However, there is one thing that really bothers me that Obama has said:
A day after Democratic candidate Barack Obama warned that Republican rival John McCain would tell voters “he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills,” McCain’s campaign on Thursday accused Obama of playing racial politics.
Obama “played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck,” McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said in a statement. He called Obama’s remarks “divisive, negative, shameful and wrong.”
Stumping in Missouri, Obama, the first black candidate with a shot at winning the White House, argued Wednesday that President Bush and McCain will resort to scare tactics to maintain their hold on the White House because they have little else to offer voters.
“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.”‘
Please Obama, don't bring up the race card. Please. In a country already clearly divided, not just between Presidential candidates, but also in democratic nominees, do you really think this is the best thing to do?
Am I mistaken, or is Obama bringing this up, not McCain? I don't think McCain or anyone else for that matter has brought up those points.
The media circus is getting ridiculous. This could be the first president ever decided based upon blatant media bias towards a candidate. No one can deny that Obama has received much more media coverage, whether positive or negative, than McCain.
What I think this particular election is proving: The role of the President is becoming greatly diminished. The judicial system and the legislative system appear to have much more power. When neither candidate is a viable solution, what is one to do?
I know one thing: I DO NOT WANT TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE JUST TO VOTE AGAINST SOMEONE! I think that would be the worst thing I could do. I don't want to settle for the "Lesser of two evils" as so many seem to say they are doing. Both candidates are full of fluff it seems. What is a society supposed to do?
**UPDATE**
People blast Bush for having "diarrhea of the mouth", but what about Obama? Earlier today, he continued some very egotistical remarks by saying:
"I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions," Obama said, a witness told the Post.
Now seriously, between McCain calling Obama an Elitist running away from his voting record, and now you have Obama being as egotistical as egotistical can be...what are we to do?
5 comments:
Ahh -- the good old race card.
Sounds like Obama took some lessons from Memphis politics.
For us, it's a surprise when that is NOT played.
Just one of the reasons I am proud to say I live in Southaven, MS.
I'm voting for Bob Barr.
Michael, I remember the Memphis politics...one of the reasons we left. Nothing surprises people from there.
Allen, I thought about Bob Barr as well, and I agree with several of his ideas. I just hate that its so hard for any independent or libertarian candidate to gain ground and get coverage.
Hmm, I totally agree with this. My friend (who is black, by the way) always says, racists are always calling other people racist. We termed it, reverse racism. Someone who goes around trying to find a racial slur or inference in everything just so they can pull the race card to gain sympathy and support. We were hoping Obama wouldn't go that route, but he did. That's why he's not getting my vote.
You should cite your sources. Otherwise this argument seems completely silly.
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