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SHOCKING: Obama plays the race card against John McCain
Real American:
You knew it was coming. It was just a matter of time.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=5495348&page=1
Obama Aide Concedes 'Dollar Bill' Remark Referred to His Race
By MARK MOONEY
Aug. 1, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama's chief strategist conceded that the Democratic presidential candidate was referring to his race when he said Republicans were trying to scare voters by suggesting Obama "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."
A key strategist for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says the candidate's reference to faces on the dollar bill was indeed an acknowledgement of race and its role in the presidential campaign.
The comment had triggered a charge Thursday from Sen. John McCain's campaign manager that Obama had "played the race card... from the bottom of the deck."
Playing the Race Card
Obama's camp initially denied the remark was a reference to Obama's race.
Obama is poised to become the first black man to be the presidential nominee of a major political party when he claims the Democratic nomination on Aug. 28 -- the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
He was referring to the fact that he didn't come into the race with the history of others," Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday. "It is not about race."
But Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod, acknowledged on "Good Morning America" Friday that the candidate was referring, at least in part, to his ethnic background.
When pressed to explain the comment, Axelrod told "GMA" it meant, "He's not from central casting when it comes to candidates for president of the United States. He's new to Washington. Yes, he's African-American."
That seemingly obvious reference sparked the first real fireworks between the two camps as backers of both candidates accused the other of trying to subtly inject race into the presidential contest.
Real American:
If the media wasn't completely in the tank for Obama, someone would ask him how exactly John McCain is trying to scare voters based on Obama's race. Of course that would never happen. But if it did, he would have no answer because John McCain has never said anything remotely close to using race in this campaign.
The only racism I have see so far was in the Democratic primary. Bill Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro, Jeremiah Wright, Jesse Jackson....they were the ones using race.
Why are Democrats so obsessed with race?
virtuoso:
Oh shutup you mindless dipshit
Politicians don't run America! think tanks create the policies, think tanks are funded by a core elite group, the politicians are just the vehicle to steer the policy and yet you still fall for this contrived circus.
Your mum didn't breast feed you that much is obvious
Real American:
The funny thing was that at first, Obama even denied that he was talking about race. So when he said he "doesn't look like the other guys on the dollar bills"....what the hell was he tlaking about? His big fucking ears?
Obama is also a liar.
Real American:
--- Quote from: virtuoso on August 02, 2008, 08:40:46 AM ---Oh shutup you mindless dipshit
Politicians don't run America! think tanks create the policies, think tanks are funded by a core elite group, the politicians are just the vehicle to steer the policy and yet you still fall for this contrived circus.
Your mum didn't breast feed you that much is obvious
--- End quote ---
Why are you even posting in this thread?
Shouldn't you be on www.prisonplanet.com jacking off to the latest conspiracy theory?
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