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Time: New McCain Attack Ad Plays Race Card

huffingtonpost.com — "This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman"

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  • nkirkwood31, on 09/19/2008, -26/+48yeah i'm beyond disgusted!
    • NegativeDigg, on 09/19/2008, -15/+14Ummm WTF was that....? Seriously, this McCain guy is becoming a serious douchebag...
    • NeptuneZen, on 09/19/2008, -18/+26WTF is wrong with you people? Two black guys then a white woman and suddenly the ad is racist? You guys a seriously projecting here. All the liberals on digg that keep saying that everyone on the right are just dumb stupid racist sheep, and then you come up with this? Did it ever occur to you idiots that 80% of america is white and 50.7% of the population is female making the largest demographic in the country white females? So when you talk about taxpayers white and female represents a pretty good sized chunk of them. This is why I have trouble taking seriously any of you guys on digg. If you guys had a decent candidate you wouldn't have to come up with crap like this to attack McCain.
      • fugularity, on 09/19/2008, -3/+11Well the reason we have to believe this is purposefully racially tinged is because the McCain camp passed on several other more direct links of Obama and the banks, instead choosing the black guy who has a tenuous at best connection. All things being equal, why wouldn't McCain want to slam Obama with a guy in Freddie/Fannie who actually had the most connection to him?
      • jdenzer, on 09/19/2008, -4/+7I guess you felt the same way about Obama's lipstick on a pig comment. That wasn't sexist at all, right?
        Let me guess you thought it was.
      • smittyme, on 09/19/2008, -1/+3Well said!
      • smittyme, on 09/19/2008, -1/+3@ fugularity - Since when does there ave to be a solid connection to slam someone in politics...remember how Bob Dole wanted to take away medicine from senior citizens...[per Slick Willy]
      • thcobbs, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1jdenzer... actually I thought it was pretty funny and not sexist at all. It was a cliche that was quite apt for once.
      • NeptuneZen, on 09/19/2008, -3/+1@jdenzer Uh yeah, except once again you are projecting. Look through my comments, not once will you see me calling Obama sexist. And in case you are wondering what exactly I mean by projecting take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_project ...
        I particularly like "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche. I think you are fighting sexism and racism so hard you have unknowingly become what you have been fighting against. You see sexism and racism where it does not exist. Now suddenly everyone who is against Obama must be racist. Or if you are against gay marriage you must be homophobic. This is sometimes true but for most people it is not.

        I can look at my candidate with an objective mind and see things I don't like, can you do the same with yours? Articles on digg seem to say that this is a skill unpracticed by liberal diggers.
      • fugularity, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3@smitty, I didn't say there had to be a direct connection for anything in politics, but I'm saying that the extent to which this is INdirect, passing over several MORE CLOSELY CONNECTED WHITE MEN, makes it clear that the intention was to be "a bit racialist"
      • RipleyIsDead, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1@NeptuneZen

        In case you don't know what I mean by, "people who live in glass houses..." take a look at
        http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/peoplewholiv.html

        Everyone here is looking at both candidates with an objective open mind, we see in McCain character flaws that would make for a bad president-- a continuation of the Bush disaster. We see far fewer of those flaws in Obama. Articles like this one are in response to the crap the GOP and its pet news outlets sling every damned day. If you can't handle a little mud slinging back in the direction of your candidate, maybe you should spend some time keeping Fox News at bay.

        Huffington Post (this article included) takes things way too far, IMO. But Fox still has them beat.
      • SabrinaHeaven, on 09/21/2008, -0/+1"If you guys had a decent candidate you wouldn't have to come up with crap like this to attack McCain."

        No, they would come up with ***** like this no matter who their candidate--and they would drag that candidate into the ground. People talk about "swift boating" defeating John Kerry, but I think it was Bush Derangement Syndrome. If enough people are sick enough of this crazy leftwing *****, they'll vote Republican.

        If the election were held today, I would vote, "***** it, let's let the whole country burn."
    • homercles337, on 09/19/2008, -4/+3Why are you being dugg down? At this post 8 people disagree with you. All i can say is WTF?!
    • hoshinokoe, on 09/19/2008, -6/+3the mccain camp would have put a black dood there instead of a white women but that would make another "lie ad" and you libs would have been up in arms... black guys dont pay taxes lulz!!!11

    • Kyzzyxx, on 09/19/2008, -0/+8I call *****. To call this a racist ad is stretching this a bit, don'tcha think? Go after the real meat, Zippy! The ad claims that The Washington Post claims that the former CEO(s) of Fannie Mae (and Freddie, for that matter) is one of Obama's Economic Advisor's. Obama has already said that it is a lie. I tend to believe Obama on this one just for the simple fact that McCain has been notorious lately of accusing Obama for the same things that Obama accuses McCain of and McCain has usually been lying. It smells like the same ol' trick he's been playing for the last coupla weeks
      • mediablitz, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5You unintentionally hit on the reason this is being called racist.

        Obama had a WHITE guy that had to resign over Fannie Mae and a sweetheart loan. The BLACK guy has nothing to do with Obama'a campaign.

        McCain skips over the WHITE guy that was an actual staffer, to use the BLACK guy that wasn't.

        That doesn't make you say "hmmmm"? Why go out of your way to put another black man in the picture, knowing it is false, when you could have used the white guy?
      • JustinCase18, on 09/20/2008, -1/+2Actually there were two ads, one featuring the "White" guy and one featuring the "Black" guy, but I guess since Obama's black we can't focus any criticisms on any "Black" participants in a scandal because that would be racist.

        By my count, this is the 7th time that Obama's campaign has played the race card. He keeps crying that he wants to debate issues, but whenever he's criticized or proven wrong he cries "RACISM". Do you really want a crybaby who won't be held accountable as your president?
    • iseerightards, on 09/19/2008, -3/+2Why?
      Pandering to racism and bigotry is a standard GOP tactic.
      Remember how they called McCain constituents in 2000 and reminded the racists that McCain had a black baby?
      Remember how they have blamed minorities for the problems of America since the 50's?

