Obama says Republicans will use race to stoke fear

[Fleshdancer]

I think it's great that Obama is going on the offensive...not just about his race, but about "feisty" Michelle too. :)

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2040982720080620?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true

Obama says Republicans will use race to stoke fear

It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy," Obama told a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida. "We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid.

"They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?"

He said he was also set for Republicans to say "he's got a feisty wife," in trying to attack his wife Michelle.

[Skittles]

1. Skittles says the sky is blue n/t

[jeff30997]

2. Makes me think...

Have you ever heard about a KKK member being a Democrat?

[DJ13]

5. Ever hear of a Senator named

Robert Byrd?

He renounced the Klan a long time back, but he was a member back in the 50's as far as I remember.

[FrenchieCat]

3. They already called his wife an angry black woman, walked around with their

"will the White House still be White" buttons, and their monkey shirts and dolls. They allude to his radicalism and his former's church Black liberation doctrine.......and call his wife of 15 years, a Princeton and Harvard Grad his Baby's mama.

and then they shout....Hey, no fair! Obama is playing the race card...when Obama dares to mention his own race.


fuck 'em!

[YOY]

4. YOY says water is wet

n/t

[cbayer]

6. cbayer says the sun will come up tomorrow.

[Imagevision]

7. geeez, ya think the repugs will come into DC. doing the cross burning thing?

[bridgit]

8. bridgit says *they're going to be mean to mean us* politics will not play in the long run

[anamandujano]

9. Sounds like he's sticking with his winning strategy from the primary.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[GarbagemanLB]

11. No, he's using Hillary's strategy.

Hillary lost, get over it.

[bridgit]

12. hahahaha, yeah! and look how well it worked for her by your account...

:rofl:

[GarbagemanLB]

13. So you admit she used it. That's a step in the right direction.

[bridgit]

14. pft, read again, "by your account"...

some people just can't get it right the first time or the second time :spray:

[anamandujano]

16. Why is he begging the one he called race baiter to help him

get money and votes? And he also wants her husband to help him. He expects them to UNITE the party. I thought he specialized in that.

[FourPieRun]

20. what wins a primary doesn't necessarily win a GE; in fact, odds are it won't. nt

[Duke Newcombe]

10. In related news, scientists discover the Sun is hot. n/t

Duke

[Zenmaster]

15. Republicans HAVE been using race to stoke fear.

The Republicans have been using Barak Obama's race to try and stoke fear in White America all along. Its legitimate for Barack to try and counter that.

Simply invoking Farakhan's name and trying to link Obama to him is a huge race play as White America is afraid of Farakhan. And Obama is not friends with, or a surrogate for Farakhan.

There have been a ton of examples of this type of race play from the Republicans, and even democrats during the Primary. Clearly people think that one of the best strategies to defeat Obama is to try and make him seem frightening to White America.

[Median Democrat]

17. It Affects McCain - He Is Ashamed Of Appearing With His Adopted Daughter

I actaully admire the fact that John McCain and his wife adopted a girl of color, Bridgette McCain. However, in 2000, Karl Rove, who is now advising McCain, orchestrated a smear that his daughter was actually his illegitimate with a black prostitute. The thing that I think is sad is that John McCain is now ashamed of appearing in public with his daughter. The only time we have seen her image used by his campaign is when they depict him adopting his daughter from an orphanage in Bangledesh. McCain needs to get a cluse. That his daughter 24/7. Not just a photo-op. Sadly, his own party would probably desert him if he appeared with her.

[Evergreen Emerald]

23. what makes you say that?

Perhaps, after the crap that Bush put that beautiful child through, he is going to protect her and make sure she does not go through that again.

That was one of the most horrific things a campaign has ever done--and yet he supports Bush...amazing. If anyone did that to my child, they would have a knuckle sandwich.

You should check out the blog one of McCain's daughters has on his campaign. She talks about her sister.

[blondeatlast]

18. They'll use surrogates to do it: "Why, we didn't know about that awful campaign button

in Texas..." but it's all done for the good of their cause and they are as responsible for it as anyone.

[FourPieRun]

19. don't think it's such a good idea to pre-emptively accuse people of racism, then ask for their vote.

obama needs to tread lightly on that one.

[FrenchieCat]

21. Pre-emptive my ass.

PLueeaze.

You think the monkey dolls and t-shirts; the Baby's mama; Will the White House still be a White House; and the "Michelle is an angry Black Woman" didn't happen already?


Or should Obama wait till they just call him the "N" word before he can say anything?

These are not the same people who's vote he is asking for.

The RNC and its noise machine has already gone down the path, and ain't nobody stupid now.

McCain should excert better leadership over his crew, cause so far he is failing as a leader of even those sorry suckers.

[BooScout]

22. Ahhhhhhhhh....

Can you scream racism before the fact? :shrug: Now that's what I call a pre-emptive strike.:nuke: