Graham: It's A "Lie" To Say Obama Not Injecting Race Into Campaign

On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) defended John McCain's race card allegations against Barack Obama, the Politico reports:

"To say that Barack Obama did not intentionally inject the idea of his name and his race is a lie," Graham said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."

"There is no doubt in my mind that Sen. Obama is trying to suggest that he is the victim of something."

The issue of race exploded onto the campaign trail this week after Obama delivered a speech in which he said he was being attacked for "not looking like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

The McCain campaign later accused Obama of "playing the race card," a charge the Obama camp angrily denied.

"To say that that is not trying to inject the idea that you are a victim of John McCain trying to make fun of your name and your racial background is a lie," said Graham. "That needs to be admitted to."

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In the course of criticizing Barack Obama's policy on Iran, Graham told Fox News that we're on a "collision course" with the country:

"Is Iran an extremist regime, are they trying develop peaceful nuclear power or a nuclear weapon? I believe deeply that we're on a collision course with Iran ... Barack Obama's judgment on Iran has been terrible."

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Comments

[Sparty1]

Miss Lindsay needs to stop.

[OpusIsUnderTheBed]

Hello, my name is Senator Graham. You can always tell I'm lying. My lips are moving.

[authoritarianbootlicker]

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear, kept
us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor, with the cry
of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible
evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to
gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it..

General Douglas McArthur 1957

[kinnycut]

Accusing a black man of playing the race card is kind of like accusing a pig of being a swine. It is a stupid approach from any possible angle, and proves the Republican Party has nothing to offer, but more of the same crap. Anybody with even a partially working brain should be able see this as a ruse, or a distraction. McBush has to distract voters because he has nothing to offer but more Bush nonsense.

[bookerone]

Obama played the race card just like he played in the Primary. It is really getting boring.

[anthonylee]

Instead of just regurgitating the Fox News/Repub talking points why not try and add some specifics about what the definition of "Playing the Race Card" involves . . . . . . . . then cite the specific instance where Obama performed the tactic (both in Primary and currently).

It's not only intellectually honest . . . . you also show the reader that you have a brain and can logically reason on your own!

[Danigirl65]

Give me a break and look at McCain's ad where Obama's face is pasted on a dollar bill, Mount Rushmore, Lady Liberty, etc. WHO played the race card??

[ibsteve2u]

Graham doesn't really see the race card hiding behind every bush...he's simply trying to hide Bush behind the race card...

[TiffanyHusseinBanned]

Lindsey Lohan is always good for laugh.

[KiwisCanFly]

"Barack Obama's judgment on Iran has been terrible." Said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), whom is a misinformed surrogate to McCain.

He thinks it"s terrible that Obama believes that we haven"t exhausted our non-military options in dealing with Iran. Obama said, "I would be willing to lead tough and principled diplomacy with the appropriate Iranian leader at a time and place of my choosing if and only if it can advance the interests of the United States."

Ewen MacAskill in Washington 7/17/08 The Guardian:
"The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush."
Last year an NIE stated that Iran was not actively pursuing the creation of atomic weapons. That means the intelligence does not support the threat. Negotiating with the Iranians maybe frustrating, but bombing them would be blunderous.

This is interesting, check it out. http://www.krysstal.com/democracy_iran.html
If these actions are accurate then the perception of Iran as a reckless and fanatical country must be reconsidered.

[KiwisCanFly]

hey moderator don't post that last post of mine, I meant to change the dickhead comment. OOPS

[lexnekst]

White- Southern Republican with deeply southern accent, talking about race???

I'm convinced.

[JGxHitzert]

"To say that Barack Obama did not intentionally inject the idea of his name and his race is a lie," Graham said.

If he wants to say that Barack Obama injected race (not sure what the part about his name is, religion maybe?) into the campaign why doesn't he just say it? These guys are offering thin gruel and calling it beef stew.

[umber2echo]

What makes Graham and the GOP angry at Obama's allegedly playing the race card in this campaign is that he did it in such a way that they have to rethink their quadrennial racist campaign strategy. It's amazing to see the party of the "Southern Strategy," Willie Horton, the Jesse Helms "white hands" ad, and the smiling slutty white woman "Harold, call me . . . " commericials WHINING over this!

Tell me that's not what the McCain people were trying to do by juxtaposing two empty-headed, blonde, white women (Britney and Paris) with Obama . . .

The Republican Party has absolutely no integrity on race issues.

[hydenorhare]

" ... did I mention, he's black?"
That wasn't racial.
That was just a reference to, uh, to, uh, ... Hey! Look over there. It's Mc-Cain in Sturgis.

He's a "post racial" candidate?
Sure he is.
He's a "most racial" candidate.

[lexnekst]

"Most racial" - Wow. Been waiting to unleash that clever one-liner?

John McCain obviously doesn't have a problem with race, judging by his illegitimate black child- And I know thats true because his best friend Bush said it.

[isisdawnra]

L. Grahm

His creditability is gone before he even opens his mouth.

Maybe he should stop speaking

[Splainin2Do]

None of the women Graham has been linked to have ever called him anything.

[DaOne]

Exactly, and well worded to have avoided the mods.

[Swerinjer]

the word "lie" is worn out.