McCain camp: Obama playing 'race card'

Interesting McShame. Using race against Obama by actually accusing him of using race. Let's see if it works with white America. Republican leadership has caused white America much harm over the last 8 years but lets see if race will make them turn a blind eye and deaf ear to years of failed leadership.

I agree. Barack is playing the race card AGAIN! This is how he won the Dem Nomination!!!

Try showing some skills Barack, like you do on the B-ball court!!!

There is nothing racial in President Obama's comments. He is telling the truth in saying that McSame and the GOP used scare tactics and fear on the voters. This is just another example of stretching the truth for McSame and crew who have nothing to run on.

"...though he has said that Obama lacks experience."

This is a bad insinuation that lacking experience is related to race,or that he lacks experience because of race, or we should let him run the country to get experience. There is no "head start" run a super power program for underprivileged youth.

Its a fact - Obama lacks experience.

The Karl Rove operatives who are now telling McCain what to do are whining about the "bottom of the deck" -- they've never dealt a straight hand in twenty years of Big Lie politics, rumor campaigns, and the sleazy dirty tricks that put George Bush in the White House in the first place. These are the very same kinds of dirty tricks that Rove and Bush used in their rumor-and-lie campaign against McCain in 2000 -- when I supported McCain.

If US voters get suckered in by Rove/Bush/McCain's dirty tricks again -- I swear I'll start thinking they're deserving the kind of incompetent, corrupt governance we've seen for the last 8 years.

Vote clean. Reject lies and dirty tricks.

OBAMA, Mr. Wright, 20 year hate america, perhaps is the evil ones, and Race is the Black americans for Mr. Obama, most all voter's understand and are cathing on to misleading adds as this one I answered. I do not beleive Mr. Obama has a
real chance of election.

Arlin E. Raney

arlinraney@comcast.net

Who is playing the race card here ? Isn't it McCain who put up an ad with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears ( Blonde white girls) and Obama ( a black man) ?
What is McBush's hidden agenda?

DANG MCCAIN'S GOING ALL OUT. I WISH THEY WOULD JUST STICK WITH ISSUES, ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF MAKES AMERICAN POLITICS LOOK LIKE A JOKE... OH WELL

"McCain has not directly raised Obama's race as an issue in the campaign, though he has said that Obama lacks experience."

McCain has not even raised race as an issue indirectly... or is being a Community organizer and first term senator somehow related to racist bigoted remarks, and an inexcusable ATTACK against the poor minority man running for president? That hatful McCain!

""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," Obama said. "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.""

Seriously, can you at least write what he said instead of paraphrasing with quotes around it? I can LISTEN to what he says, and read a different quote at the same time. Hilariously irresponsible, but typical of the time I guess.

Unless you're talking about a different speech, in which case, why did you link this one?

This is laughable...and the media just parrots this stuff like the echo chamber they are. Where is the REAL journalism? It seems like political journalist just regurgitate talking points back to the viewing public as news. Then at the end of the election they complain because very little substance was exposed, just the bumper sticker slogans. I'm tired of these cut and paste journalists.

OBAMA is a disgrace. He uses any and everyone for personal gain, then throws them away when they are no longer useful. OBAMA has NO backbone and no track record of ever accomplishing the things he promises. The judgements that he has shown (racist pastor and church for 20 years, bad real estate deal, questionable friendships with shady characters, NO on the SURGE that worked but yes to a SURGE in Afghanistan?) are ridiculous at best.

I get the sense that OBAMA is a SIM run by the far left. He's just a figure head that says and does what he's told to do. He clearly can't make a firm decision or stance as everything he's ever done comes with a qualifier or an excuse.

Enough already with this clown, Doesn't want to talk about RACE until he needs to drum up the WHITE GUILT support. He's disgusting.