      The people cheering McCain on now are the ones who spat at black schoolchildren back then.
  • BuryHuffPost, on 09/19/2008, -48/+19Buried for being another copy and past from Huff. The digg:

    http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Plays_the ...
    • GassyTurd, on 09/19/2008, -12/+6You are a moron. How about talking about this topic instead of regurgitating Huffpo conspiracy crap? You deserve a kick to the nuts.
      • apackofmonkeys, on 09/19/2008, -1/+6How about digging down a duplicate like you would for any other story? Just because it agrees with your bias, suddenly a dupe is okay and we should all talk about it anyway? What an idiot.
      • AreTooDeTo, on 09/19/2008, -1/+4actually, buried because it's a duplicate article that was made popular only 2 hours ago.
    • 26thMARINES, on 09/19/2008, -5/+2Damn BuryHuffPost, this isnt fair. You are getting dugg down more than me. I will have to step up the fight!
      All you dumb libs out there, I cant wait to see you shut down along with the huffpo garbage site in Nov. Never in my life have i wanted to skull ***** so many idiots on the left. This huff ***** is always inaccurate. Try actually posting real news, not journalism. McCain has never used the race card, the messiah uses it ALL THE TIME. your lil' black muslim boy is fixin' to get spanked. If you love him so much, start handing us your wallets, be an American... like Biden boy said... Give the UN 50 billion dollars of your own to the poor pathetic nations in the world. Come on libbies, start handing out your money! oh wait, you are just like obama/biden, the 2 lowest donators to charity in the Congress... Its okay when its someone elses cash aint it? Liberals are loads their momma's should have swallowed. Buried because of you libs and huffpodigg.com sucks goat balls. Good thing you bed wetting tree hugging liberals never enlist in the military, or there probably would be a lot more friendly fire incidents.
      • Dipsomaniac, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1So, the 26th Marines - that's the Fighting Keyboardists, right? Yeah, I thought so.

        I'd say stop and un-bunch your panties, but I suspect the panties you're wearing actually belong to your wife, and she doesn't know yet...
  • 5celery, on 09/19/2008, -26/+13on deck: Gorillas eating a retarded baby
    • AndrewDB, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2Why would McCain show the republican party in a bad light?

      In case you've forgotten.. he's part of that party.
  • Zeitgeist101, on 09/19/2008, -26/+37Just when you can't conceive of McSame sinking any lower, he plumits...
    disgusting, angry, mean, old man!
    • GassyTurd, on 09/19/2008, -3/+3Well, he is used to plummeting in expensive aircraft. Just like then, nobody even has to shoot him down.
      • GassyTurd, on 09/19/2008, -3/+2Uh oh, the republitrolls are here. Digg me down, morons. Your cause is futile.
    • Sleekery, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2Point out where he uses racism and I'll admit that he "plummets".
  • vampyroteuthis, on 09/19/2008, -32/+36I AM SO DAMN SICK OF ALL THE LIES, & SPIN!!! AS WELL AS THE MEDIA'S COMPLACENCY!!!

    let's hope the American people see through these dirty, old, Karl Rove - inspired, inaccurate, attacks and flat-out lies... as Sen. Obama stated today from FL.... "McSame is panicking..." every time McSame, or one of his surrogates ( like the VILE Nancy Pfotenhauer!!! [this woman makes me physically ill, mind you]) is giving commentary on the tube.. it's just shocking how self-righteous, and self-deceptive, and bold they are with their LIES!!!! they're incredulous... unbelievable. i hope it blows up in his face!!!!!

    ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Obama/Biden '08!!

    [McSame knows that he cannot beat the man head to head on the issues.... therefore he plays every VILE card in the deck... this man is beyond disgusting.... rot, you old, maggot!!!!!!!]
    • Andrwmorph, on 09/19/2008, -4/+5Even Karl Rove has stated that McCain is going too far.
    • Lucas123, on 09/19/2008, -8/+7It's remarkable the amount of vitriolic rhetoric this HuffPo/DailyKos campaign on Digg is producing. In a matter of weeks, it's convinced a bunch of you that Sarah Palin is Eva Braun and McCain, well, you know the comparison. Really people, wake up and get real. We've got two good candidates for president in Obama and McCain. Start looking at the real issues and not these ridiculous one-sided attacks.
      • VitriolAndAngst, on 09/19/2008, -4/+6"Sarah Palin is Eva Braun and McCain is Stalin" -- no, they said that Palin has some skeletons in the bridge to nowhere closet and that McCain was an advocate for deregulation until about 6 pm yesterday.

        YOU are saying this, while not presenting me with any facts that you found incorrect. You merely state the names of Liberal leaning sights as examples of the information being wrong -- they all sight actual news sources.
    • Sleekery, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2Where the hell did McCain use the race card? This is simply outrageous. I'm not voting for him. I despise him a lot too, but I did it on issues of substance, not on the basis of, "OMG, McCain criticized a black person; he must be racist!!!"

      Also, McSame is a TERRIBLE meme.
  • izzyCA, on 09/19/2008, -19/+54Two words: Keating 5
    • hmmmok, on 09/19/2008, -14/+71 word: exonerated.
      • jdenzer, on 09/19/2008, -3/+9I don't recall Obama ever implicated Rezko trial. Yet the right continues to bring it up. So Keating five is just as valid to bring up.
      • geekwithsoul, on 09/19/2008, -2/+8Cleared of wrongdoing under the rules of the Senate and the laws of the U.S., but specifically called out for "poor judgement" -- yeah I want him in the White House. And they never did adequately investigate the fact that Cindy McCain and her family were in business with Keating and the fact McCain had a conflict of interest. Hardly exonerated.
  • njfinn, on 09/19/2008, -28/+53This ad is another good reason not to elect McCain.

