Who’s playing the race card? Update: Audio added
posted at 11:11 am on June 21, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Barack Obama told supporters in Jacksonville that Republicans would launch racist attacks against him in the upcoming election. Without noting a single supporting piece of evidence, Obama cast any opposition to him as bigotry, and in doing so, recalled just a touch of Joe McCarthy’s tactics:
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Republicans to highlight the fact that he is black as part of an effort to make voters afraid of him.
“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?”
The ironic part of this argument is that it ignores the tactics his fellow Democrats used in the primary, while also overlooking John McCain’s efforts to distance himself from the same tactics. It was, after all, staffers on the Hillary Clinton campaign that sent the photo of Obama in African garb to the Drudge Report. It was Bill Clinton who suggested that Obama’s victory in South Carolina was no more significant than Jesse Jackson’s in 1988. It was Hillary who explicitly went after the white, working-class vote in the later primaries that bruised Obama so badly.
John McCain, meanwhile, was a lot more outspoken in criticizing his own supporters for relying on crypto-ethnic references. He immediately and publicly disowned, without any prompting, Bill Cunningham in Ohio after the radio host enphasized Obama’s middle name (Hussein) in his introductory remarks. McCain also fired one staffer for e-mailing a Jeremiah Wright video after explicitly saying that his campaign would have no comment on Wright or Trinity United. Meanwhile, Hillary could only offer a tepid “as far as I know” repudiation of the rumor that Obama is/was a Muslim.
Just as with his untrue statements on Republican financing and 527s, Obama seems content to issue lies and smears in order to inflame the electorate. There is more than a little hint of McCarthyism in this tactic. Joe McCarthy waved pieces of paper around and claimed to have lists of Communists in government that he never substantiated. Obama likes to accuse Republicans of racism without any proof, either, while apparently discounting the real race-card playing in his own party.
If he has proof that the Republican Party and/or John McCain plan racist attacks on him, let him show it. If he doesn’t, then Obama is guilty of his own racial pandering and should apologize. (in part via TMV)
Update: Copied comments from the Headlines post.
Update II: Baldilocks notes that the demonization has begun.
Update (AP): All I’d add to what Ed said is that Team Obama’s been playing the race card for a long time now. What makes this different is that the candidate himself, for once, has deigned to dirty his hands instead of letting his jerkiest lackeys, like Jesse Jackson Jr., do it for him.
Update (AP): Just in case Team Barry tries to deny he said this, here’s the audio. Big cheers for the siren song of demagoguery, natch.
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Be careful crr6…Baldilocks can be rather brutal at times!!!
KarmiCommunist on June 21, 2008 at 3:42 PM
alright. Let me explain to you why all the red baiting you and others engage in is not only irritating, but hypocritical. Here’s a question for you. Does it irritate you when people refer to Bush or the Republican party as “fascist”?
crr6 on June 21, 2008 at 3:45 PM
crr6 on June 21, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Not at all. Cause the people who say that don’t have the first clue about what they’re ralking about.
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Seixon…try some Q-Tips for that hearing problem of yore’s.
KarmiCommunist on June 21, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Only if they can’t give an objective definition of fascism and cannot cite a Bush action or pattern of action that is objectively fascist.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 3:48 PM
crr6,
I wrote a link-rich post proving Obama’s marxist roots (and yes, Liberation Theology grew out of Marxism).
It’s being moderated, but check back on page 2 when it shows up, and let your eyes be opened. :)
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 3:48 PM
also, you’re falling for the false Left/Right Communist/Fascist divide. Someone wrote a nice book about it.
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Are you flipping kidding me? Saul Alinsky is a Marxist. Bill Ayers (whose worked with him on education issues) is a Marxist. Black Liberation Theology is Marxist.
But if it makes you feel any better, how about I use the term “Neo-Marxist”? Such as, not only is Barry a Neo-Marxist, he’s a (race baiting) plagiarist:
“They’re trying to bamboozle you. It’s the same old okie-doke. Y’all know about okie doke, right? … They try to bamboozle you. Hoodwink ya. Try to hoodwink ya. Alright, I’m having too much fun here. … ”
Barack Obama – 1/24/08 Sumter, SC
He also repeated something very similar in Mississippi on 3/11/08.
“You’ve been hoodwinked. You’ve been had. You’ve been took. You’ve been led astray, led amok. You’ve been bamboozled.”
Malcolm X
Buy Danish on June 21, 2008 at 3:51 PM
to be honsest with you, I take it as a sign of weakness to come out so strong so fast. Its like Barry is covering his weakness.
JAW on June 21, 2008 at 3:53 PM
This guy is unfreakin believable. Everyone has said what needed to be said but what the heck, I need to vent–I CAN’T TAKE seeing him, reading about him–anything about him.
This latest race card crap is amazing. He isn’t even black and no one cares about that!!! Why doesn’t he and others that think like him, get it??? There are so many reasons we don’t want him for President and his color is definitely not it. Why would he say that?Because he really believes white people think like that. He who cries prejudice the loudest is the most prejudiced! And I had to laugh, calling his wife “feisty”—no, that’s not it, it’s bitter and racist that we don’t like. Geesh- where’s the trap door, get this guy out of here!!
Conservatives R Us on June 21, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Well giving an objective definition would be tough considering political scientists and scholars themselves still debate it’s core tenets. However many (not me) would argue that Bush encourages hyper-nationalism, scapegoats enemies to justify a reduction of civil liberties, and has a disdain for intellectuals, feminists and homosexuals, just like Fascist movements often do. Even if you accept these premises (which I don’t), does this mean that Bush is a “Fascist”? No. These people are simply using an emotion-laden word to smear him. Like you and others do with Marxism.
I would also like to hear a specific action or pattern of actions by Obama that is objectively Marxist.
crr6 on June 21, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Okay. Again, my bad.
One of the problems that our putative allies who oppose Obama have is that some of them (not you) make sh*t up about his tribe. With the odd “coincidence” that I share that heritage, I’ve taken it upon myself to put out misinformation fires where found. There have been quite a few of them here.
Ironically, I have been called bigoted names for my trouble, so I’m a bit sensitive about this particular viral piece of misinformation–perhaps overly so.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Prod. KRUGMAN: And you take a look at anything I’ve written about economics, and I’m not a socialist. You know, that’s a slander.
Mr. O’REILLY: I said quasi.
Prof. KRUGMAN: Well, that’s a wonderful–then you’re a quasi-murderer. I mean, why–what…
Mr. O’REILLY: I’m a quasi-murderer?
Prof. KRUGMAN: Well, quasi is a pretty open thing.
crr6 on June 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Bullseye, Allah. It wasn’t all HC playing the race card — it was Obama finding racial slurs in everything, including having JJ, Jr. turning her tears in NH into a “dis” on the blacks of NO. How do you answer that? By sending Ferraro into the lion’s den, and capitalizing on some elitist off-the-cuff remarks in SF. Too little, too late, but effective.
McCain, you dolt, are you listening?
Nichevo on June 21, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Since my other post won’t go up, check here and here.
From the last link:
“I am not debating that Obama is a Marxist. His own words and associations reflect a long-held belief in class struggle, liberation theology, and alienation of those who produce vs. the owners of the production. I am also not trying to define Obama’s Marxism – mostly because we don’t call it Marxism anymore. Marx himself has become irrelevant to the 31 flavors of “Marxism”, which have evolved in various places across the world. That Obama leans toward a “Marxist” view of the world is easy to see for anyone who chooses to remove the rose-tinted lenses.“
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 4:02 PM
No they are not.
Are you implying that I’m using a word of which I don’t know the objective definition?
You could have asked that without the insult.
Another guest has expressed the intention to provide such a list. I’ll wait a bit for him to do that. If it doesn’t come up in a reasonable amount of time, I’ll point you to the information requested.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 4:06 PM
McCain is the “also-ran” candidate in this election, and it didn’t have to be this way. McCain is not being proactive, he’s not getting out in front of the major issues (e.g. immigration and energy), even where he has the winning argument. It’s just ludicrous – and disappointing.
As for Obama playing the race card… I’ve only had a few instances in my life where I ever had to combat a race card. I found the most effective way to fight a race card is to very bluntly call the person out on it. Same with Obama — I’d love for McCain to turn to Obama in a debate and say “Senator, I see how you like to blame any criticism of you on racism. Do you really believe that everyone is a racist? And what will you do when Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-il and the Al Qaeda guys attack you? Call them racists too?”
Outlander on June 21, 2008 at 4:08 PM
I do not know how he would answer but I bet it would start like this: Uhhh.
kahall on June 21, 2008 at 4:15 PM
crr6,
Also, from his very own website:
“Fight for Fair Trade: Obama will fight for a trade policy that opens up foreign markets to support good American jobs. He will use trade agreements to spread good labor and environmental standards around the world and stand firm against agreements like the Central American Free Trade Agreement that fail to live up to those important benchmarks. Obama will also pressure the World Trade Organization to enforce trade agreements and stop countries from continuing unfair government subsidies to foreign exporters and nontariff barriers on U.S. exports.”
Fair trade, as I’m sure you know, is a marxist construct.
” Ensure Freedom to Unionize: Obama believes that workers should have the freedom to choose whether to join a union without harassment or intimidation from their employers. Obama cosponsored and is strong advocate for the Employee Free Choice Act, a bipartisan effort to assure that workers can exercise their right to organize. He will continue to fight for EFCA’s passage and sign it into law.”
The EFCA takes away the right to a secret ballot to workers. Orwellian, I know.
Not to mention his plan to almost double capital gains taxes, even thought this would drive federal revenue down. He want’s to do it because some people just make too much money. Sounds pretty Marxist to me.
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Pisses me off, the only people who have made race an issue in the campaign is Obama and his supporters.“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?” So making a candidates experience an issue is suddenly racist? I’d like to see him dismiss the clear attacks on John McCain’s age.
chip91 on June 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Neo- and quasi- have different meanings, I’m sure you know.
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Well done.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 4:44 PM
ROFLMAO!!
You just made me spit chewed popcorn!
Texas Gal on June 21, 2008 at 4:49 PM
How long has he been holding that in?
Theworldisnotenough on June 21, 2008 at 4:54 PM
20 years.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Last time i checked Democrats Control the House and the Senate..
Chakra Hammer on June 21, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Good links. Thanks. I got called away.
Final paragraph from the first link:
a capella on June 21, 2008 at 5:04 PM
a capella and others interested (crr6 as well),
My post:
is now up and has more links about Obama’s marxist ties. It’s on page 2.
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 5:08 PM
And, Chris Dodd is chairman of the banking oversight committee which oversees and influences legislation for lending groups. Let me see now,… the Dems want a taxpayer funded bailout, the need for which was created in large part by risky lending practices from a mortgage group which gave the good senator a VIP break on his own personal loan. And, Obama chastises only the GOP for it’s poor stewardship.
a capella on June 21, 2008 at 5:15 PM
In other word’s, Obama’s pattern of action indicates that he operates with Sowell’s (and other’s) Unconstrained Vision of the world: he views mankind as perfectible, he believes that the ends justify the means, the disregard of history, advocacy of direct control of the affairs of mankind…and so forth. That vision has been the vision of every Marxist since before Marxism got its name.
That Obama would launch a premature denunciation of Republicans as racists is a classic ends-means tactic (”It doesn’t matter if you’re lying as long as it gets you what you want”) and makes the tactic objectively Marxist.
But if he hadn’t done that, his shameless flip-flopping on every issue under the sun and his infidelity toward prior allies when they become liabilities would suffice.
I talked about the “Spirit of Judas,” the other day. The force is strong in that one.
Oh that’s for you, crr6.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 5:46 PM
he disregards history, he advocates direct control of the affairs of mankind…and so forth.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 5:47 PM
I’m so glad you referenced deja vu cause I was having a deja vu flashback. Yep YOU did say that! AND you are CORRECT.
