Obama playing the race card again, and it is despicable

[mamatried]

Just as he did against Hillary, Obama is insinuating that any criticism of him is racially based. He's now saying that McCain and Bush (and he mentioned them specifically) are going to tell everyone that he's "different", he has a "funny name", and, oh by the way, "he doesn't look like the presidents on the 1 and 5 dollar bills". Not that McCain or Bush has ever said any such thing - in fact, Obama himself said it in his speech in Germany - just that they're "going to" say it.

At least against Hillary he had his surrogates stir it up, and he at least gave the impression he had nothing to do with hit. Now we know better.

Disgusting.

 

[D2bets]

Obama didn't even mention his race. McCain saying that Obama played the race card is himself playing the race card. McCain stealthily tried to inject race. Despicable.

 

[mamatried]

Obama didn't even mention his race. McCain saying that Obama played the race card is himself playing the race card. McCain stealthily tried to inject race. Despicable.

Well, what did he mean by the not-looking-like-the-presidents-on-the-currency crack? How else can you spin, I mean interpret that statement?

 

[Anonymous1]

nobody today looks like those old farts on the bills, beside ob's ears would fit on one....

 

[BetIt]

last few weeks from that camp reak of desperation

McCain is running a floundering campaign

-from his original strategy of running "regional campaigns" to what has gone down this week.......they are in need of something

-only thing working in their favor is it's July/August and noone is really paying attention

 

[Willie99]

I think it's pretty clear what BO was implying. Mama is right, neither Bush nor the man BO is actually running against said any of those things.

Barrack Obama, just another typical politician. No change whatsoever.

 

[Willie99]

last few weeks from that camp reak of desperation

McCain is running a floundering campaign

-from his original strategy of running "regional campaigns" to what has gone down this week.......they are in need of something

-only thing working in their favor is it's July/August and noone is really paying attention

as the polls narrow. Can you please reconcile your statements with the polling trends? What is your basis for judgment?

You see, I think that when one man received the extended primary coverage, when that same man as more and more favorable press, when that same man spent millions and millions more money, when that same man just went on a celebrity like tour of the world, and that very same man's lead in the polls is within the margin of error, I think that man may be in trouble.

 

[BetIt]

I'm not looking at polling, I think people get caught up in polling way too much, I've always said it's going to be close and it's way too soon/early on for either person to pull away. The one thing to look in these individual states is when someone is polling close to 50%...if it's close in the low 40s...it's competitive right now.

But I could write paragraphs about polling but what I'm looking at are reactions/actions of each campaign

-McCain has already replaced key people running the campaign..replaced, reorganized, he can call it whatever he wants but bottom line is he found fault with his original strategy (regional seperate campaigns) and has already changed it

-The need to go negative so soon. Maybe it's cause Obama is not well known but rule of thumb is...whoever goes negative first...generally isn't feeling very good about their chances/position.

I forgot who said it but some commentator brought up an excellent point about Clinton vs McCain going so negative. Clinton already had so high of unfavorables that she really couldn't go any higher. Consequently, she really had nothing to lose with going negative as she already had her haters.

Oh and enough about the press love affair...he gets more press coverage...yes but a decent amount is negative or stories questioning his experience/leadership/etc...which i'm okay with the press doing but this perception where noone will say anything bad about him is incorrect. I saw a breakdown of exact stories (on CNN not MSNBC) of favorable/unfavorable coverage of Obama...it was actually pretty evenly split

 

[mamatried]

Barrack Obama, just another typical politician. No change whatsoever.

So true, Willy, and oh, the irony. He's saying he's different, he's saying they're going to say he's different, and the truth is, he is no different at all.

 

[gtc08]

polling means nothing. look at the electoral map. if mccain loses michigan he has no chance in hell, and i already think he has no chance. no way mccain wins 80 percent of the toss up states.

 

[BetIt]

no chance is just plain silly

put down the kool-aid please

 

[gtc08]

slim. the media makes it seem closer then it is. they want a race.

 

[BetIt]

100 days is an eternity in elections

We haven't seen much of anything in terms of what these two guys are going to throw out there

I do think Obama runs a better/tighter campaign so that gives him an advantage in terms of that

 

[D2bets]

Well, what did he mean by the not-looking-like-the-presidents-on-the-currency crack? How else can you spin, I mean interpret that statement?

Well he's younger than the faces on the currency. Has better teeth. Doesn't have that funny wig hair. Bigger ears. Wears different clothes. Bigger lips. Lots of differences. Why is McCain focusing on the race difference? Because he wanted to inject race while claiming Obama injected it.

Disgusting.

 

[Conan]

Well he's younger than the faces on the currency. Has better teeth. Doesn't have that funny wig hair. Bigger ears. Wears different clothes. Bigger lips. Lots of differences. Why is McCain focusing on the race difference? Because he wanted to inject race while claiming Obama injected it.

Disgusting.

OK, I understand now how you interpreted his remark. Obama was referring to his own lips and ears by comparison. Obviously it wasn't because he was black.... obviously.

Funny

 

[paftraft]

Just as he did against Hillary, Obama is insinuating that any criticism of him is racially based. He's now saying that McCain and Bush (and he mentioned them specifically) are going to tell everyone that he's "different", he has a "funny name", and, oh by the way, "he doesn't look like the presidents on the 1 and 5 dollar bills". Not that McCain or Bush has ever said any such thing - in fact, Obama himself said it in his speech in Germany - just that they're "going to" say it.

At least against Hillary he had his surrogates stir it up, and he at least gave the impression he had nothing to do with hit. Now we know better.

Disgusting.

Unfortunately we live in a politically correct society, Obama knows how to
play the racecard to perfection but sooner or later it will backfire.
Obama has played the race card even more than he has thrown former associates under the bus. The only thing Barry X has done more than playing the race card is flip-flop.
This guy is already imagining himself on American currency down the road. It's hard to imagine the Audacity of the Dope!

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Obama didn't even mention his race. McCain saying that Obama played the race card is himself playing the race card. McCain stealthily tried to inject race. Despicable.

What you are referring to is version # 2 of the speech. The original was in Jacksonville, Fla., “ 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?’ ” Nice try but no cigar.

 

[Willie99]

What you are referring to is version # 2 of the speech. The original was in Jacksonville, Fla., “ 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?’ ” Nice try but no cigar.

So BO saying / implying "they are going to say I'm black" means John McCain AND George Bush are making race an issue?

brilliance at work

BTW: did anyone ever get a look at Bush's Secretary of the State?

:lol:

 

[t2050]

What you are referring to is version # 2 of the speech. The original was in Jacksonville, Fla., “ 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?’ ” Nice try but no cigar.

I really think this is their strategy somewhat and I think its a gd one. Specially for the over 50 white folks vote

 

[bblight]

So BO saying / implying "they are going to say I'm black" means John McCain AND George Bush are making race an issue?

brilliance at work

BTW: did anyone ever get a look at Bush's Secretary of the State?

:lol:

BTW: did anyone ever get a look at Bush's Secretary of the State?

At BOTH Secretaries of State and the Secretary of Education - hey, wasn't the guy over at Justice a Latino - and doesn't Bush have nieces and nephews who are "brown".

They continue to imply that the right is racists when many of us from the right can trace one or more family members to other racial groups -

And didn't they throw Oreo cookies at Alan Steele when he was running foir the Senate?

I guess racism is ok when you're from the left side of the spectrum.