    I am a voter and I approve this message.
    • 26thMARINES, on 09/19/2008, -9/+3your vote wont matter, messiah wont win :)
    • Cadicus, on 09/25/2008, -0/+1He's winning right now....... Check the polls scrub
  • artexc, on 09/19/2008, -17/+38Are we allowed to say this is the man who called his wife a "*****" to her face in front of a group of reporters?
    • chriscim, on 09/19/2008, -5/+7Do you have a link or anything to back this up because I would love to see this!
      • jdenzer, on 09/19/2008, -8/+2Do you have and link or proof that Obama is a Muslim. Yet somehow it doesn't stop the right from saying it.
      • hittnrun, on 09/20/2008, -5/+2I am thinking that if Obama were alive back in the day, and a soldier were to ask him how many states are in the United STATES, he would have been shot as a spy. 57 would have been a wrong answer.

        Thanks for playing, idiots.
    • max420, on 09/19/2008, -1/+6As would I...
    • hoshinokoe, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3me three guy hurry up with le link...
    • Sfenton, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2Me four, I would love to see the video of him saying it.

    • Laminarcissus, on 09/19/2008, -1/+4Here you go:

      http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled ...
    • ender7074, on 09/19/2008, -5/+2So.... you're comparing an argument between a man and a wife to a man who robbed a company of upwards of 90 million dollars and knowingly cooked the financial books to get a bigger bonus. Yes... wonderful comparison there idiot.
      • Laminarcissus, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3Except that one of the men you described has an extremely tenuous, if any, relationship with a Presidential candidate.

        The other man *is* the Presidential candidate.
    • stigma15, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3I'd actually like to high-5 him for this; the one thing we agree on.
    • Strongwings, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2Yea, that's based off of people who aren't willing to source themselves....righht...... and it wasn't reported anywhere else...ever...... riiiighhhhtt..


      Well if someone said it about McCain on Digg it must be legitimate

      please.
      • Laminarcissus, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2When McCain was questioned about it he said, understandably, that it wasn't an appropriate question. I would have preferred, however, that he'd said "no," and then called it an inappropriate question.

        But he didn't.

    • hoshinokoe, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1meh i thought it would be better than that
    • Fivefeetunder, on 09/19/2008, -1/+0For more information, go to

      http://sharoncobb.blogspot.com/2008/06/john-mccain ...
  • Tongring32, on 09/19/2008, -16/+12Wow this saddens me but what can I say McShame is the old Obama is the new Thank God we will all be able to reject this style of politics on Nov 4th!
  • hwy159, on 09/19/2008, -16/+24I am really tired of McCain's lies. It's now time for a Keating 5 video from the Obama campaign.
  • barbiesnow, on 09/19/2008, -15/+12Who reads the damn New York Post except Republicans..
    • bicyclethief, on 09/19/2008, -4/+5Don't forget about the people who own birds.
    • salomejones, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Both are true, why are you burying these people?

      1. the new york post has been known for decades to be a bastion of right-wing propeganda. It's purpose is to balance the new york daily news, which has been known for decades to be a bastion of left-wing propeganda. They both print lies, though the post's lies are traditionally a lot more malicious and horrifying.

      2. the new york post really does make a great cage liner for birds. A fresh copy sits under my mother's parrot every single day.
  • jusfonzin, on 09/19/2008, -17/+19This is disgusting.
  • veeve, on 09/19/2008, -17/+9Shameful, dishonest and dishonorable drivel from a senile old man grasping for his last chance to service his megalomania.
  • swrostmore, on 09/19/2008, -16/+10There will be no backlash because Republican racism is expected. McCain is just running down the clock until he can release a Wright/Ayers attack ad the week of the election.
    • mediablitz, on 09/19/2008, -1/+5I'm not sure why you are being dugg down. I think it is obvious that, as McCain continues to slide in the polls closer to the election, he will try every dirty trick in the book.

      There are a lot of single sentence voters out there. Obama is a Muslim. Obama hates America. McCain's camp only has the hope of getting those voters. Intelligent people have seen through him.
  • kroses, on 09/19/2008, -19/+7McBUSH 2 is a senile, shriveled, wrinkled, old man, whose brain has turned to MUSH, due to either Alzheimer's Disease or the effects of metastasized melanoma skin cancer of his face via his lymph nodes! Whatever the cause, it is quite apparent that his brain is maladaptive and cannot function, and we would be saddled with his BIRDBRAINED DINGBAT of a VP to serve out his term. God help us!!!!
    • GassyTurd, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2There are a lot of McCock suckers in here trying to digg us down. What a bunch of desperate imbeciles. Nice comment btw.
  • LarryLacuna, on 09/19/2008, -12/+6I wouldn't say the ad plays the race card but it is very ironic the ties they make to fannie and freddie when McCain's former economic adviser was partially responsible for the current situation.
    • vexingmodstwo, on 09/19/2008, -2/+8Wait... so the CEOs who abused Fannie Mae are not responsible?
      • geekwithsoul, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2Raines is not an adviser to Obama -- that was based on a single out-of-context conversation between Raines and a WaPo reporter and he specifically said he did not discuss Fannie Mae or the mortgage industry with the campaign. He was contacted by a staffer who was looking for background information -- see http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008 ...

        Besides Raines left Fannie Mae FOUR YEARS ago!
      • vexingmodstwo, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3*****. Raines and Johnson are Democrat stooges and advised Obama.

        And Fannie Mae's shady accounting didn't just happen this year... it's been going on since the early 90's.
    • whorunbartertwn, on 09/19/2008, -2/+8I agree to see that as playing the race card you have to be really hypersensitive to any perceived McCain slight, which I guess many on digg are.