Liabilities.
Control of the affairs of mankind..
Obama sound rather like Chavez
Texas Gal on June 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Lucky for him, this won’t erode any of his existing support, because his supporters largely support him simply because he’s black in the first place.
RightWinged on June 21, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Well, there is some of that, but doesn’t it seem most of the support is simply glassy eyed worship of his vague platitudes and refusal to look at his past history objectively? He’s a superb salesman if one doesn’t examine the product too closely. His position on economic issues indicates either astounding ignorance or cold blooded intent to change our system.
a capella on June 21, 2008 at 6:17 PM
People, people. What’s the big deal?
Jesus was a Marxist: Jesus was a revolutionary, a radical and a socialist — that Jesus “would not have been unsympathetic to the famous social slogan of the nineteenth century, ‘From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.’ ”
If it’s good enough for Jesus, surely it’s good enough for…the second coming of Jesus.
misterpeasea on June 21, 2008 at 6:18 PM
All arguable, however…
Did Jesus run for Caesar?
Is Barry running for Messiah? Wait, don’t answer that.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Who is left in the world to tell he’s a black person? Every last human on earth should already aware of his color so let’s get off that tired subject, please. Barry, work on all the other things wrong with you that can be fixed. That color of yours isn’t coming off anytime soon.
I’m really beginning to despise this guy. He’s real trouble.
UnEasyRider on June 21, 2008 at 6:35 PM
Heh. I think we scared it away. It, along with (hopefully) most of Obama’s supports, doesn’t understand who the man is, or what he stands for. Disgraceful.
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 6:52 PM
crr6
I’m strapped for time at the moment, but let’s focus on just one aspect of Barry’s core beliefs. Read this 2006 piece by Sol Stern about Bill Ayers ideas on education inspired in part by one Maxine Greene.
Then keep in mind that Bill Ayers and Barak Obama collaborated at the Woods Fund, and with the Annenberg education project. As another blogger, Just One Minute, has opined:
Buy Danish on June 21, 2008 at 7:00 PM
The man who said the poor will always be with us? The man who told the parable about the importance of investing your money wisely? I don’t think so.
AZCoyote on June 21, 2008 at 7:33 PM
AZCoyote on June 21, 2008 at 7:33 PM
It’s a send up. mister’s just playing around.
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Well if believing in some form of wealth distribution makes you a Marxist, then nearly every politician in America is a Marxist. Few Republicans or Democrats favor a perfectly flat tax. The fact that he loves his father does not make him a Marxist. And you really have to put on the tin foil hat to link Global Warming with Marxism.
Fair trade isn’t Marxist. Neither is questioning the Washington Consensus Is any movement helping workers “Marxist”?
If you’re going to use a pejorative term such as “Marxist” then you better be able to back it up with hard, indisputable facts and actions, not weak associations. You can’t really line it up with anything Obama said or has done, so you just regress to typical smear tactics “well he knows this guy…and his ex-pastor said this”. I will say though, if Obama takes office and starts a worker’s revolution, then proceeds to dissolve the federal government, I will admit you were right haha.
blah blah blah. This is the same crap the “Bush is a fascist” crowd peddles. They twist parts of ideology so that it vaguely is in line with fascism, and then proceed to act as if fascism is an accurate term for his entire ideology. “Well…he is kinda anti-intellectual…so he must be a facist!”. You’re not in great company.
lol. Yes only you few chosen ones at Hot Air know Obama’s true nature as a rabid Marxist, eager to start the proletariat revolution! Keep drinking that kool-aid…
crr6 on June 21, 2008 at 8:18 PM
This is a red herring on his part, because BO is only one-sixth black. But he is 46% Arab. If he is elected, God forbid, then any official disagreements with him (ie., ass-kissing our enemies, veto overrides, policy squabbles, borking SCOTUS nominees, etc.) will be due to racism.
elvis on June 21, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Please stop giving me links to things other people wrote in order to represent Obama’s views. Perfect ideological agreement is not a pre-requisite to association. There were several Republicans on the board Ayers served on, are they Marxists?
crr6 on June 21, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Gee, I don’t know, did they bomb the Pentagon also? Stomp on the American flag for a photo shoot? Advocate armed violence against America and capitalism? Blame America for all the ills of the world?
