman]

I hope this is a sign of things to come. Old Barry playing the race card this early is a sure sign of desperation. If he plays it enough, just maybe America will get sick of it.

[Laverne]

What a sick couple.

[Grut]

Sigh. As far as I'm concerned, the Obamas would make a splendid looking First Family; youthful, handsome, smart, accomplished and the daughters are charming. It's just that looks aren't everything.

[CaspersGh0sts]

“What exactly does he mean by “too black?”

It means he’s trying to play the race card and shut everyone up about Jeremiah Wright and the endless stream of criticism that is his “church.”

He’s wanting the world to take their eyes off of his past racist associations by calling the rest of us racists. Nice guy, eh?

[Moose4]

How can he be “too black” when he’s only half black? And when conservatives would fall all over themselves to vote for a Michael Steele or J.C. Watts, who are ALL black?

You’re not too black, Obamessiah. You’re too liberal.

}:-)4

[roses of sharon]

Yikes, what a sniveler.

Not worthy of a CIC at all.

How embarrassing.

[The_Republican]

You win! That’s the appropriate response as far as surrogates are concerned.