      That's a serious exaggeration in the description "sinister looking black men"
    • Cuchanu, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2You DO have to be sensitive, but it's there. What you have to realize is that the McCain campaign (as much as they would like to) can't just say "A black guy is trying to take over the world."

      So what do they do? They make an ad that, while not actually racist, is designed to appeal to white people's fear of a black president and/or black people in general.
  • Braeden, on 09/19/2008, -5/+22 Karen Tumulty is making a pretty big stretch here... at least, I want to believe that.
    • dman24752, on 09/19/2008, -0/+12I gotta agree with you on that. I really looked forward to seeing some good 'ole fashioned race-baiting, but I really don't see how putting up a picture of a white woman after pictures of Barack Obama and a guy who looks like George Jefferson really play into the stereotype of the dangerous black man. I'm going to have to bury this one.
  • AhrenBa, on 09/19/2008, -14/+7This is freaking bull...I am so tired of these damn smear ads that are being run. There is just no such thing as a fair fight anymore, is there? I wish Obama would address each ad ran by McCain and explain why it is full of crap. They could just put them up on his website and they would be huge on the net. It would really get some people thinking about wtf McCain is doing here...
    • ender7074, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2Hes too busy coming up with his next line of crap and has forgotten all the previous crap hes said.
  • Pillage, on 09/19/2008, -15/+23Huffington post reporting on Time!..it's an infinite LibLoopyLoop!
    • wwwonka, on 09/19/2008, -6/+4You are right!
      That's like Fox news quoting Rush who was watching Hannity! If that kind of right wing loop happened no one would have any idea who to blame and whine about!
      • apackofmonkeys, on 09/19/2008, -2/+6Except that none of those appear on Digg. Every single link in the lib loop is on the front page of digg.
      • wwwonka, on 09/20/2008, -2/+1well, if there was REAL news on the right wing loop that wasn't a lie, maybe it would.
      • mrraven200, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1What does "liberal" even mean anymore? Corporate financier ass raping with a smile? I'd like to see BOTH more counterpunch and democracynow here, AND more American Conservative. Screw the corporate globalist "moderate" (not) centrist centralists! Screw BOTH big government and big business/Wall St.

        Populist revolt NOW!
  • iloveobama, on 09/19/2008, -14/+2This is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTINGLY RACIST. I can barely control myself right now because I'm so mad at how racist John McCain is and how he tries to play the race card. Obama is a black african-american and had to struggle because most of this country is racist and he hasnt had the same opportuntieis that white people have had. If Obama loses this election, I'll bet you it's because of racism
    • Andrwmorph, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2I hate to point it out, but your kinda coming off as a huge racist right now.
    • ender7074, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3Yah, hes had a tough life. All us white people get to go to an Ivy League school. None of us whities have ever not had enough money to make ends meet. Yah, good ole white people never get passed over for promotions, jobs, and a multitude of government handouts because we are white. Eat ***** racist.
    • 26thMARINES, on 09/19/2008, -4/+0whats funny here is all you white men talk a lot of ***** about mccain, but we all know when the curtain closes and no one is looking, you wont dare vote in a black muslim lover will you :) its okay, you dont have to tell me, I already know that answer :)
      • SisyphusFragmnt, on 09/20/2008, -1/+226th: I'm challenging you to do something I've never seen before. First I'm going to ask you a question, lets see if you can answer it honestly, without another question being the answer, and without bile.

        In what part of Palin's past did she gain this experience? She left a town of 9000 in $22 million of debt and supported "the bridge to nowhere" until Congress wouldn't approve all of the funds needed, which she then flopped on. She's tried to ban books from a public library and believes the world to be 6000 years old and that dinosaurs walked with men. Aside from thinking this is a Christian nation when it is clearly secular. How is this sound logic to you? Please explain why this person is qualified to be in a position where rational thought is going to be very important.
  • Peabdog, on 09/19/2008, -29/+32Obama: Hey, did you notice I'm black? (Actually half-black, but I'm ignoring half my DNA.) Man, I sure am black. I mean, I'm black, black, black. Yessir, that's what I am, buddy: BLACK.

    Wait, did someone dare to point out my connection to someone black? You racist pig! Race is not supposed to be an issue in this campaign!

    And remember: It's not racist to say "typical white woman," or to hang out with a virulent racist for 20 years. Only Republicans can be racist.
    • apackofmonkeys, on 09/19/2008, -1/+12Exactly. There were exactly 1.5 black people and 1.5 white people in that ad. It was actually equal.
    • gridity, on 09/19/2008, -5/+8Pitting two successful black men "against" a white woman. Umm...it at least gives one pause.

      Why didn't they pick a black man as the "victim" ? Why didn't they pick a group of people? Why an older white woman? Hmmmmm... I wonder who this message was aimed at...

      The fact is, there are many in the Republican party who ARE racist - hence the buttons at a convention that said "It's called the *white* house for a reason." Not all Republicans are racists, but the party sure does attract that kind of person.
      • 26thMARINES, on 09/19/2008, -8/+3Liberals are all racists, they are racist against their own country.
      • southwestnut, on 09/19/2008, -4/+4and I can think of one person on the ballot that sat in a racist church for 20 years........
      • demonred, on 09/19/2008, -1/+6I think you need to pick up a dictionary.

        Look up the words "liberal" and "racism." Then look up the word "inbred", and see a picture of your family right next the definition.
      • Cuchanu, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3@26thMARINES you have got to be kidding me.

        That is without a doubt the dumbest thing I've heard all week. See demonred's post.
      • SisyphusFragmnt, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2I really wish he'd stop talking, he makes the Corp look stupid and backwards and they've moved a little forward since his time.. At least I'm assuming that the 36 year old is out.. I shutter to think if he's still in and spreading his logic and filth from a command position..
      • mrraven200, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2"26thMARINES
        18 hr 18 min ago
        Liberals are all racists, they are racist against their own country."


