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- Soughtout, on 08/03/2008, -0/+1Obama does not need to and should not retract his statement. He was correct and stating an obvious truth.
- tcbishop12, on 08/03/2008, -0/+1McCain's accusation of Barack Obama "playing the race card" is not only tired, but absurd. The only people persuaded by such tactics are those who want to attach a stigma of controversy to a black person.
McCain calculates this will motivate susceptible independents to support him.
McCain's a fool. His campaign managers, doubly so. How stupid do they think we are?
Why didn't McCain complain about Obama playing the "funny name" card?
Why didn't McCain complain about Obama playing the "not patriotic enough" card?
Why did McCain highlight only race?
Moreover, why does McCain play the "prisoner of war," "skin cancer," or "old man" cards?
The absurdity of McCain's claim becomes obvious when non-race factors are substituted.
Worse, this is a race-baiting tactic, like calling Obama "arrogant."
The code meaning behind "arrogant" is "uppity black."
The code meaning behind comparisons with Spears/Hilton style celebrity is "popular, but irresponsible people."
A truer comparison is Tiger Woods, arguably the world's greatest celebrity.
So - within two weeks, the McCain campaign has marginalized and mocked the future votes of millions of minorities (as well as the fans of Spears and Hilton).
The McCain campaign has insulted our intelligence as Americans. Just how stupid do they think we are?
McCain's a fool. He has only diminished himself and given his opponent a greater advantage.
Too stupid to win. - elisathon, on 08/03/2008, -0/+0McCain added: ``His campaign retracted those remarks. So let's move on.''
One problem: Obama's camp issued no retraction. Agree or disagree with with the issue of the 'race card', the fact remains that there was no retraction. This is just more McCain fuzziness.
This may be why McCain's staff maintains that John McCain does not speak for the campaign of John McCain.
I've never agreed with the majority of Senator McCain's conservative and nationalistic positions, but I used to be able to think of it as a respectful difference of opinions.
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