Then yeah, I guess they’re Marxists.
misterpeasea on June 21, 2008 at 8:36 PM
He’s only half black, so those rascally Republicans can only be half racist.
Akzed on June 21, 2008 at 8:39 PM
New name for the democratic party…. Minority Communist Workers Party. MCWP do it with russian letters and it will be official.
sMack on June 21, 2008 at 8:41 PM
You know, you’re giving me the idea that you’re not a very nice person.
Merely asserting that I’m twisting ideology and am being vague without listing specifics makes me think that you’re unable to spell out the elements of either assertion. Don’t feel bad about that. However, I’d respect you more if you’d admit it instead of trying to cover it up with a snotty attitude. But then that usually works for you, doesn’t it?
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 8:44 PM
My last comment was for crr6.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Do go on.
You might not understand how this whole thing works, do ya?
Progressive tax to pay for the ennumerated jobs of the federal government isn’t marxism. Progressive tax to pay for entitlement programs and various other wealth redistribution schemes is. Got that? I don’t mind paying more tax then somone who makes 15,000 a year as long as that money is used for the actual purposes the federal government was assigned in the Constitution.
No, but to the extant he thinks his father’s views are credible, and Obama Sr. was a raging communist, it does.
Do you have any clue what the Kyoto Accords acutally did? They put a cap on GHG emmisions on the signatories. Thus the industrial (i.e. wealthy) countries had to give money to the developing (i.e. poor) countries for the crime of emmiting GHGs (i.e they bought the unused “carbon credits” from non-industrial nations). Viola, wealth redistribution. Come on man, have you not been following this stuff?
Do explaine about Fair trade. Please. What is it? What kind of economic basis does it rest on?
You must be unfamiliar with the EFCA. This Act takes away the right of the worker to a secret ballot when voting for unionization. I’m all for helping workers. I want them to have a secret ballot, just like you have when you vote for your govt. representitives. Understand?
I’m sorry. I bet you wouldn’t have a problem with Klan members being associated with the McCain campaign then. I mean, that would just be “weak associations” and no one would be able to call McCain such a pejoritive term such as “racist” because of those associations. Get real. He had a bunch of out in the open communists associated with his campaign. I provided links.
Again, associations are not indictive of character? Seems strange. If McCain had been going to church where David Duke was his pastor, would you really be able to say you wouldn’t think McCain had a bit of a racist streak? If he surrounded himself with the dreaded Neo-cons (wolfowitz, Kristol, etc…) you wouldn’t see him as being a hawk?
Oh come now. By that standard, we can’t call Bush a foreign policy hawk cause he didn’t invade Sweden.
No. A bunch of people know about Obama. His supporters (if you are any indication) do not. Well, his commie supports read him loud and clear, but most Americans aren’t commies, and a lot of them support him anyway. Something about false conciouness springs to mind, but I just can’t place it…
Ah well, hope that helped.
VolMagic on June 21, 2008 at 8:48 PM
We don’t know Obama’s views because he didn’t leave a paper trail. He is the invisible man, an empty suit, with nothing substantive in his resume’.
A commitment to a position for him means voting “present”, pretending that despite his claims that he went to church every Sunday at 11:00 he somehow missed all of Rev. Wright’s controversial sermons, and having us believe how courageous he was to be against a war he never had to vote on since he was only a State Senator at the time. He takes credit for everything and nothing.
As for the Republicans on the Woods Fund Board, you are repeating a claim Obama made when he said, We served on a board together that had Republicans, bankers, lawyers, focused on education, who worked for Mayor Daley.
Maybe you could tell us which one of these Board Members are Republicans or hold conservative ideas.
Thanks in advance.
