Is Obama Calling McCain/GOP Racist (Again)?

Solider. LOL. The two people who I have seen flub and call him “Osama” were both liberals. Dan Rather did it just recently and no one even pointed it out.

An internet rumor here and there doesn’t equal McCain OR the GOP. Or anything close to it.

And how is it claiming racism? The whole thing about the presidents on the currency…he was referring to his past statement when he said that he’s black and republicans would try to scare voters with that. Which they haven’t. I haven’t see ANY major figure in the GOP attack Barack for being black. Nor have I seen them attack him for his “funny name”. It’s BS.

I have a feeling they’re showing that he’s a celebrity figure. That’s hardly childish. Hell, Keith Olbermann regular, Dana Milibank (hardly a GOP operative!) just yesterday talked about Barack’s hubris and his ego…Joel Stein (another leftist) talked about how Obama’s near cult-like status is creepy and his followers scare him the way they act like he’s The One. So, again- this complaint has been on both sides of the aisle. I’m not sure how it’s childish to question the celebrity/near cult status of Obama. A man who even liberal pundits have said has little substance and is mostly style.

lol. Soldier here:

“And that is the genius of it all. Obama has essentially eliminated any threat the GOP may have used against him by predetermining their potential smear campaign. The man is a genius.”

Odd. Name a major GOP tactic used in the past 30 yrs where an attack was made that was racist or bigoted in any manner. He “predetermined” their smear campaign, of which they have never used before? So, your argument is that the GOP, McCain, etc. are all racists but Obama somehow thwarted their planned racist attacks? funny.

I also like how you seem to claim I’m just sort of making up the fact that his church is fringe. That somehow it’s not common knowledge that it’s racist and anti-american. God damn America isn’t anti-American. No sir. Wright isn’t at all a racist. I’m making these things up in my head.

The answer, in short. No. What he is doing however, is quite genius. He is eliminating any mention of him being black from any smear campaign that might have seen the light of day, and doing so quite cleverly too.

Not only is he eliminating that particular slant, he is making right wing frings nuts like you go crazy! It’s win win I tell ya! Genius!

May I be as bold as to suggest you look up the word “fringe”, as I don’t meet the definition in any manner whatsoever? I can purchase and ship you a dictionary. Just EMail me if you need one- collegiate perhaps?

So, you have some conspiracy theory wherein McCain was planning on attacking Obama in racist ways, but genius Obama thwarted that plan buy claiming falsely that McCain was being racist? Sure. Got ya. And steel can’t melt and never has before.

So please stop with the “An internet rumor here and there doesn’t equal McCain OR the GOP. Or anything close to it.”, as he needs to defend his image from the entire right, not just the GOP and Mcain…

Except, I haven’t seen ANY republicans even ATTEMPT to use any racist tactics or try to scare votes because he’s black. So that sort of doesn’t even come into play. Did you read the Swiftboat book? I did. Then I read the rebuttals. Their claims stand up. John Kerry put in for his purple hearts HIMSELF. He had a photographer take pictures of him in Nam constantly…he knew beforehand that he was going to run for public office and was crafting an image of a war hero. He then went on to commit treason…so I think it would be rather silly to argue that the attacks on Kerry were somehow overboard, as they were pretty tame when it came down to it.

So as we can clearly see, Obama was not being racist, and Josh is just being a drama queen.

Yeah. That’d made sense and all if I had ever said that Obama was being racist.

What;s the point with the links? The guy’s name is Obama. No doubt, the easiest thing to say that isn’t his name is a word that rhymes with it. Now, since I can only think of one actual name that rhymes with Obama, that’d probably be the one.

Are you proposing these people are doing it on purpose? Did Dan Rather do it on purpose? What would be the purpose of purposefully calling him Osama, as any sane person would know such a lame attack would only backfire and would do nothing to hurt Obama’s image among any rational person?

Soldier, what in the hell are you talking about? 1. You seem to be unable to reply to any point I make. 2. What agenda? What conspiracy do you think is out there? You’re seriously arguing that Mitt Romney, as an example, said Osama on purpose in a sly move to make people think…make people think what? You think Romney is sitting at home guessing that voters will hear Osama when referring to Obama, and they’ll turn again him? That’s laughable.