The McCrazies and other Republicans are speaking in thinly disguised code. "Too exotic" is code for "too black," and "arrogant" is not-so-subtle code for "uppity n_____." Let's call it for what it is.

and calling Obama arrogant, elitist and presumptuous is not racist? McCain has 8 homes yet those words have never been used to characterize him. It's all a throwback to the days of the "uppity negro" not knowing his place. Maybe if Obama was more of a stepinfechit we wouldn't be having these kinds of questions raised or better yet maybe he should put on a dress, that I am sure would make McCain feel a lot more comfortable.

Face it. Neither one of these clowns will do anything for you. They will both babble on about nothing hoping to get elected. This country is screwed.

OF COURSE OBAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT RACE....... BILL CLINTON WASN'T FROM WASHINGTON, NOR FDR, OR IKE OR MANY OTHERS....SO THE ONLY OTHER DIFFERANCE HAS TO BE HIS RACE. HE'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS BRING HIS RACE AND NAME UP........MAYBE HE DOESN'T LIKE HIMSELF........

Dear John - You are a racist for raising the race card issue.

Signed,

Democratic Party Leadership Whiners

I would think Obama would be more anti-black than anyone because it was a black man that impregnated his white mother and left after his birth, I believe Obama said he was raised by his maternal, (white) grandparents. His father was from Jamaica, not Africa. So why does he consider himself an African-American and not an American of mixed heritage ?? It seems to me that Obama is playing the race card because it suits his goal in becoming an American President.
Why don't we hear more of his mother's side. Is there something he is embarrassed of revealing ?????

Rather than focusing on what his opponent lacks, McCain should actually be telling America what he has to offer.

Glad to see we are having an election above the politics of division that is focused on the issues.

Both these guys are a joke. Why can't we ever have two good choices at the polls come election day? Why does it always come down to having to pick the one who sucks the least?

I may have to vote for one of the third party candidates this year.

BARACK LIPBAMA NEEDS ONLY LOOK TO HIS OWN HOUSE TO SEE WHO IS THROWING THE MUD....... BUSH/MCAIN.......MCAIN/BUSH...... NEXT HE'LL BE ADDING CALVIN COOLIGE TO MCCAIN'S NAME AS WELL..............

Whom you are kidding. You are saying that senator Obama is black and you are playing race card. It is sad, unfortunate, and taragic that Maverick McCain will sink so low. deperation, depression, and disconnectedness can lead McCain to self destruction. We should pray for him

They are both idiots.

Wow, this is a classic example of hypocrisy. Even if you point out that Obama is using race card, you are called a racist.

Can we please get back to the race for president instead of accusations over race?
The only one I see playing ANY cards is the McCain camPAIN.
Enough playing. Let's get back to issues.
John, tell me why you will be a better president, not why Barak will be a worse one.
John, tell me how you will make my life, and this country, better.
Let me make my own decisions about Barak.

Yes, Obama did play the race card, but McCain over-reacted. All McCain had to do was to say that he had never criticized Obama's race, only his lack of experience, which is an objective fact. Obama runs his campaign on the promise of change, but change and improvement are different, so there truly is a certain shallowness about the man. Frankly, I find both candidates unqualified, and so will not vote for president this year.

Hah! This after McCain just blew a racist dog whistle by juxtaposing Obama with two young white women (Spears and Hilton) in his latest TV ad. Pot, meet kettle!

Karl Rove's minions have slimed their way into the McCain campaign. The champions of the Big Lie and Smear are now managing McCain to keep him on track and on message. The stench that arises from the Swift Boat style attacks on Obama is all too familiar. McCain himself was a victim of this filth in 2000. The fact that he needs to rely on this type of "thuggery" is proof positive of his feebleness as a candidate.

Excellent point Brian... This is how things get misconstrued - and eventually accepted as truth. Someone reads something, or hears a news anchor say something, that was never actually said. Most of those people never hear the actual quote and it becomes lost, with the untruth and innacuracy living on in its place.

This is not a partisan thing; I'm sure it happens all the time in reporting on all candidates. No wonder the public is so confused and misled in all of this.