Buy Danish on June 21, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Sorry, no ‘Ws’ in Russian. This letter [Ш] transliterates to ’sh.’
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Да, мы можем.
misterpeasea on June 21, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Somebody needs to photoshop that into his seal.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 9:25 PM
I’m glad you pointed out it was Democratic opponents pulling out the race card. How many times have we seen this? Obama blaming Republicans for things the Democrats actually did.
How anyone can vote for this shameless liar is beyond me.
Hog Wild on June 21, 2008 at 9:32 PM
Could it possibly be that Obama is making this preemptive move to make sure the MSM does not suddenly “turn” on him? Is Obama making sure the MSM remembers to keep to their “liberal elitist” template of African-Americans and never criticize Obama or any African-American unless they don’t conform to that template? (Think Bill Cosby, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, and Ward Connerly.) Is McCain’s position on race also tied in with not wanting to clash with the MSM-liberal elitist template on African-Americans?
Wildcatter1980 on June 21, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Breaking! CNN Barak Obama addressed the media today outside his Chicago home calling his recent statements “troubling” and stating, “I reject and denounce the racially inflammatory and divisive tactics employed by myself and my campaign. This is not the Barak Obama I knew.” Obama also denied claims that he was officially connected with his campaign stating that he had only an “informal advisory role”. Furthermore the candidate stated, “This comes right out of the Republican play book and represents the exact kind of old style divisive politics that I pledge to change as President”. The campaign stated that Barak Obama will no longer be serving as advisor to the campaign but that his departure is not related to his recent controversial statements but is stepping down for “health reasons”.
ronsfi on June 21, 2008 at 10:37 PM
AP Senator John McCain issued a statement this morning calling Barak Obama “courageous” for his strong condemnation of “the racially divisive” statements by the Democratic Candidate. The Republican Senator pledged to “work closely with the Obama administration to improve racial harmony and cooperation in the United States”. It widely expected that John McCain will endorse the Obama candidacy prior to the DNC convention in Denver.
ronsfi on June 21, 2008 at 10:47 PM
I laugh because it illustrates the complete stupidity of the person saying.
You haven’t said it lately, have you?
peacenprosperity on June 21, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Baldilocks, you’re from Kansas?
peacenprosperity on June 21, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Ha! Nyssss!
ronsfi on June 21, 2008 at 11:30 PM
If you do not vote for Obama, you are a racist. Bad news. But the good news is that when the curtain is pulled, nobody can see you vote for McCain. You will tell the pollster that you are not a racist. Barry will believe.
But when that curtain is drawn tight behind you, nobody can see. You can vote with your head at that point.
Enjoy your polling, Mr. Messiah.
Oh, by the way, Barry, what do you think of Mr. Mugabe?
shaken on June 21, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Heh.
baldilocks on June 21, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Marxist? The King of Kings? 1800 years before Marx?
The King of Kings? Sppphfft!
ronsfi on June 22, 2008 at 12:02 AM
His speech patterns are just like Rev. Wright’s.
hunter on June 22, 2008 at 12:43 AM
I didn’t think the scumbag would OFFICIALLY play the card this early…gotta get an Obama yard sign for election night so when he loses & his racist supporters riot maybe my house will be left alone…of course they will riot if he wins also…thanks Obamessiah!
DCJeff on June 22, 2008 at 12:47 AM
I’d comment on this, but I’ll defer… since my first comment in reaction to this story exploded on me in the Articles section earlier. ;-)
D2Boston on June 22, 2008 at 12:51 AM
VolMagic gave specifics. You ignored it. I gave you a specific application of a Marxist tactic. You called it “vague”–using, no doubt, an alternate definition of vague. VolMagic links to others’ views. You refuse to accept that.
