Obama Plays the Race Card
Well, so much for being a post-racial candidate.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - 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?“
In many ways, its an absolutely brilliant strategy. It is impossible to prove a negative, and no one wants to be branded with the scarlet letter of racism. After far too many years in the country, we have finally reached an age where being a racist has a negative stigma attached to it. Unfortunately, this has also led to the dawn of an era where false accusations of racism can be used as a tool to gain political and financial leverage.
Men like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have cried wolf on racism for their own political and financial gain for decades now. It looks like we can add Barack Obama to that list as well.
Senator Obama, it has become very clear that you will say and do anything to become President of the United States of America. And if this is the campaign you choose to run, good for you. Call John McCain a racist until your face turns blue. Call whomever his running mate is a racist. Hell, call me a racist. And, if, by chance, you do happen to get enough votes to achieve your dream of the Presidency, I hope the damage you’ll have done to this country is worth it.
Change You Can Believe In.
9 comments June 21st, 2008
