Running While Black

[JustOneWay]

I certainly approve of the apt comparison to Obama to a celebrity.

Then you approve of McCain's negative campaign. Thank you for your honesty.

 

[JustOneWay]

McCain's ads maybe a little off the wall, but they are hardly racist.
All McCain was doing was putting well known celebrties in the ad.
I mean if he put Ludacris in an ad, the majority of Americans would have no idea who he is.

Please read where I said the ad was not racist.

 

[Scribbler]

Then you approve of McCain's negative campaign. Thank you for your honesty.

Do you think Obama was 'going negative' on himself when he compared
himself to Paris Hilton, or was it an apt comparison, JustOneWay?

 

[JustOneWay]

Do you think Obama was 'going negative' on himself when he compared
himself to Paris Hilton, or was it an apt comparison, JustOneWay?

I have to call you on this one. This is one of the lamest comparisons I have ever heard.

 

[Scribbler]

I have to call you on this one. This is one of the lamest comparisons I have ever heard.

Seems pretty apt to me. He's on the cover of People, US Weekly, Rolling Stone (twice now), and every other magazine except (it seems) Cat Fancy, usually with the accompanying halos and other Messianic imagery.
He's got no distinguished career, no major accomplishments, and women fainting at his appearances. Looks like a spot on comparison to me.

 

[JustOneWay]

Seems pretty apt to me. He's on the cover of People, US Weekly, Rolling Stone (twice now), and every other magazine except (it seems) Cat Fancy, usually with the accompanying halos and other Messianic imagery.
He's got no distinguished career, no major accomplishments, and women fainting at his appearances. Looks like a spot on comparison to me.

As I said....lame comparison.

 

[Panzerkamfwagen]

They will call him Muad'dib and he will be their Mahdi, their prophet...

 

[Scribbler]

They will call him Muad'dib and he will be their Mahdi, their prophet...

Concerning the OP, it get's even better. Bob Herbert didn't just see 'racism'
in McCain's ,anti-celebrity' ad....he managed to see imaginary 'phallic symbols'.

link

 

[Panzerkamfwagen]

I have to call you on this one. This is one of the lamest comparisons I have ever heard.

So Obama makes lame comparisons of himself?

 

[MachZer0]

Meantime, we saw no similar condemnation of Democrats who threw Oreo cookies at Michael Steele or drew racially insensitive cartoons of Condi Rice or referred to Colin Powell as a house slave

 

[Billnew]

Op-Ed Columnist
Running While Black

By BOB HERBERT
Published: August 2, 2008

Gee, I wonder why, if you have a black man running for high public office — say, Barack Obama or Harold Ford — the opposition feels compelled to run low-life political ads featuring tacky, sexually provocative white women who have no connection whatsoever to the black male candidates.

Spare me any more drivel about the high-mindedness of John McCain. You knew something was up back in March when, in his first ad of the general campaign, Mr. McCain had himself touted as “the American president Americans have been waiting for.”

There was nothing subtle about that attempt to position Senator Obama as the Other, a candidate who might technically be American but who remained in some sense foreign, not sufficiently patriotic and certainly not one of us — the “us” being the genuine red-white-and-blue Americans who the ad was aimed at.

Since then, Senator McCain has only upped the ante, smearing Mr. Obama every which way from sundown.

The Rest....

I wonder why the color of ones skin seems to matter only to those that support the candidate and the candidate himself.

The race card has been played, by the Democrats. McCain has not mentioned anything about race. But Obama can't seem to forget he is
"the Black candidate". He keeps announcing to the public he is the first
minority to be a viable candidate.

His being black has no bearing on if he should be president or not.

As for the tacky sexy woman, she is a pop sensation, the same as Obama. A person who is a celebraty because of her looks, not her mind.
Again comparing Obama to the superstar icons.

Get over it. Obama being black is meaningless. Obama being a little league star trying to play with the big leagues is the point.

When you have no other worthy arguements, play the race card. It might just take the trick. No matter if it applies or not.

 

[QuiltAngel]

I am guessing that people are so eager to have a President of another skin color that they don't care what he stands for. It would have been the same if H. Clinton would be the nominee, they would be wondering how anyone couldn't vote for a woman to president.

The answer is easy . . . their political positions is why we don't and won't vote for them, not their race or their gender.

 

[Panzerkamfwagen]

Meantime, we saw no similar condemnation of Democrats who threw Oreo cookies at Michael Steele or drew racially insensitive cartoons of Condi Rice or referred to Colin Powell as a house slave

Or called Condi Rice "Aunt Jemima" or Colin Powell "Uncle Tom."

I guess we know where the racism is.

 

[Billnew]

Or called Condi Rice "Aunt Jemima" or Colin Powell "Uncle Tom."

I guess we know where the racism is.

I would agree.
We are currently seeing only one side obcessed with skin color.

How about if Obama was a white man with black heritage, would he be less of a leader, or not worthy of a vote?
He can not control the color of his skin, but he seems to be using the color to shield him from real questions.

 

[MachZer0]

Or called Condi Rice "Aunt Jemima" or Colin Powell "Uncle Tom."

I guess we know where the racism is.

That explains why when we hear one of the candidates talking about race, it's always Obama doing the talking

 

[Billnew]

The silence of keyboards on this thread is deafening.

It would seem Obama reniged when he played the race card.

 

[Scribbler]

It would seem Obama reniged when he played the race card.

Starting trouble?

 

[Billnew]

Starting trouble?

been there before, will probably be there again.

Concervatives

 

[Billnew]

Starting trouble?

been there before, will probably be there again.

Conservatives knew the race card would be played, but we weren't
expecting him to lead with it.(keeping in the spirit of the cards theme.)

 

[Scribbler]

been there before, will probably be there again.

Conservatives knew the race card would be played, but we weren't
expecting him to lead with it.(keeping in the spirit of the cards theme.)

McCain's response was a little strong. I think he would have been better served by a response along the following-

"My opponent yesterday made allusions to my labeling him risky. I did say that and I do believe that. He also made statements to the effect of I am attempting to 'scare the American people by pointing out he doesn't resemble the former presidents we see on our currency'. That I did not say, nor will I. I'd like to take this opportunity to declare I see no place for race in this campaign, and I will not tolerate it from any of my campaign staff. All I ask is that my opponent do the same."