<h3>FILE: THE RACE CARD</h3>
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<p>Millions of Americans oppose Senator Obamaâs candidacy for many different reasons. For a small number of bigots, one of them is almost certainly race. That being said, Obamaâs surrogates and media supporters have shown very little reluctance to ascribe racism to virtually anyone who supports another candidate. This is shameful. Worse still, Obama has personally played the race card several times, accusing Republicans in general, and the McCain campaign specifically, of whipping up race-based ugliness. When McCainâs objects, Obama has <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/02/obama_denies_trying_to_play_race_card/">disingenuously denied</a> he was referring to race in his initial comments. Really? On one occasion, Obama accused Republicans of trying to âscareâ voters by mentioning that he âdoesnât look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.â At another rally he made a similar claim, adding ââ¦did we mention heâs black?â to his interpretation of the GOPâs supposed scare tactics. As someone who presents himself as a unifying figure, what does it say that he shamelessly injects racial politics into the campaign, casting aspersions on his opponentsâ motives? Watch and listen for yourself:</p>
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<p>With the exception of one time each by the Washington Post and ABC News (on their blogs), the media did nothing to expose this tactic by Obama and his campaign employed on these occasions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/06/21/whos-playing-the-race-card/">June 21</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/07/17/new-york-governor-if-obama-loses-itll-be-because-of-racism/">July 17</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/07/30/obama-mccains-message-is-that-i-dont-look-like-the-other-presidents-on-the-currency/">July 30</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/08/01/again-obamas-chief-strategist-accuses-mccain-of-injecting-race-into-the-election/">August 1</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/08/01/obama-i-wasnt-injecting-race-after-all-my-audience-was-98-white/">August 1 (again)</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/08/18/obama-hauls-almost-8-mil-in-frisco-moderates-the-racist-smear-on-gop/">August 18</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/09/05/guess-which-card-obama-pulled-out-of-the-deck-today/">September 5</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/09/16/sebelius-say-did-you-know-republicans-are-racists/">September 16</a></li>
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<p>Millions of Americans oppose Senator Obamaâs candidacy for many different reasons. For a small number of bigots, one of them is almost certainly race. That being said, Obamaâs surrogates and media supporters have shown very little reluctance to ascribe racism to virtually anyone who supports another candidate. This is shameful. Worse still, Obama has personally played the race card several times, accusing Republicans in general, and the McCain campaign specifically, of whipping up race-based ugliness. When McCainâs objects, Obama has <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/02/obama_denies_trying_to_play_race_card/">disingenuously denied</a> he was referring to race in his initial comments. Really? On one occasion, Obama accused Republicans of trying to âscareâ voters by mentioning that he âdoesnât look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.â At another rally he made a similar claim, adding ââ¦did we mention heâs black?â to his interpretation of the GOPâs supposed scare tactics. As someone who presents himself as a unifying figure, what does it say that he shamelessly injects racial politics into the campaign, casting aspersions on his opponentsâ motives? Watch and listen for yourself:</p>
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<p>With the exception of one time each by the Washington Post and ABC News (on their blogs), the media did nothing to expose this tactic by Obama and his campaign employed on these occasions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/06/21/whos-playing-the-race-card/">June 21</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/07/17/new-york-governor-if-obama-loses-itll-be-because-of-racism/">July 17</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/07/30/obama-mccains-message-is-that-i-dont-look-like-the-other-presidents-on-the-currency/">July 30</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/08/01/again-obamas-chief-strategist-accuses-mccain-of-injecting-race-into-the-election/">August 1</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/08/01/obama-i-wasnt-injecting-race-after-all-my-audience-was-98-white/">August 1 (again)</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/08/18/obama-hauls-almost-8-mil-in-frisco-moderates-the-racist-smear-on-gop/">August 18</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/09/05/guess-which-card-obama-pulled-out-of-the-deck-today/">September 5</a></li>
<li><a href="../../archives/2008/10/archives/2008/09/16/sebelius-say-did-you-know-republicans-are-racists/">September 16</a></li>
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