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Posted By pagey 3 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsA presidential candidate who's named Hussein and wears a turban? A building that's called the White House but run by a black guy?
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ekklesiawarrior3 months, 2 weeks ago
We gave a lecture in 1969, that the Election yar of 2008 would be a racist driven scene. The Latin versus the Black vote will ultimately determine the election.
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Klarissa3 months, 2 weeks ago
so msnbc has lit the the fires of racism. There were several ways they could have approached this without making it worse than it is.
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Klarissa3 months, 2 weeks ago
It was a UP release, not MSNBC's own story. After hearing part of an Obama speech about what the "opposition" will do, I have to wonder if this was a press release.
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Blackacereturn3 months, 2 weeks ago
Klarissa - Not everyone is as crazy as you, and what do you mean it "hasn't happen yet" did you even take the time to read this story it mentioned two incidents where it has already happened and i am sure they were many more.
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Spadecaller3 months, 2 weeks ago
"Kathleen Hall Jamieson, an authority on political communications at the University of Pennsylvania, said overt racial references are risky. But more subtle ads might stir doubts in voters' minds that could lead, in part, to racially tinged subjects, she said."
In other words, in order to beat Obama they will have to rely upon "more subtle" forms of racism to scare voters away from Obama. Says a lot for their confidence with McCain's platform, doesn't it?
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TimALoftis3 months, 2 weeks ago
I am optimistic that the McCain campaign team will keep it very clean. They have to...any direct or indirect racial attack on their part would mean certain defeat in the fall. I am not so confident that the RNC and the state chapters of the Republican Party will manage to be as clean especially based on what we have seen thus far.
McCain also needs to be very concerned about a number of the right wing radio hosts and TV pundits across this country that have a history of making racially charged or insensitive comments in the past. Missteps from this very loud group can actually trickle down and have a opposite effect thus hurting McCain and the GOP more than it does Obama.
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Charlson3 months, 2 weeks ago
There will be swiftboating during the presidential campaign; it's inevitable. And McLame will benefit from them. He'll condemn them but won't do anything to stop them, so Obama will be smeared, and he'll look as if he took the high road. Obama should go on the offensive when the swiftboating starts and keep exposing the lies and bigotry of those that support McLame. And maybe a backlash will rise and smite them, once and for all.
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Klarissa3 months, 2 weeks ago
Charles - you are saying what you WANT to happen.
Let's concentrate on the vice-presidential choice of each candidate and their platforms and how they intend to pay for them.
Platitudes will not benefit the US.
Change? what and how.
Hope? that the sky won't fall, there won't be a big earthquake, that the won't be another attack. I hope not, because I don't think that BHO has the EXPERIENCE or WISDOM (look at his choice of friends) to deal with anything out of the ordinary.
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simonsez3 months, 2 weeks ago
It's okay to call a white guy names like "McLame", but calling Obama by his name is racist. Yeh
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