Obama Plays Race Card

June 24th, 2008 | by Sqotty |

Has anybody noticed that the only people making race an issue in the current Presidential Campaign have been Democrats? This past weekend in Jacksonville, Florida, Obama had this to say (Reuters.com)

“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?”

Let’s see, low taxes, good economic growth, liberated two countries from the darkness of totalitarianism. Pretty good record. Gas prices? Okay, you’ve got me there. But then it is Democrats who have been blocking new domestic drilling, in particular in ANWR and on the continental shelf for the past couple of decades, not the Republicans. That’s no biggie. These are issues and are fair game for debate. What is a serious problem is what Obama goes on to say: “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?”

First off, I don’t think any one is trying to make you afraid of Obama. His policies are a serious concern as he is pushing an agenda of higher taxation, lower economic growth, expanding government intrusion into our everyday lives, and abandoning Iraq to totalitarianism. These are issues and are fair game for debate. He goes on to say that Republicans will say he is inexperienced. That is happening, but that isn’t being used to make people afraid of him. That’s simply a statement of fact, just like how he is not a Patriot. This is clearly a fact. It doesn’t mean he can’t be President, nor that he would definitely replace Jimmy Carter as the worst president in history. Obama then says Republicans will say he has a funny name, meaning it isn’t something like Smith or Jones. Who cares what his name is? I sure don’t. Do you? It is what he says next that shows exactly what kind of a man Obama is (or isn’t). Obama then said “. And did I mention he’s black?” By saying this he is claiming that Republicans, and groups that back McCain, will use Obama’s race in order to get people to vote against him. For Obama and Democrats, race is the issue at hand. For the rest of us, it’s government spending, taxation, drilling for oil, victory in Iraq, and winning the war on terror. Race is not an issue.

The only reason I can think of for this slimy assertion and attack on Republicans is that Obama can not win on the issues. He can’t win based on his experience, as he has not one single shred of legislation he has ushered through the U.S. Senate. He can’t based on his age as most Americans don’t really give a rat’s behind how old, or young, the President is (Reagan was the oldest elected while Kennedy was the youngest to be elected, and Teddy Roosevelt the youngest to hold the office).

Obama will point to his landslide electoral victory in Illinois that sent him to the U.S. senate, failing to mention that he ran against an absentee opponent who did not even live in Illinois. Even then, he still only managed to get 70% of the vote, despite being, for all intents and purposes, unopposed. (Yes, I really am discounting Keyes’s campaign.)

McCain has yet to mention that Obama has a funny name or is black. The reason for this is McCain knows that these are not issues, and are therefore unimportant. Issues are important; that is how we (should) pick our elected leaders. What their name is or the color of their skin is of no importance. Nor should it be. What is important, in addition to the issues, is their character and their judgement. In these areas, by looking at the people Obama has associated himself (racists, terrorists, and felons), he disqualifies himself. He further disqualifies himself by stating he would meet with dictators and terrorists without preconditions; he would return our policy on international terrorism back to the Clinton-era “it’s a law enforcement problem” rather than continue to pursue a military issue. Which policy has worked in keeping terrorists from flying airplanes into U.S. buildings? And lastly, by asserting that Republicans will use his race as a campaign issue displays exactly what kind of a Man Obama is.

There is a lot to be concerned about an Obama Presidency, but his name and his race are not on the list. The policies he proposes are, however, the real reasons we should not vote for this Moonbat. We’ll continue to let the Democrats to use Obama’s race as an issue.

And for his assertion that Republicans will use his race as a scare-mongering tactic in the election, Obama is deserving of a Moonbat Award. Congratulations, Barack Obama. You really are a Moonbat. Let us hope that you do not go on to become the Moonbat in Chief.

Hmmm…I wonder if Obama’s “Internet Gestapo” will come after me for this post?

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