Who Played the Race Card First?

Hi Zephir, the race card will be never played clear, it'll be always use "underline" "cover", but for sure is a card that can bring some votes, especially in conservative states Nun

First we can establish that Obama was playing the race card. "Sen. Barack Obama's chief strategist conceded that the Democratic presidential candidate was referring to his race when he said Republicans were trying to scare voters by suggesting Obama "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/Story?id=5495348&page=1 Now that we have that out of the way we can look into McCain. Ok, that was actually funny. I've never watched that commercial before. I avoid watching their commercials unless I have to for a specific discussion. Either way it clearly had nothing to do with race. It was a spoof on the way Obama changed the presidential seal to use it in his campaign. There were people upset about that which is why they made a commercial out of it. I saw absolutely nothing in there that could be construed as the "race card".

Maybe I'm just dense, But I don't see what that commercial has to do with race. If Barack Obama were white, it could be the same commercial. The subject of the commercial is Barack "Changing" The Presidential Seal. And then poking fun at him changing other American Icons like Mt. Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty and the Hundred Dollar Bill. It has absolutely nothing to do with race. In fact, if McCain had made his own seal, Then Barack could have made the same commercial about him. Barack's speech however, Was ALL about race. I'm not sure of the date you mention but I do know that he made that speech several times. And most people, Yourself included, Leave off the "punch line" "Did I tell ya he's Black?" Obama's campaign has ALways been about race. Face it, if Barack were white, Hillary would be the candidate right now. Would a white guy have gotten away with the whole Rev. Wright issue? No way. Democrats want to elect a black guy so they can show how "progressive' they are. Sure, a woman president would have been great, But a black guy is even better. And let's not forget, calling Obama black itself is playing the race card. He is more Arab than black. And he's more white than Arab.

A junkie would refer to someone whose addicted, I'm an American citizen who cares about who is in charge of my childrens choices. I'll just say that the race card has been played when I tell people I won't vote for Obama, they want to know why I'm a racists since I won't vote for a black man, I tell them I vote on experience and he's not qualified. I tend to play the smart card against the race card and I win every time, and yes, its about winning on that issue.