        Because we all know a country (geographic) area is equivalent to a race (genetic coding for skin pigmentation) thanks for clearing that up moron. Did you know you can eat a bicycle like a fish because they are equally equivalent?
    • alexcurylo, on 09/19/2008, -4/+0"Actually half-black"

      Point of information: Legally speaking, Barack Obama is not black. His mother is 100% white, his father is 7/8 Arab and 1/8 black. That puts his blackitude at 1/16th, or 6.25%.

      To legally represent yourself as a minority for affirmative action purposes such as set-aside contracts, you must be 12.5% (1/8th) of the minority you claim. So, whenever Barack Obama claims himself to be black, by the official standards of the U.S. Government, he is lying. He may legally represent himself as an Arab, or as a Caucasian, but he may not legally claim to be black.
      • Cuchanu, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5His dad is black as they come. There are black Arabs.
      • demonred, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6Do you know where the country of Kenya is? Apparently not.
      • Cuchanu, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1One more thing: Kenya is in Africa.

        Thus Obama is African American. And look at this pic and tell me that his dad is not black!:

        http://images.theglobeandmail.com/archives/RTGAM/i ...
      • salomejones, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2@alexcurlyo: A thousand thanks for stepping into this thread and showing everyone how not one single individual in the right wing is capable of telling the truth, even a little bit.
    • Cuchanu, on 09/19/2008, -1/+4Ok. Obama isn't the one pointing this out, it's TIME magazine.

      Let's see if you can tell me one single thing that Rev. Wright said that is racist. Go ahead I don't mind being proven wrong. FYI he would have had to imply that blacks are superior and whites are inferior. I have seen all of the extended You tube clips and he was never racist in any of them.

      And saying typical white woman is not racist unless Obama was implying that a "typical white woman" is a bad thing. He wasn't. He was pointing out that a.) his grandma was white and b.) that she was just a normal person.

      And you have to be kidding me with the
      "Hey, did you notice I'm black? (Actually half-black, but I'm ignoring half my DNA.) Man, I sure am black. I mean, I'm black, black, black. Yessir, that's what I am, buddy: BLACK."
      Seriously are you nuts. He almost never references his black side. I have heard about his white side a million times more than he has said he was black, because he was raised by white grandparents.

      Judging from your post you have your own prejudices to work out.
    • whytheam, on 09/19/2008, -1/+1I love you
  • ytsejam29, on 09/19/2008, -12/+48Showing pictures of a black man is racist now? If Franklin Raines were white, they would have found some picture that makes him look sinister too - all political commercials are like this. You don't have to reach this far to come up with stuff against McCain, guys - he's giving you plenty of stuff to go at on his own.
    • Albear89, on 09/19/2008, -2/+15Thank God. Someone with a working brain.
    • charm803, on 09/19/2008, -7/+4Because they are saying that Raines is his advisor, which he is not.

      So why are they using Raines in the ad? Not because he's white, I'll tell you that.
      • vexingmodstwo, on 09/19/2008, -4/+6There's another ad with Jim Johnson, who is white.

        Raines was an advisor... Obama is lying.
      • Laminarcissus, on 09/19/2008, -2/+3-- "There's another ad with Jim Johnson, who is white." --

        That they released only after the controversy.

        -- "Raines was an advisor... Obama is lying." --

        Proof? Or shall we cite "vexingmodstwo" as the source?



      • Gutterpunk, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Vexingmodstwo : The one man crusade to prove that Obama currently use Raines as an advisor
    • ender7074, on 09/19/2008, -2/+4No, the people that are doctoring photos to look sinister are on the left side.
    • Cuchanu, on 09/19/2008, -1/+3They don't normally show pics when the people are white. That's what makes it wrong. And it's not racist, it's just designed to scare white people's inner racist.
    • thx0138, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1I agree, if they would have showed 4 or 5 'sinister' looking black men you might have a case, but I have to say that I think this is just coincidence and a typical attack ad. - I think it would have been worse if they would have changed the ad and tried to use a white man instead because they had to be so worried about how it would appear.
      It takes validity away from the real issues when you try to put spin on every little thing. - Leave that kind of thing to Fox and the usual line-up of conservative talk radio hosts.
      Like ytsejam29 said above: "You don't have to reach this far to come up with stuff against McCain, guys - he's giving you plenty of stuff to go at on his own."
      If there is any hope for this election enough people will be able to see through all of the b.s. coming from the other side to make the right decision without us having to create b.s. of our own.

  • richirwin, on 09/19/2008, -5/+5I am reminded of Harold Ford.
    • getbusyliving, on 09/19/2008, -2/+4I was reminded of Harrison Ford. He was good in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I did not care for "The Temple of Doom".
    • userperson, on 09/19/2008, -1/+1Harold Ford was black? *amuse*
      I actually didn't know that 'til I'd seen the first 5,000 commercials (They ran 10,000 anyway near TN). Guess I'm like Stephen Colbert that way (also he's really light skinned).
  • ousthouse, on 09/19/2008, -13/+45HOLY *****! That politician used an image of his opponent in a stupid attack add!!!! RACIST!!!!
  • imakeholesinu, on 09/19/2008, -11/+16Wow, even the AP asks him flat out if he (Raines) is Obama's advisor "I am not an adviser to the Obama campaign..."

    How can the McCain camp run an ad that the AP debunks almost immediately?
    • Andrwmorph, on 09/19/2008, -6/+10They are blatantly lying to the entire country.
    • solboldi, on 09/19/2008, -5/+8Nope:

      "By Raines's own account, he took a couple of calls from someone on the Obama campaign, and they had some general discussions about economic issues. I have asked both Raines and the Obama people for more details on these calls, and will let you know if I receive a reply. "

      There IS a connection between Raines and the Obama camp.
      You should read your own supporting info more closely.
      Also there is no doubt the author of that disputation is a liberal who supports Obama.

