Obama accused of playing race card

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ELIZABETH JACKSON: The politically explosive issue of race has erupted in the US presidential contest. But in a twist, it's the Democratic African American candidate Barack Obama who's being accused of invoking race to bolster his electoral prospects.

After months of declaring that they'd shied away from personal attacks, the presidential candidates appear to have changed their minds.

Our Washington correspondent Kim Landers reports.

KIM LANDERS: Barack Obama is predicting that Republicans are going to try to scare American voters about him.

BARACK OBAMA: He's got a funny name. He doesn't look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills, you know.

KIM LANDERS: Yet it's John McCain's campaign which is accusing the first black man with a chance of winning the White House of playing the race card.

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Duh, who ever imagined that race would be an issue in this campaign.

Repeat after me, Democrats are dummies, Democrats are dummies.

Ha-ha-ha. I liked what David Letterman had to say about Obama:

DAVID LETTERMAN: Here we go number ten: Proposed bill to change Oklahoma to Oklobama.

[Shady]

Jon Stewart had the best Obama joke I've heard so far. During Obama's European and Mid East tour, he visited Bethlehem. Stewart said that Barack wanted to visit the manger he was born in.

And yes, Obama played the race card. So much for the first post-racial candidate, and for "change you can believe in". This guy is the biggest farce I've ever seen. Bill Clinton was right when back in New Hampshire, he described this as a fairy tale.

[Black Dog]

And yes, Obama played the race card.

So mentioning race and the role it might play in the campaign (the only reasonable interpretation of Obama's remark) is "playing the race card?" Not in this world.

[Shady]

So mentioning race and the role it might play in the campaign (the only reasonable interpretation of Obama's remark) is "playing the race card?" Not in this world.

LOL. I love it, "the only reasonable interpretation because it supports my argument". No, Obama stated that McCain was going to scare voters because Obama doesn't "look like all of the other Presidents on the dollar bills". What was he referring to? His big ears, some type of scar, or that he's black? Ding, ding, ding, if you said that he's black! That my friend, can only be reasonably and correctly interpreted, as playing the race card. One would have to be completely intellectually dishonest not to think so.