"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.'"
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I can't believe how ridiculous and creepy this race is already, and we're not even post-convention. It's going to be a long, bumpy ride-- I just hope it ends up in a good place.
Erm.......I don't get it? What do all the symbols mean?
and then his campaign strategist robert gibbs stupidly says this is not a comment about his race.
"What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington," Gibbs said. "There is nothing more to this than the fact that he was describing that he was new to the political scene. He was referring to the fact that he didn't come into the race with the history of others. It is not about race."
it is. and it should be said.
i second what robin said...
here goes republislime again...
~ n
Yup, it's the truth. :) Glad people are seeing this for what it is.
This is only the beginning of the "Fear and Smear" campaign.
Soon we will be seeing all the pre-election "Terror Alerts" popping up.
And finally, we will certainly be in for an October Surprise, probably an "incident" with Iran.
Buckle in folks.
I respect Obama but the quote
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.'"
helped me respect him less. This year is shaping up to be politics as usual because it really is NOT about race, and Obama needs to be smarter than to hand weapons to the enemy. With so much power involved, it's ridiculous to expect anyone to keep to some naive vow about not going negative. Besides, in this particular exchange, Obama went first. (And that doesn't bother me, again it was handing the enemy an opening that bothered me. God help us if he give it away like that in the global arena.)
Really? I think Bush has given plenty away in the "global arena." I sincerely doubt that Obama could come close to unraveling relations in the world the way his predecessor has.
But that's just me. :)
Jury's not in yet. If Iraq lives up to its growing promise and its neighboring violent patriarchies continue to get more shrill in their fear, President Obama may find his legacy more assured by preserving Bush's, not undoing it. In his own, far more worldly style, of course. But I'm an optimist* ... and that's just me. :)
* - And a fanciful contrarian, I admit it.
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