      There is also a close connection between the Obama campaign and the Fannie Mae exec Johnson.

      "Barack Obama's taking serious heat for his reliance on former Fannie Mae CEO James Johnson to vet potential vice presidential prospects."



      http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/20
      • geekwithsoul, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008 ...
      • imakeholesinu, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2Just because he fielded some calls does not mean Obama has appointed him as an adviser to which your candidate claims. I do not doubt there is a connection between the two from your sources, just like the 7 lobbyist your candidate employs but, unlike your candidate's company there has been nothing made official about Raines for example that he has been named the Obama camp's chief adviser on this issue, which is what your candidates ad is implying.

    • TSK05, on 09/19/2008, -4/+5"McCain spokesman Brian Rogers notes that Obama didn't contradict the claim when it first appeared in the Post."

      And by the way, when that ad was made, Obama hadn't denied anything. Wonder why it took him so long to deny this when it was widely circulated (for instance wiki had it for several days up until a couple hours ago).
    • ISurfTooMuch, on 09/19/2008, -3/+6They ran it because they figure there are people out there who will believe it. See, you're operating under the false assumption that the truth means anything. It doesn't. What matters is how many gullible people the ad can be seen by.

      Also, I suspect that they want to reinforce the "bubba vote" just a little. In case you don't know, this is the term Dick Armey used for the people who will never vote for a Black man because of his race. These people are already in McCain's camp by default, but it never hurts to get them fired up, and this ad will do it. It doesn't have to be overtly racist; all it has to do is show several African-Americans and link them, even falsely, to a scandal. That's all the encouragement these people will need.
  • hoohaha, on 09/19/2008, -15/+35Shut up Huffington Post, as much as I dislike McCain there is such a thing as overanalysing things.
  • wwwonka, on 09/19/2008, -12/+7Jesus, another day another lie from the McCain campaign. What happened to the pre-White House run John McCain that you could actually maybe kind of look up to?
    • wwwonka, on 09/19/2008, -2/+1aw, look, the McSame-abees don't like the truth that McCain has lost his morals. tsk tsk
  • Ryan32, on 09/19/2008, -12/+24Yeah, Obama wasn't playing the race card at all when he said his grandmother was a "typical white person".

    Hello Pot, meet Kettle.
    • iloveobama, on 09/19/2008, -11/+1These are neocon lies. He never said that about his grandmother. OBAMA-BIDEN 2008 CHANGE FOR AMERICA
    • apackofmonkeys, on 09/19/2008, -4/+6You'd better be saying the pot is calling the kettle white-- anything else and you're a racist.
      • Ryan32, on 09/19/2008, -2/+5lol, i almost forgot the golden rule of hypocrisy.

        If you say anything about black people, and your not black.... then your racist.
  • EugineMW, on 09/19/2008, -3/+15So, McCain is playing the race card when he made an ad on Jim Johnson also?
  • chall2001, on 09/19/2008, -6/+22Did I miss something? How was this add racist? You could disagree with the add but this wasn't some random guy-- he was the CEO of Freddie Mac.
  • vexingmodstwo, on 09/19/2008, -14/+20So because one of Obama's advisors is black, and it is pointed out in an ad, it is racism?

    Oookay.
    • charm803, on 09/19/2008, -6/+8That is not one of his advisors.


      • vexingmodstwo, on 09/19/2008, -4/+7Yes it is.

        Obama's lying his ***** ass off. Fannie Mae CEOs Raines and Johnson and even Dan Mudd have worked closely with Democrats for ***** years.

        It's total ***** that Raines didn't advise him.
      • charm803, on 09/19/2008, -3/+3@vexingmodstwo-

        Obama is not the one who denied it. It was Raines himself.

        Why didn't they use Jim Johnson? Don't you think that would have made more sense? He WAS on the VP search team and had to resign when he got a "sweetheart" deal from Countrywide.

        Or is it because Johnson is white?

        (No need to swear. I don't like bad words. Distracts from your comment.)
      • vexingmodstwo, on 09/19/2008, -3/+3Raines and Obama are LYING.

        And they used Johnson in another ad.
      • JustinCase18, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4There was more than one ad criticizing Obama's association with Fannie Mae, but the Huffington Post, etc, conveniently omitted the ads that didn't play into their RACISM rant.

        (Would omitting commentary on ads criticizing WHITES be considered racist? Then Huffington Post, etc is guilty.)
    • iloveobama, on 09/19/2008, -8/+1It is clearly racism and you're racist for trying to make it look like its not. We need to abolish racism in this country. I think any hate racist speech should be punishable by the government by a huge fine or jail time. Hopefully Obama will implement that
      • chall2001, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6Was that sarcasm? Its hard to tell on digg.
      • apackofmonkeys, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6I thought you'd forgotten your "/s" at the end, but then I saw your name and now I'm scared.
      • Jashobeam5, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2chall- I'm glad I wasn't the only one to wonder if he was serious.
  • spookyttws, on 09/19/2008, -7/+36I saw nothing racist in the ad. Sure it may be another completely false accusation, but just because someone connected to him is also black that makes it racist? Or is it the elderly white woman who stereotypically is afraid of black people that makes it racist? It's a ***** attack, but I don't find it racist.
    • firebhaal, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2It's subtle. There is this ad that takes the same format but about sex education and show obama with this freaky sort of smile that is clearly out of context to the ad. It's used to very slyly suggest something perverted about him... just like this ad, but less clear (i don't find this ad racist however)

      http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Multimedia/Pla ...

      take a look
    • OctoDigger, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1the point is: "it relies on a fleeting and tenuous reference in a Washington Post Style section story to suggest that Obama's principal economic adviser is former Fannie Mae Chairman Frank Raines. Why? One reason might be that Johnson is white; Raines is black."
      Go back and re-read the article. Raines is NOT an advisor to Obama
  • obamayomama, on 09/19/2008, -9/+19Wow... Now even Newsweek- not exactly a bastion of conservatism, is saying the Obama campaign is full of *****:

    In response to the McCain ad that points out Obama's ties with disgraced Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines, the Obama camp "unleashed a howitzer blast of outrage," saying, "this is another flat-out lie from a dishonorable campaign that is increasingly incapable of telling the truth. Frank Raines has never advised Senator Obama about anything--ever."

    Newsweek goes on to say this:

    "But the problem is that it contradicts a July Washington Post profile of Raines (cited by McCain in the ad), which reported that Raines has "taken calls from Barack Obama's presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters." As the New Republic's Jason Zengerle--another Obama supporter--concludes: "Seeing as how neither Raines nor the Obama campaign bothered to contradict that information when the article came out, and didn't do so until only after the McCain ad aired, you can't really blame the McCain campaign for trying to make hay of the situation. And you certainly can't accuse it of dishonorably telling a lie."
    http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/200 ...

    Ruh-roe.
    • FreddieD, on 09/19/2008, -5/+3Wait wait... I thought we weren't supposed to listen to the "liberal media"?

      Now that they say something you agree with, you're citing them and I should pay attention?
      • obamayomama, on 09/19/2008, -3/+5Actually, I've cited Newsweek and other publications that most agree lean left on a number of occasions here on digg. You must have me confused with one of your hypocritical liberal friends.
    • solboldi, on 09/19/2008, -1/+9Nope:

      "By Raines's own account, he took a couple of calls from someone on the Obama campaign, and they had some general discussions about economic issues. I have asked both Raines and the Obama people for more details on these calls, and will let you know if I receive a reply. "

      There IS a connection between Raines and the Obama camp.
      You should read your own supporting info more closely.
      Also there is no doubt the author of that disputation is a liberal who supports Obama.

      There is also a close connection between the Obama campaign and the Fannie Mae exec Johnson.

      "Barack Obama's taking serious heat for his reliance on former Fannie Mae CEO James Johnson to vet potential vice presidential prospects."



      http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/20
    • VitriolAndAngst, on 09/19/2008, -5/+3If Obama were responding to every reich-wing circular reference and innuendo, he'd never have a campaign.

      Ruh-roh, if Obama didn't refute the allegation he made a phone call to Frank Raines -- it must have happened.

      McCain is making calls to the devil. I expect to hear him refute this by tomorrow afternoon, or I will just assume it is true without any references.
      • ender7074, on 09/19/2008, -3/+3He wont refute it. Its true. You idiots just cant see that pig Obama for the ass he is. But thats ok. Put your hands over your ears, scream ITS NOT TRUE, and stamp your feet all you want. The truth is coming out about this guy and you libtards just dont like it.
    • homercles337, on 09/19/2008, -5/+2Do you, or any of your idiot ilk, understand the difference between getting casual advice over the PHONE and being a hired Campaign Adviser? Do you? ***** you people are so god damn gullible it truly sickens me.

      Edit: Looks like some form of the rightard bury/digg brigade is busy today. Im basing this on the number of lies that get dugg up.
    • obamayomama, on 09/19/2008, -2/+7Sorry... just quoting Newsweek- a favorite source for Democrats on here, I've noticed. Guess you'll just have to discredit them too.
      • JustinCase18, on 09/20/2008, -1/+3I think the problem the LIBs have with your post is that they haven't had the chance to REWRITE that particular piece of evidence.
      • obamayomama, on 09/20/2008, -1/+2Exactly.... and just like when I was in school, they need a little extra time to finish their papers.
  • diggystardust, on 09/19/2008, -9/+12I said it a while back and I'll say it again.

    Why the hell do we follow the Huffington Post?!

    Huffington Post = Fox News
    • apackofmonkeys, on 09/19/2008, -3/+4Are you kidding me? Hufftrash is not even close to the same league as Fox.
    • Laminarcissus, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2Except Huffington Post doesn't pretend that they're fair and balanced. They make no bones about the fact that they're a polemic.
  • warlax27, on 09/19/2008, -17/+15DUGG FOR MCCAIN SPITTING THE TRUTH!
    MCCAIN / PALIN '08....GET USED TO ANOTHER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT HIPPIES!
    • gnocchi1442, on 09/19/2008, -5/+3Amazing that someone would be proud of supporting these traitors, but I guess that's why the IQ scale goes down below 80.

      Tell us, what exactly is it about Republicans that fires you up? Is it their complete contempt for working people and the middle class? Is it their rape of the treasury to enrich themselves and their cronies? Is it their proven inability to tell the truth about anything, no matter how small?

      Or do you just hate America so much that you enjoy seeing it brought down by unprecedented corruption and incompetence?

      Seriously, we'd like to know.


    • AWBoy666, on 09/19/2008, -3/+4Boo YAH. McCain/Palin '08! :P
    • doshindude, on 09/20/2008, -1/+1you're retarded AND offensive! congratulations!
  • tiology, on 09/19/2008, -2/+16Strrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeetch

    /black woman
  • cattletracks, on 09/19/2008, -13/+5If McCain is willing to lie, cheat and steal his way into office, what makes you think he’ll be a trustworthy, moral and just president?
    • loganro, on 09/19/2008, -1/+3Change McCain to Obama, and you have a true statement.
  • tinkafoo, on 09/19/2008, -4/+25I was expecting a couple of gang members, or McCain dropping the N-word. But this??

    weak.....
  • fleischner, on 09/19/2008, -6/+13And once again, the left finds "race" in a ham sandwich. By that logic, all the ads that show McCain and/or Bush are racists against white people. See how stupid that sounds? I really wonder what it's like to be a complete uberliberal brain-dead moron.
  • TSK05, on 09/19/2008, -5/+18Oh my God, they made the rich guy who is in so much trouble with the law for fraud and a number of other things since resigning as Fannie CEO, yes they made that guy look sinister. And he happens to be black. Racist!