The Media has one job : Get the facts straight. That's it. Apparently, even that is too difficult a job these days...

Hold on a sec. We are supposed to believe that when Senator Obama said "...he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills" that he was referring to the fact that he didn't come into the race with the history of others. If that is what he meant he would have said he isn't like all those other presidents. He, though, injected the work 'look', denoting appearance. (OT, there is only one president on the dollar bill, by the way.)

This is not the first time Obama has mentioned his "funny name" or the fact that he looks different. He routinely makes race an issue while crying foul if anyone else even broaches it.

Sorry, Obamaphiles, I am going to have to throw the yellow flag. 10 yard penalty, and loss of down. BTW, I am voting for Obama, so please don't start calling me a Republican and launch a volley of personal attacks my way. I call 'em as I see 'em.

How many times will Americans fall for this Republican garbage? These fear & smear tactics are what they have been using for several election cycles, and look what it has brought us: incompetence, religious extremism, a broken economy, corruption, a total lack of an energy policy, and so on.
This tactic is especially cute: accuse the other side of "playing the race card" so you can paper over the fact that you are (surprise!) playing the race card yourself.
I am not a Democrat (nor do I think that the Democratic party has any inherent political virtue over the Republicans), but if we elect a Bush-clone (i.e. McCain) then we get the disgusting, inept, and dishonest government that we deserve.

What does it mean to 'play the race card'? Isn't McCain playing the POW card? I guess I don't see the issue here.

Anyone with more than 3 brain cells knows Obama was talking about race. Journalists and commentators always avoid taking it to the next logical step (and I’m not really sure why)…weren’t Obama’s statements not just a simple case of playing the race card, but actually racist? Think about what he said. Neither McCain nor anyone from his campaign has EVER suggested that because of Obama’s skin color he shouldn’t be President and they have never employed any strategy to “scare” voters by envoking his race. Obama is suggesting that BECAUSE McCain is white, those racist intentions MUST be his true intentions. He is suggesting that BECAUSE voters are largely white they WILL be “scared” by his skin color. He is suggesting that there is something wrong with previous Presidents (the ones “on the currency”) BECAUSE they were white. Obama wasn’t playing the race card. He was playing the racist one.

Ok, I'm a Dem and I am planning to vote for Obama. That said, there is no other way to interpret the "I don't look like" all of the other presidents. The Obama campaign's statement that it means Obama did not get to where he is along traditional routes seems like sort of a stretch if you ask me. But I don't care because we know that the Karl Roves of the world will absolutely use race to to try to scare people. They used it against McCain eight years ago in South Carolina. They used it against Dukakis in '88. These people are as shameless as they are ruthless.

And as for the experience factor, the current group of criminals in the White House has experience and resumes to die for, except of course for W, but we all know who's pulling his strings. Look where all of that experience has gotten us. The issue for this voter is judgement, a character trait in which the Neocons are so obviously lacking.

McSame, McBush, McOld, McfngStupidcanyoucomeupwithanotheroneyoulamemoveon.orgobamabot?

Damn those Rupublicans and playing the race card. Lets go through the list in this campaign: Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Terry McAuliffe, Geraldine Ferraro, Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama, John Kerry (type in "tarbaby kerry obama" at you tube, The Globe skipped this one), Michelle Obama, the Religious Left of Chicago...hmmm wait a second....who's playing the race card?

Now that we have the Bush team working for McCain we can expect this type of attack. McCain says he is not a Bush man. But he uses the same old tired tactics of evading the real reasons for the problems of this country, and concentrates on character assassination. I was hoping for a more independent McCain like the one I saw early in the race. But the same old tired republican tactics indicate a return to the republicans attempt to destroy the constitution and our freedoms. I was hoping I could vote for a hero; Not a republican mouthpiece.

"McCain has not directly raised Obama's race as an issue in the campaign, though he has said that Obama lacks experience."

