McCain campaign accuses Obama of playing race card (Rick Davis comes out swinging)

My Way ^ | 31 July 2008 | Mike Glover

[SE Mom]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A day after Democratic candidate Barack Obama warned that Republican rival John McCain would to tell voters "he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills," McCain's campaign on Thursday accused Obama of playing racial politics.

[SE Mom]

Surprisingly- McCain's campaign decided this was over the top- even for them.

[SE Mom]

Who knew McCain would stand up to this?

[DallasBiff]

Obama stepped in it.

[RC2]

You think Obama is playing the Race card now? Wait and see what happens if he gets elected.

[Long Island Pete]

Stumping in Missouri, Obama, the first half black candidate

[libbylu]

YES!!!!!!!!!!

[Blue Turtle]

Keep fighting...love the ads love the responses, love the offense!!! GO MCCAIN.

[clamper1797]

"What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington," Gibbs said. "There is nothing more to this than the fact that he was describing that he was new to the political scene. He was referring to the fact that he didn't come into the race with the history of others. It is not about race."

After which Mr Gibbs announced that he had a bridge for sale

[autumnraine]

The only person making this election about race is Barack Obama. And his racist wife.

[aposiopetic]

What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington.

Bogus explanation.

Had Washington spent decades in Washington (or New York or Philadelphia)? No. Lincoln? No. Hamilton? No. Jackson? No. Grant? No. Franklin? No.

I don't buy it.

[sofaman]

Hi Mom.

This is nothing but disgraceful. They can try and put as much lipstick on this pig as they like, the comment and the tactic, are utterly and completely despicable.

But we've come to expect this from the democrats. Cheap, divisive, and classless.

[hsalaw]

Halfrican-American.

[Anti-Hillary]

Greg Jarret on Fox just now after the story was reported by Rosen (I think): “So Obama meant not looking like the other Presidents just meant experience. Yeah” Then winks!

Love it!!!!

[moose2004]

“Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the senator was not referring to race.”

LIAR!!!

[MississippiMan]

You think Obama is playing the Race card now? Wait and see what happens if he gets elected.

I fear you're right. Because of the glaring problems with his positions on the other issues, this has received very little attention, but I can envision some scary things coming from executive orders, not to mention the more frightening possibility of a rubber-stamp Congress to match.

MM (in TX)

[RobbyS]

There is a segment of the black population that is angry and frustrated, and Obama represents this segment. He depends also on the mindless support of almost all black voters and he probably will also appeal to the angry portion of the Latino population. This plus the gays and the rest of the left liberal class he hopes to turn into a majority of the electoral college. Racial politics at its most obvious.

[RobbyS]

There is a segment of the black population that is angry and frustrated, and Obama represents this segment. He depends also on the mindless support of almost all black voters and he probably will also appeal to the angry portion of the Latino population. This plus the gays and the rest of the left liberal class he hopes to turn into a majority of the electoral college. Racial politics at its most obvious.

[Blue Turtle]

Obama may have to pick Hitlery after all.....

[mainepatsfan]

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that Barak hasn’t watched John Adams.

[McGruff]

Obama stepped in it.

This guy can't go a day without making an arse out of himself. He make John Fng Kerry(Vietnam War Hero) look good.