    Seriously, did you watch the commercial? What about it is racist. This is a joke.

    Headline should be: Time: Obama plays race card

    It's Obama playing the race card by calling this racist.

    With regards to Raines being an adviser or otherwise, Time update:

    McCain spokesman Brian Rogers notes that Obama didn't contradict the claim when it first appeared in the Post.

    As of earlier today, Wiki said Raines was an adviser to Obama.
    • jerrolds, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3"As of earlier today, Wiki said Raines was an adviser to Obama."

      So close.
  • aftern9ne, on 09/19/2008, -3/+171. The attacker is considered to be "racist", not "playing the race card."

    2. This ad is not racist.

    3. Every false claim of racism hurts Obama's chances. Just shut the ***** up.
  • AlphaNeonic, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2Every negative ad I see does nothing but make me lose even more respect for that candidate.

    When all you have to say are bad things about the other person, you're just distracting the public from your own faults.
    • userperson, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2Then they're working.
      In the two party system it's not always about how good you are, but how much your opponent sucks, and will bring about armageddon.
      They're designed to keep you from voting for the other guy.

      I guess I've seen too many negative ads.
  • FreddieD, on 09/19/2008, -1/+7This lady's voice is the Don LaFontaine of negative campaign ads... I hear her everywhere. She always sounds like she's about to break down and cry no matter what she says.

    "I just won the lottery. But what does that mean for you, the perpetual loser? The lottery: Bad for you, bad for the economy."

    I bet she rakes in the cash every election cycle.
  • bustachops, on 09/19/2008, -1/+12give me a ***** break. since when is showing images of black guys playing the race card?? there are plenty of fantastic reasons not to vote for that old geezer - bringing small things like this up makes it appear that there's not. you look like ***** retards huffpo - and i try to like you
  • solboldi, on 09/19/2008, -5/+19The ad is not racist.

    When Obama runs an ad with a caucasian or latino person in it, is that racist?

    Why are diggers CONSTANTLY screaming racism? It is because you are all white computer males who don't even know any black people, and see every racial situation as brimming with racism that is not there?

    Aren't you the same people who were bashing the crap out of Hillary and now Palin, but can't see your own sexism?

    • Labourer, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2there is a LOT of this idiotic thinking about these days. everything is racist to some people. they are obsessed. they equality or whatever but point out with loud voices the most ridiculous incidents as being racist . most people are so god dammned controlled by public opinion and liberal thought that they dont really question how f**ing stupid some of these accusations are.
    • JustinCase18, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3Maybe it's because Obama's campaign is slowly falling apart as people learn how little Obama really offers other than polished speeches from a teleprompter. Off the teleprompter, Obama's been extremely hesitant and ackward. Looking as his voting record (when he's actually showed up), he's not something many of us want.

      When by my count (and I'm not a full time political commentator) the Obama campaign has played the race card 7 times (from the primaries to now). If this is his strongest hand, maybe he needs to admit that he's playing only on RACE to win this political race.
  • Import98, on 09/19/2008, -6/+9Yeah, I don't see the race card on this one. From the description I was expecting 2 hoodlums with saggy jeans, white tees and red bandannas looking thugged out, with some old white lady clutching her purse behind them.

    That ad I would see as racist. This one, not so much. Just so happens the advisers are black, ad would of ran the same if ithey were white. In any event, DO NOT VOTE FOR MCCAIN, PLEASE!! OBAMA '08!!!!

    Caps were necessary.

    • NeoDemosthenes, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5What? You mean all black men don't look sinister to you?

      Shame on you Huffpost!
  • Mr.Gone, on 09/19/2008, -6/+3Is this one more accurate than the one a few stories down? How can this be "inaccurate" anyway. It's a valid interpretation of the ad.
    • gixxer600, on 09/19/2008, -1/+11. McCain is the one that doesnt know anything about economics ..why CAUSE McCain said so ..also where is his economic record or education ??/

      2. Phil Ghram, and ALL of his top advisor are connected with the deregulations of the industry which now , deregulation , is seen as the cause for this so ergo McCain advisor are responsible for the collapse.

      PS and now the republican govt IS bailing these companies out ..WTF happened to free market ..o i get it free market so the CEO make the money but once those bad policies catch up to them and the company goes under WE get stuck with the bill .....how is that free market either let them crash or have intial regulation policies dont try to have ur cake and eat it to

  • wisefool9, on 09/19/2008, -3/+5Yeah, sorry. I'm not convinced there's any race card involved here. The ad is still a total fabrication and McCain deserves to be called out on his pathological lying, but's not cry wolf here, Huffpost.

    That said. Gobama.
    • ender7074, on 09/19/2008, -3/+2Its not a fabrication. Truth hurts no matter how much you want to deny it.
  • madamme, on 09/19/2008, -8/+7I wouldn't say it's racist...


    But the ad did make me feel sick to my stomach, AND it was (again) filled with lies.
    • ender7074, on 09/19/2008, -2/+4Really? How so. Seems pretty honest to me but then again I dont filter my "facts" though the huvvington post.
  • pacsurf, on 09/19/2008, -3/+3There is nothing discriminatory in the ad ... although its not true that Raines is his advisor!
    • truthfightsback, on 09/20/2008, -0/+0It's more insidious than that; it's the visual suggestion of the 'two angry black men' before the 'concerned older white woman'. Watch it again. They know their audience and are playing to 20th century fears in a time of 21st century crisis.
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