McCain has not even raised race as an issue indirectly... or is being a Community organizer and first term senator somehow related to racist bigoted remarks, and an inexcusable ATTACK against the poor minority man running for president? That hatful McCain!
--Posted by Karl

Clearly this guy falls for the exact tactics the Right wing wants the rest of America to fall for...

he says "McCain has not even raised race as an issue...." (the left hasn't said he did.... ironically its the right saying that Obama played the card....) Its clever because they know that putting things out there on the table like "race card" well end up hurting Obama b/c people will end up assuming Barack put it out...

that being said to clarify for the conservatives out there what Barack was saying is that don't fall privy to this campaign that can only muster up one idea... the idea being "I'm wrong" "I'm risky for the economy" "i'll lose the war in iraq" (when he hasn't even really stated what "winning" or "losing" means..... plain and simple... its a scare tactic... scare americans (note: not about race) into thinking... if you vote for this guy... everything good dies.... cheap....

We have had other young, slim, good-looking presidents. We have had charismatic ones. We have not had a black one (or a woman). Obama's comment is about his race, nothing else.
To deny that is another example of his lack of integrity and a symptom of trying to be whatever will get him elected.
He used the Race Card in the primary against the Clintons, and it worked. Why not keep using it?
Because it is divisive and old-school. Obama is running the most cynical campaign I have ever seen. Disgusting.
And I am a lifelong Democrat.

OMG... you're all nuts

McCain is senile and unstable. Something about being a POW. Cannot be trusted to make important decisions.

Where do people get this notion that a candidate has to have a million years of experience in order to be worthy of the presidency??? McCain is OLD and yes he's got plenty of experience - but so does Cheney - would you trust him in the white house (or even with your children for that matter)? Experience should be one factor - but McCain acts like he's got great war credentials because he was shot down and captured and held for 5 years in Hanoi - that's not experience leading the military - that's experience being a captive.

McCain truly is an angry, bitter individual. Instead of this promised "change in tone" while campaigning, we get more of the same Republican smear tactics and mud-flinging. Disgraceful. And worst of all, it works. The only way he's staying in this race is by dirtying up the scene so much that you can't make heads or tails of what's going on. American hero my butt. Villian and liar is more like it.

It's sort of funny watching these turn of events.

First, Mr. Obama says McCain is trying to scare people with, "he's got a funny name, you know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

Only where did McCain ever mention that Barack Obama had a funny name and didn't look like other presidents so he shouldn't be president? Did Mr. Obama see Mr. McCain's last ad? It made fun of Mr. Obama's celebrity status. Never did it mention Mr. Obama's funny name or what he looks like as reasons he shouldn't be president.

So that's why McCain says Obama's playing the race card. Basically: Hey, I never said anything about either of those things, so why is Obama saying I did? Because he wants to make me look a racist. Race card.

But it's funny when secondly, Mr. Obama's spokesman responds to Mr. McCain about his race card like this: "What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington. 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."

Except wait, Mr. Obama said McCain was trying to scare using Mr. Obama's name and what he looks like.

Wait, so you can tell whether someone's been in Washington for decades by what they look like? Wow, who knew!

Big shock for the Libs on Nov 15th

All politicians are crooked no matter how you look at it. They all make promises to assure your vote then when they get in office they all of a sudden forget. I personally do not know who I am voting for. This is a tough year. I don't want a Republican in office for another 4 years. We have had enough. Putting his personal life aside, Bill Clinton was a great president. We were flourishing while he was in office. If Obama wants to win, and win by a hefty margin, he should select Hilary Clinton to be his Vice President. I am afraid of him, and I have no idea why. McCain doesn't show me much either but his bad bet would be to select Romney as his running mate. He screwed Massachusetts. Romney may have done wonders for Olympics, but he did nothing for Massachusetts.

Don't the majority of these comments show that the McCain (i.e. Bush/Rove/ Right Wing Haters) strategy is working. Let's spend another news cycle talking about anything negative we can throw out there about Obama, no matter how outrageous, and that means we avoid looking at McCain's record, background, and vision for the future of America.

