Posted on 07/30/2008 8:30:32 PM PDT by keepitreal
Correct me if I'm wrong, but does it not seem as if Obama just said McCain and his campaign -- presumably the "they" in this construct -- are saying that Obama shouldn't be elected because he's a risk because he's black and has a foreign-sounding name?
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Then in Union, Mo., this evening, Obama seemed to specifically accuse McCain and the GOP of peddling racism and xenophobia.
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"But, since they don’t have any new ideas the only strategy they’ve got in this election is to try to scare you about me. They’re going to try to say that I’m a risky guy, they’re going to try to say, 'Well, you know, he’s got a funny name and he doesn’t look like all the presidents on the dollar bills and the five dollar bills and, and they’re going to send out nasty emails.
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There's a lot of racist xenophobic crap out there. But not only has McCain not peddled any of it, he's condemned it.
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With one possible exception, I've never seen McCain or those under his control playing the race card or making fun of Obama's name -- or even mentioning Obama's full name, for that matter!
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I've seen racism in campaigns before -- I've seen it against Obama in this campaign (more from Democrats than Republicans, at this point, I might add) and I've seen it against McCain in South Carolina in 2000, when his adopted Bangladeshi daughter Bridget was alleged, by the charming friends and allies of then-Gov. George W. Bush, to have been a McCain love-child with an African-American woman.
What I have not seen is it come from McCain or his campaign in such a way to merit the language Obama used today. Pretty inflammatory.
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Did anyone here ever seriously doubt that he would?
He has an extremely dangerous idealogy, and the destruction he has in store for our Republic will be irreversible.
You are, of course, correct.
Any time I have even an inkling of sitting this one out or going third party, I remind myself of that fact and my vote becomes a no brainer.
At least McGovern, Mondale and Dukakis were gentlemen and acted with dignity like elder statesmen. My bet is he goes the way of algore and Jimmuh, making a spectacle of himself well into old-age.
I can see the racists, because all whities are racist...but xenophonic...hell mccain wants to give the illegals the shirts off our backs.
Bingo
My namesake will most certainly come true if he gets his hands onto the White House.
Remember that "civilian military force" that Obama spoke of? I see it becoming his own secret police force whose brutality is comparable to that of the Gestapo.
PS...
Ever see the film, "Conan The Barbarian?"
Obama truly reminds me of Thulsa Doom!
Ash has an awesome photo of Obama!
Why is Obama even talking about xenophobia?
Is Obama really a foreigner and/or ‘strange’?
LOL
I wouldn't have it any other way.
I am no fan of McCain, but I cannot imagine the specter of black racists controlling the Republic if he loses to Obama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNu5V3XlnvE
Mrs. Clinton lost because of a very strange primary process. Mr. Barack Hussein won in states he has no chance of carrying in November (e.g., Idaho, South Carolina), and various caucuses - that aren't accurate indicators of a popular vote. AND the Dems took Michigan and Florida off the table due to petty egos...I believe Mrs. Clinton would've won the primary had it followed the same process as the General Election...
Of course the Republican primary was equally 'weird'... Front-loading the primaries with liberal states - that will probably end up voting for the Dem candidate - really isn't the best way to pick a candidate for an ostensibly conservative party...
McCain should say he doesn’t resemble those guys on the money either; they all wear powdered wigs.
Good grief. This is one of the comments from an Obama supporter over at the Tapper article:
Posted by: Brian | Jul 31, 2008 12:15:54 AM
Obama is being reserved. Putting over-sexed white women on an ad about Obama? Please! Racist statement! Translation: don’t trust this black man with your white women. Puleeeze wake up!
"All the presidents on the dollar bills and ... five dollar bills...."??? Does he think there's more than two?
“What do you expect … he has had racism dumped down his throat for over 20 years by his spiritual leader.”
Yeah. And as awful as that is, he sat in that pew voluntarily listening to that crap.
Obama has no cred. He is half-white. What’s he do’in - peeing on mommies grave!
**Even his MSM buddies are disturbed.**
LOL! The truth will get through!
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