Are you disagreeing with the clear fact that the easiest name to say when speaking of Obama is Osama? Both men are on the minds of the voters, and of course you’ve never flubbed a name in your life, certainly not all those times in front of millions of people…the many times you’ve spoken on national TV to millions, of course. And certainly it wouldn’t make sense that the brain would ever get mixed up. Nope, despite the fact that such a tactic wouldn’t even begin to make sense, and any sane person knows it would hurt the person who uttered it and NOT Obama, you think that these few people purposefully set out to attack Barack by mixing his name up. And worse, we can assume since you’re arguing that Obama’s point is correct, that this plan, this vile plot is actually from the GOP itself.

Seriously? Are you that paranoid?

And Billy and Jan, I’ve no idea why Coulter uses his middle name. I hardly ever read her columns or her books, and I don’t know her personally. I don’t think she’s trying to scare people by using his middle name. Even if that were the case, you think that somehow proves Barack’s point? Not only is Coulter not McCain, whom Barack claimed was using racist tactics, but Coulter isn’t even a public official nor a rep of the party.

No matter- I doubt that it’s being used for purposes of scaring people. Especially considering it doesn’t seem to be working, and why would it? Are people really that stupid to be afraid of someone with an unusual name? I’m sure they’re scared to death of my middle name.

Billybob. I think we can assume soldier when saying Obama wasn’t being racist wasn’t speaking of something said months ago, but rather the content or comments of this post. I can only assume he was confused and thought I was claiming Obama was being racist.

There must be something in the water, as I’m not surw how the hell Rush Limbaugh came into the conversation. Suddenly I’m defending someone we weren’t even discussing. (sigh)

Now, the argument is that Dan Rather, a liberal who supports the democrats, slipped and said Osama because he’s a racist. Yes, folks, it’s mind boggling insane.

The One. Ugh. What has been proven? This is the argument thus far…The Republicans ARE racist, and John McCain is racist. The handful of people who flubbed his name and added an S instead of a B are covert racists who want to scare you, which is why they purposefully said Osama…including Dan Rather, who said Osama just a cpl of weeks ago.

I’d say none of that has been proven at all.

Hell, I’ve seen no evidence that7 ANY republican has attacked Barack in a racist manner. And outside of Ann Coulter, who a few above claim says his middle name Hussein in order to scare voters (I disagree), no one has offered any evidence to suggest the GOP is out to scare voters on Obama either.

Someone met ONE woman who thought Barack was a muslim, which was probably the result of an internet rumor (Clinton camp?) thus McCain and/or Republicans are somehow out to get him?

So, what exactly has been proven? What points did I ignore?

“I would say just about everything…here is something you need understand…just like when we say Ann Coulter and most right wing icons will try and scare the public about Obama’s name”

You come up with ONE single person, then claim that “most right wing icons” (whatev er that means?) try to scare people.

i have a feeling coulter is simply being sarcastic and making fun of his name. i highly doubt saying his middle name would scare many people. the few people that are stupid enough to fear someone because of their middle name were already scared of him bexcause theyre simply scared of EVERYTHING.

so, coulter making fun of his name. THAT is the proof you offer that the gop and mccain are racists and out to scare the public in regards to his name and his skin tone?

you dont think he was being racist? exactly HOW does he not look like the other presidents on the currency? you DO realize that he made nearky the exact same statement before, but before instead of saying he didnt look like the other presidents on the money, he said:

“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?”

So, he’s said nearly the same thing before but used the race card so clearly no one could deny it.

Now, back to the currency? What is it about the presidents on the currenecy that he looks different? Clearly he’s speaking about race. You’re being either blind or ignorant to deny that, because there’s no other difference. He’s a male, they’re males. He has hair on his head, they had hair on their heads. They all jhave the same body parts. They were all over 35 yrs of age. Most of them have no facial hair. He has no facial hair. What do you suppose he meant? How does he look different than all the other presidentson money?

So, there’s no other explanation to be had there. You think I’m a paranoid son of a bitch (nice btw…my mother is dead.) That’s fine. You’re confused easily and think Obama really meant his nose was the difference with all the other presidents.

weird. when did ann coulter become an idot to me? again, other people knowing more about me than i know about myself! oh oh oh, tell me what my favorite food is. ill take your answer, make it for dinner monday night and see if you were right and i was wrong. itll be fun.