Race card, didn't visit the troops, talked to French people, no right to make a speech in Germany to 200,000, hasn't been to Iraq, afraid to go to Israel, elitist Ivy league know it all, his minister is a nut, his wife is Angela Davis redux, he might be a muslim, he's young, he's balck by the way, he has talked to people with different ideas, and guess what (don't tell anybody) he's a politician!

Thanks, John, for sharing. By the way - got any ides?

Other than repeating how much change we need, when has Obama ever talked in detail about our political issues?

"Look, the American people need change....blah..blah..blah. I'll talk about issues after I get into office. I don't want to mess up the campaign by discussing issues now...blah...blah...blah"

McCain's proved, like Bush, that he'll say anything, smear anyone, and befoul his own reputation to get elected. Maverick? No way; just another fortunate son of privilege using the Big Lie and Big Smear.

Shame on McCain and now I'm certainly voting Obama,

"...you know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.":

How many presidents are there on dollar bills? Do we get an assortment? The last time I checked George Washington was the only one,.

All those OTHER PRESIDENTS? He is literally referring to himself as President by saying this. Read the quote in the previous post and see that its entire contents is supposed to detail what is being said about Mr. Obama personally.

How many gaffes and misstatements is Barack Obama allowed before media start talking about the vast gulf between how he sounds with and without a teleprompter in front of him?

I would like to know if any of you Obama supporters out there can name specific strategies that Obama has stated he would do as President. I am a member of a union, a woman, and an independent voter and He has YET to name one policy and ELABORATE upon it. All I see is a man with Charisma and empty ideas.

Let's be real here...raising the income tax on the most wealthy will NOT give enough money to save the economy. If ANYONE knows ANYTHING about economics, you then realize that the majority of the wealthy have their money in the stock market. So...is Obama thinking of putting in capital gains tax? IF so, he would in turn be taxing ALL of us, not just the wealthy. Don't be fooled!!!!!

Rick, you said: "Don't the majority of these comments show that the McCain (i.e. Bush/Rove/ Right Wing Haters) strategy is working. Let's spend another news cycle talking about anything negative we can throw out there about Obama, no matter how outrageous, and that means we avoid looking at McCain's record, background, and vision for the future of America."

But hasn't Mr. Obama pointed out that McCain is part of old politics and but Mr. Obama is new?

Mr. McCain has been on the political scene for decades, as Mr. Obama's spokesman might put it. Most people already know what he's about. Winning the war on terror (which includes Iraq), not paying tons for innefective universal health care, drilling for offshore oil, putting country before party, he was a POW, a POW, a POW.

It is within his rights to point out what is wrong with Mr. Obama's campaign and ideas, like the fact that he accused Mr. McCain of using scare tactics based on Mr. Obama's name and "what he looks like." However, if scare tactics include jokingly calling Mr. Obama a celebrity and pointing out that he'll need to raise taxes to support his spending proposals, then I guess Mr. Obama is just insulting McCain's ads because he can't disprove them.

McCain's proved, like Bush, that he'll say anything, smear anyone, and befoul his own reputation to get elected. Maverick? No way; just another fortunate son of privilege using the Big Lie and Big Smear.

Shame on McCain and now I'm certainly voting Obama,

When was there ever a different color Democrat President?ha,ha,ha,I'm laughing very hard at this drama.Good luck Barrack your own Party will throw you under the bus.

"Obama, of course, is trying to become the first African-American elected president."
No, he's not. He's trying to become the first mixed-race American elected president.

"McCain has not directly raised Obama's race as an issue in the campaign"
However the media has raised Obama's race at every turn, and then faults anyone for noticing. Might I add the press, caught up in the excitement, seems to forget Obama is just as much white as he is black. Remember it was his White mother from Kansas who raised him.

Obama played the race card against the Clintons. This is too much. Now I am definately not voting for him.

