He accused McCain of scaring voters away because he's black.

Basically, charging McCain with racism.

McCain made it pretty clear they're not going to take that. They haven't tried to make Obama's race an issue, and Obama agrees. He said so yesterday.

So get over yourself. Obama overplayed this one a bit.

I think Obama should not bring up war because he was not kept like veal in a box in Vietnam. And McCain should not bring up race because he's not black.

Face it, when you can't win with your candidate, all the escaped felons like Karl Marx Rove and his comrades advising McSame can think of is "Smear! Lie! Hate!"

It's all they've got.

Can't wait till McCain starts playing the AARP card.

Dan,
It's precarious for either candidate to bring up the issue of race in this election.

I mentioned this to Eli in another posting:

I agree with you. Especially the last paragraph. The object of the game is to win the election. Language, subtle or not that hints at playing the "race card" could benefit McCain. I just read today that Sen. Obama was heckled in Florida by demonstrators claiming not enough attention is being paid to issues that address African-Americans. Indeed, "Obama's presence ipso facto injects race into the campaign"

Sen. Obama will NOT accuse McCain of racism. And, McCain will NOT utter racist sentiments. I don't think either are racist. But, the campaigns will accentuate the negative notions of the "race card" for the respective candidates' benefit. Echoing what Woody Allen once said about having sex: running a campaign is a dirty business, if its done right. Expect more dirt.

@1--I'm pretty sure Obama said "they" will try to scare voters; he didn't say McCain. And guess what? Have you SEEN the emails going around about the uppity muslim negro running for president? Are those emails coming from Democrats? Hardly.

Obama accused McCain -- by name -- of making an attack McCain had not in fact executed.

The (purported) attack in question was a racial attack.

That's "injecting race into the campaign", and playing the race card (plaing the victim on account of one's race), Rove-style (playing the victim of a fictitious occurrence).

Oh please, McMoldy can be as publicly regretful as he wants, but anyone who is intellectually honest knows that there is a full frontal racist attack on Obama, with boxboy's full support, because that's the only thing they've got.

The sad thing is that it might work. This election will tell us a lot about this country - like are we as stupid as the GOP thinks we are?

I don't hate the negro. However, I do hate gooks and I will hate them as long as I live.

So any charges of racism are obviously scurrilous.

Hilariously, the campaign that objects to the word "confused" because it makes him sound old doesn't mind calling out Obama for being "presumptuous". Yeah...because nobody's ever heard of the uppity black man stereotype before. Not. ever.

Hey be fair now.

He didn't accuse McCain of injecting race. Stop summarizing and paraphrasing and say what he ACTUALLY said.

Obama said that Bush and McCain were going to sacre voters by pointing out he, Obama, doens't look like all the presidents on the dollar bills.

This refers to RACE. So it's an accusation McCain is playing race card.

But um ahem um er duh......McCain hasn't done it.

I realize the need for cheerleading and group - tribal identification runs strong and deep but charging people with saying something they haven't said is bullshit.

Meanwhile, here's what our wonderful Godlie Obama is doing now:

"In major change, Obama says he'll support offshore drilling
By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama Friday dropped his opposition to offshore oil drilling, saying he could go along with the idea if it was part of a broader energy package.

Obama made his comments in St. Petersburg during an interview with the Palm Beach Post. "My interest is in making sure we've got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," he said. ...
The change is dramatic because Obama often pointed to his opposition to drilling as a key difference between himself and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain."

Oh great.

FISA.
Guns.
Public finance.
now offshore drilling.

Oh and Obama saiod he is going to support many more nuclear power plants now too.

Oops I made that one up, but it's okay to make up shit now isn't it?

Question:
1. he stretches facts and tells fibs.
3. he moves to center to compromise constantly.
4. he won't pick the one VP choice who actually improves our chances of winning in the fall, basically due to the fact she had the temerity to run against him and he's not big enough to unite.

This is new politics?????

Perish the thought, PC. We might have a president who isn't a dogmatic, unyielding, my-way-or-the-highway kind of person. You know, sort of like Hillary "War Monger" Clinton.

I really will never understand you Hillary people's irrational dislike of Senator Obama. Why no harsh words for McCain, huh? Oh, that's right. Because your Queen Bee ran a disastrous campaign and then blamed others for it. And you cling to the bitter hope that Obama will lose and your Queen shall rise again. Well, it's no longer about Hillary, and you can kiss the idea of her as VP goodbye. She guaranteed she wouldn't be considered by the kind of nasty and despicable campaign she ran. Her behavior is why I will find it difficult to support Hillary Clinton in anything she does in the future.

As to the race card, please. This is an issue? This is something that Obama has said numerous times in the past, and nobody's ever jumped on it--in part because it's true. But now people like you are carrying McCain's water? How do you sleep at night? Oh, by your posting time it doesn't look like you do.

Honestly, Susan.

This is weak bullshit on McCain's part, Have you noticed that he rarely talks about issues in his campaign commercials? His Paris Hilton and Moses references are a concerted effort to distract people from the issues, where he and the GOP will most certainly lose. They know this so they bring up stuff like the "race card" to keep people from thinking about the real problems that face the country. And you know what, it works! Because douchebags like poster #1 buy into it and would rather talk about this tabloid crap than discuss topics of actual relevance. There is no doubt, not even a sliver, that Obama is the better candidate. Even McCain's campaign staff knows this. If we fall for this shit again and elect that tired old nut based on a bunch of slanderous accusations, we deserve the government we get. And I will most certainly start planning my exodus from this moronic country

Many people have seen their buying power rise under Bush. There is no reason that an "African American" should want to make the mistake of voting for Obama. In Queens, the average "black" household has a higher income than any other ethic group. Why shouldn't a black person vote for McCain, who will save him taxes and better his private enterprise?

McCain is simply pointing out that Obama is subjugating blacks simply because he is half-black and without showing them why he would help them...when in fact Bush-McCain has shown it will do more for them!

Let's take the race blinders off...vote with your head, African-Americans, vote wisely and don't let color get in the way. Vote McCain '08!

@14: Oh man. Have you tried doing stand-up? You're hilarious.

John McCain opposed divestment from apartheid era South Africa. Why would any more ever need to be said?

John McCain opposed the Martin Luther King Holiday as well.

@ 12 What you said, with exclamation marks.

We won't support spine-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

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What bothers me is the fact that people just see Obama as black. As in, if you're either all white or not white.
But, then again, that's the way it's always been.

After all this talk about playing or not playing the race card, I have some questions:

What exactly is a "race card"?
How do I "play" one?
Is it an analogy to something? Pray tell, what?

I appreciate the value of a metaphor like youth pastors appreciate youth, but I'm having a hard time with this one, mostly since I don't what the fuck people are talking about.

Can we have more accurate way of describing this? Please don't say "injecting race into the campaign" - I don't know how you do that either (some kind of baster, perhaps?)