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Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin seized Martin Luther King Day as an opportunity to lob vague criticism at President Barack Obama.
"Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card," Palin wrote Monday on her Facebook page, after quoting from the civil rights icon's famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
Obama said in an extensive New Yorker profile published this weekend that he believes theres no doubt that theres some folks who just really dislike me because they dont like the idea of a black President."
"Now, the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because Im a black President," he added.
Palin didn't point to any specific instances of the President playing the race card in the short post.
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Gothmog
(145,079 posts)She wants President Barack Obama to quit playing the race card. And she says that on Dr. Martin Luther Kings birthday.
I suspect she feels that President Obama plays the race card when he shows up.
Maybe she should stop playing the stupid card.
3catwoman3
(23,969 posts)...in her deck are "The Stupid Card" - it's all she has. Well, except for the 2 Jokers.
Botany
(70,483 posts)2 things
1) does anybody really think Palin wrote it?
b) Why on earth does anybody give a shit about what a half wit, half term, and
a grifter thinks?
Matariki
(18,775 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)And now is race relations specialist because she read "I have a dream" speech. Wow