We learned this week that the McCain campaign had two ads ready to roll after Obama's European trip. There was the one they ran, accusing Obama of playing basketball instead of visiting injured troops -- and the one they didn't run accusing Obama of visiting injured troops for political purposes.
This indicates the extent to which the McCain campaign is planning ahead, intending to play both sides of everything. And it reveals something important about yesterday's accusation by McCain that Obama is "playing the race card." It suggests that the recent racist "celebrity" ads linking Obama and white women were intended to trigger a response from Obama, so they could make this "race card" accusation.
Enabling this "race card" accusation was the real intent of the ads. This "race card" accusation lets McCain appear to be the victim while he runs racist ads. It's a twofer.
Think about the meaning of "playing the race card." The accusation that blacks "play the race card" taps into and amplifies working-class white resentment. It says that black people receive special treatment, have it easy, don't have to work, get government handouts from liberals, while the politically-correct crowd jumps all over you just for trying to point out their true nature.
Accusing Obama of "playing the race card" goes back to the old racist line that black people are always complaining, nothing is good enough for them, and if white people try to get what's theirs blacks will play the "race card" and say you are taking from them because of their race.
This is only August and McCain's campaign is working hard to divide us and inspire hatred. It is going to get a lot worse.
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This race card is more of the Repbublican "art of war" to get into the opponents head. If McC was as experienced as he thinks he is then he'd able to focus on issues and not gimmicks.....
McCain is running a dirty campaign, intended to make his opponent seem a suspicious individual. I hope Obama will not be tempted to go into the sewers with him, showing that he is "a politician like everyone else = not that much of a change anyway", but that he will continue talking issues, issues, issues. Obama is the one talking policy of the two, showing that he is, in fact, the one of the two ready to lead - he is the one having a policy he wants to lead on - whereas McC puts his foot in his mouth every time he is talking about issues.
It's very clear who of the two has an interest in playing dirty.
It should be equally clear why: He has nothing to gain on running on issues.
The man is a liar, a flip-flopper about really important issues (now he LOVES the religious right and wants to appoint someone like Scalia to the Supreme Court), and has less dignity than GWB . . . and that's saying a lot.
He is the type of instigator who could start another civil war right here in the USA. (Did I say he has few redeeming virtues?).
. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59QLl8_Gzks
The Africans entering this country on the slave ships were prisoners held captive. They were turned into slaves.