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The Obama Nation
Obama Doesn’t Think John McCain is Racist
In response to criticism over playing the race card, Obama declared yesterday that John McCain isn’t racist, according to the AP.
“In no way do I think John McCain’s campaign was racist. I think they are cynical. Their team is good at creating distractions and engaging in negative attacks.”
First, the comment from Obama about how he doesn’t “look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills” wasn’t the first time he suggested Team McCain would go racist.
Back on Friday, June 20 at a Florida fund-raiser, Obama proclaimed that Republicans will make the Presidential contest about race.
Second, the recent comment from Obama that caused the race card dust-up was a cynical bash on McCain in itself:
“Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. 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 the dollar bills.”
Can Obama be more ironic with his attacks while he simultaneously plays the victim?
Barack Obama Plays the Race Card, Again
Obama is trying to sell the story that Republicans are using scare tactics to dissuade people from voting for him.
Just like Obama did on Friday, June 20 at a Florida fund-raiser, Barack Obama proclaimed that Republicans will make the Presidential contest about race.
Despite the fact that race hasn’t played a role in the McCain campaign, Obama continues to cry wolf.
“Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. 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 the dollar bills.”
Aside from the gaffe where Obama seems to think more than one president is on dollar bills (note to Obama supporters, only George Washington is on dollar bills), he’s playing the race card with his invented scenario about McCain comparing his look to George Washington and all the other presidents on dollar bills.
Maybe Obama isn’t talking about race when says “he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.”
Is it the powdered wig thing that sets him apart? The male pattern baldness on George? Maybe the frilly shirt he is wearing in the portrait?
Barack Obama, Race Baiter
On Friday, June 20 at a Florida fund-raiser, Barack Obama proclaimed that Republicans will make the Presidential contest about race:
“The choice is clear. Most of all we can choose between hope and fear. It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy. We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run. They’re going to try to make you afraid. They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?”
I consider this demagoguery and race-baiting by a Presidential candidate to be appalling.
Now I understand that Obama hopes to be “Big Brother,” but I don’t think he has the ability to read minds.
Not to mention that racists probably wouldn’t vote for a qualified, accomplished African-American for President of the United States, so they certainly wouldn’t vote for him.
Such a campaign by Republicans, which only exists in Obama’s imagination, wouldn’t make sense. We saw that in his races against Hillary when he had extreme difficulty winning the big blue states.
It’s also ironic that Obama would assert that Republicans would run on fear, since it is a hallmark of the Democrats, such as their continued lies about social security.
This paranoid, mean spirited and divisive talk is offensive, and it serves to do nothing but drive a wedge in our country.
Obama - how about running on concrete plans and solutions, rather than the race card?