Typical liberal behavior....play the race card and then when your opponent calls you on it accuse him of playing race politics.

At a campaign event in June Obama during a speacch listing reasons why Republicans opposed him said "did I mention he's black?"

Translation..................Republicans are racist and that's the reason they oppose me.

How they hell is that not playing the race card.

Obama is as fake as they come. He gives flowery speeches but has no real ideas or sills that will help move this nation forward...........what has to offer would move us three steps closer to European socialism.

The Chicago charlatan will be rejected in November.

Obama is very much a racist that has turned his back on who raised him.The white folks..In turn he decided to join a radical black church that preached nothing but racism and hate (20 years worth of brain washing)...It's typical that a black man will play the race card when all else fails......This man is frightening and my views were formed a long time ago.....His past and present associations with criminals, hate breading radicals and Ludacris fund raisers should be enough to show his true inner core..It ain't pretty or someone I want to be commander in chief......If McCain was a racist he wouldn't have adopted a black child that needed thousands of dollars worth of medical attention.....Don't O-Bomb-A my country

Obama and his campaign exploited 'political correctness' by accusing anybody who disagreed with him of being a racist ... while still reserving the right for him and his supporters to act like racists themselves whenever it served them.
This kept Hillary, the media, and other opponents from fighting back, for fear of being labeled a racist. John McCain however is not allowing Obama to push him around in this way, so congratulations Senator McCain, for having the guts to stand up to Obama's racism ... and for standing up to Obama's falsely accusing others of being a racist.

Yes,Obama played the race card on mcain.obama think He is the savior of the world.obama think if you are not voting for him you are racist.I am sick and tired of obama,He is arrogant!!

Obama's race-baiting started during the primaries against Hillary and Bill. Add to that what his close supporters said: .

On March 20, Obama described his Kansas grandmother to a Philadelphia radio interviewer as "a typical white person." The same day, Sen. John Kerry said that Obama would help U.S. relations with Muslim nations "because he's a black man." Another Obama supporter, Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, called him the first black leader "to come to the American people not as a victim but as a leader." Her history excluded and conceivably denigrated countless black leaders, from Frederick Douglass to Rep. John Lewis. Obama remained silent, refusing to take
Kerry and McCaskill to task for their racially charged remarks.????

In June Obama threw the race-baiting pre-emptive strike: “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?”

His July 31st comments were not the beginning of race-baiting by Obama and his ilk, but a continuation of them all the way back to the way they treated the Clintons, who had a record of being 100% for black issues....that is until Obama defined them as haters of black.

Most disturbing to me was his chant-like speech to blacks or his backroom tactics with black delegates: "You have no choice but to vote "black"!

We will peel the bark off of Barack, wyoy can keep your Tiger Woods I want my children to look up to a real american like John Mcain. HAMAS will be dancing in the streets if Barack Obama wins. All these statement are quotes from Mcains camp. Lets not forget the Hitler comparasion by Lieberman and others in the republican side. Oh and using phrases like arrogant , elitist , presumptious etc mean Barack is not staying in his place. How can a man that barely graduated college think that he is the better choice for our country than a person who graduated at the top. Now thats arrogance

If any of you believe Obama is a racist, well that proves that YOU are a racist yourselves! Americans, stop listening to all this garbage that McCain and the media said. Do you see how they are playing with your minds!? We have important things to worry about; the war, the gas prices, job losses, foreclosure, and the list goes on. All these important issues that is affecting us and the world but some of you are willing to believe McCain's stupid comments? That comes to show that you do have a very low IQ. George Carlin was right about Americans. I guess some of you just care more about your cell phones making pancakes than caring about important issues!

Obama should "play the race card " and be proud of it. I am white , and still I say the issue of race should be brought to the fore front and not hidden , and should be shoved down the throats of those who have shoved bigotry and the discriminatory political double-standards down the American peoples throats since this countries declaration of independence from the european hypocrisy.