You’re playing the same game you always play here, son.
baldilocks on June 22, 2008 at 12:52 AM
“… and did I mention… he’s 6.25% Black?”
wordwarp on June 22, 2008 at 4:39 AM
Take a look around at http//:www.woodsfund.org and see for yourself the kind of “community organizing” groups that are being funded. And especially look at the websites of some of these groups:
That is quite a list of beneficiaries of this “philanthropic” trust which Obama and Ayers helped steer.
hillbillyjim on June 22, 2008 at 4:57 AM
My personal fave is:
Metropolitan Area Group for Igniting Civilization
Burn, baby, burn!
Buy Danish on June 22, 2008 at 8:13 AM
Crr6
Hey, maybe the fact that Barry surrounds himself with marxists and wannabe revolutionaries is because he’s promised to seek a diversity of opinions and is reaching across the aisle!
From the American Thinker:
Viva Obama!
Buy Danish on June 22, 2008 at 8:32 AM
It is the Democrats who continually mount racist attacks. They assailed Clarence Thomas, Michael Steele and and others. Black Republicans are “Uncle Tom”s and columnists like Julianne Malveaux wish death on Thomas.
No one can hold a candle to the Democrats when it comes to racism.
drjohn on June 22, 2008 at 8:48 AM
That’s your defense?
The Prosecution rests.
soundingboard on June 22, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Yeah, and Bill Ayers is a “distinguished professor”.
Buy Danish on June 22, 2008 at 9:52 AM
That’s precisely Obama’s problem. As long as Hillary was still running, and her campaign was pointing out Obama’s ethnicity, Obama could reap the benefits of that persecution thing he likes to do. Once she left, and McCain and the bulk of Republicans comment more on his lack of abilities and/or positions than his race, he could no longer hide behind the victim mantle.
There is no one left in this race to bring up Obama’s race, except Obama himself, so he does, and tries to make it seem like it’s coming from elsewhere.
He is already resorting to playing his trump card. He’s in trouble. It will only backfire. The Sharptons of this world have made sure of that. The whole black race blackmail thing is dying its last gasp here.
JiangxiDad on June 22, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Gosh, I can’t imagine why anyone thinks Barry is a Marxist. It’s not as if the Communist Party U.S.A. and he share an agenda or anything:
Among the points in the party’s “Immediate Program” are a $12/hour minimum wage; for all workers, universal health care, and opposition to privatisation of Social Security; economic measures such as increased taxes on “the rich and corporations,” strong regulation” of the financial industry, “regulation and public ownership of utilities”, and increased federal aid to cities and states; opposition to the Iraq War and other military interventions; opposition to free trade treaties such as NAFTA; nuclear disarmament and a reduced military budget; various civil rights provisions; campaign finance reform including public financing of campaigns; and election law reform, including Instant Runoff Voting.
Woops, they no longer agree on public financing, and I’m not entirely clear what Barry’s position is on NAFTA these days since it’s too nuanced. I see one issue that McCain agrees with (Campaign Finance Reform – at least in it’s broadest terms) but that’s it.
How many issues does Barry disagree with?
Buy Danish on June 22, 2008 at 10:16 AM
From AmericanThinker:
JiangxiDad on June 22, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Touche’!
Buy Danish on June 22, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Unless Barry’s campaign has a really, really tin ear, one would think he would have to respond to Col. West. If he ignores West and tries it again, he’s playing with fire. It’s so good to have a black leader stand up and challenge him on this.
a capella on June 22, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Allahpundit wrote:
For once? How about what he said one month ago today:
“A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There’s a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year,” Obama said. “If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it’s not surprising that would happen.”
There’s some race-baiting of the first order for ya, straight from Obama’s own mouth. If he remains true to form, look for some more in another month. And that’s just what we know about. Maybe he’s race-baiting privately on a weekly basis. Maybe he’s thinking it every day. Why not? It’s not an unreasonable inference to make.
Paul-Cincy on June 22, 2008 at 10:55 AM
This is Col. West’s website.
This is the Florida’s 22 District.
Ethnic composition: 90.3% White, 4% Black, 1.7% Asian, 2.3% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.7% other
Buy Danish on June 22, 2008 at 10:59 AM
LOL! Funny. Read it!
Paul-Cincy on June 22, 2008 at 10:59 AM
A capella/buy danish
Good article on Col. West. (he’s in Rush’s and Drudge’s and Coulter’s district.)
JiangxiDad on June 22, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Allah, that CNN piece you link to above (with Obama audio clip) is pretty sick! They played the clip, then the 4 of them (Wolf Blitzer, Candy Crowley, Jack Cafferty, Gloria Borger) all agreed that scurrilous things about Obama’s race are “out there” on the internet. Cafferty offered that Obama’s statement was “shrewd”, a preemptive, defensive attack against the repubs. They all took at face value Obama’s claim he’s going to be smeared. None of them saw the irony in Obama being the one to bring up his race.
Truth be told, where on the internet are disparaging comments about Obama’s race? In all honesty, I haven’t seen them. Haven’t we all seen black people before? What’s the big deal? When I say Obama has problems with race vis a vis his own personal identity, that’s not a smear, that’s not my bigotry talking. That’s a fair observation based on his own autobiography and what he still says and does today. I think he’s still struggling with his own racial identity and place in society, something he really should have resolved before he got to this point of being one step away from the White House.
Paul-Cincy on June 22, 2008 at 11:49 AM
CORRECTION. Obama was a paid lecturer, he was never faculty (as in, “he taught”). As a lecturer, he “shared” his opinions about and of the Constitution, he did not instruct “Constitutional Law.”
S on June 22, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I emphasis (^^) OPINIONS. Lecturers stand up in front of an audience and lend their opinions to issues. Which is why they aren’t faculty.
S on June 22, 2008 at 12:54 PM
God bless LTC West. He’s been on my radar for some time now. A genuine hero.
baldilocks on June 22, 2008 at 4:42 PM
I know some black men and hes’ no black man hes’ only 1/2 black, black men don’t have huge ears like that, but jackasses (donkeys) do.
dhunter on June 22, 2008 at 5:10 PM
I hesitate, but since Barack Hussein brought it up:
America is 72.7% white,12.1% black,11% hispanic 3% Asain
No matter what the polls say when voters go into the booth and make a choice I really believe 60% of whites will vote McCain, 99% of blacks will vote Obama, 55% of hispanic will vote McCain and at this point Asains will not matter.
Hillary figured this out late in the game and couldn’t leverage it until too late. She couldn’t make the case to the Dem Super delegates who are the same Dem leaders who have put us in the mess we are currently in with high gas and food prices, they are too emotional and dense.
Obama is trying desperately to head it off. Its all about turnout.
Its’ McCains to lose he just needs the white vote to turnout.
Demographic numbers are fact, breakout of voter % my guess based on primary results. Anyone see it drastically differently?
If I am correct there will be hell to pay when McCain beats the tar out of what is falsely billed as the first Black candidate.
dhunter on June 22, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Hmm. Obama: the post-racial candidate.
Virus-X on June 22, 2008 at 10:42 PM
I know of no one over 70 who will vote for Mr. Obama and most are FDR Democrats who have never, ever voted Republican. These are citizens who actualy vote during each election and have been the Democrats best allies in the past according to pundits talking before Mr. Obama’s rise. I wonder when the pundits will talk about this group instead of the college kids and the rich and famous.
amr on June 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM
The word Muslim and Obama get used together in the same sentences too many times for my taste.
johnnyU on June 23, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Disco Inferno!
ronsfi on June 23, 2008 at 12:18 PM
It’s part of the shell game to turn the election into a referendum on race. The Obamists used race to dislodge the wife of America’s first “black” president. Now they’re turning it against any white who “dares” vote for McCain. Either vote for BHO or forever be seared with the “racist” appellation. Of course nothing racial about nearly 100% of blacks voting for a black candidate.
Isn’t it nice for Obama to say that opponents will use the race card. A classical case of psychological projection. It’s the shop lifter yelling “thief”. BHO’s logic: ‘Opponents will use anti-black smears to discredit an African American. Oh, by the way, did you know I’m black?’
MaiDee on June 24, 2008 at 1:40 AM
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