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Okay, what is wrong with Obama's skin being dard in the ad? Does this mean that Obama does not want to be like an African American person?
What's the big deal? Why are the Obama's so paranoid?

They hail Obama when he wins a contest, but they question why Hillary wins a contest. Do we have a campaign that has problem accepting success as well as defeat?

This is meaningless. All they said is there's inconclusive evidence. We already know that. They darkened the whole image. In my mind, that's dirty no matter what, and should be considered outrageous if race is an issue, which it is. Yet another of hundreds of examples from Clinton's manual of dishonest politics-as-usual. Why do people put up with this crap?

FactCheck themselves have been factchecked and found to be using debate footage that has been whitened. There's no doubt Clinton intentionally darkened the footage. As for NAFTAgate CBC has completely exonerated Obama and the Canadian government has said the memo does not reflect the actual notes from the meeting and misrepresents what Obama's advisor said. And that the quote about a "grain of salt" actually came from the Clinton campaign.

I found the claim to be substantiative with evidence than the counter claims

I remember seeing someone post this on the message boards. It was someone looking for anything to find fault on Hillary's campaign. There are plenty of real things to find fault with, we do not need to focus on these other things. And for those of you trying to claim that the writer is incorrect, they are not: Obama's campaign and Barack himself did not bring this to anyone's attention. Grow up.

This is an insane defense: It's OK to darken Obama's skin as long as we darken the rest of the image? It was just "a standard attempt to make an attack ad look sinister"?

Isn't the whole point -- that they're trying to make Obama seem sinister, and that to an unfortunately not insignificant portion of America, nothing looks more sinister than a dark-skinned black man?

I suppose if they had Photoshopped a picture of watermelon in his hands, that would have been OK, too, as long as the people around him were eating watermelon also.

Yeah, nothing suspicious here.

I am appalled that in this here 21st century the so-called leading country of the free world is still talking about light skin vs dark skin. So what if Obama's photo is dark? He is a blackman, is he not? You people in the US are so small minded. I believe you are all bored. If the photo was white and lighter, would it matter? I guess not, because you are all still living in your shameful past. Obama is too good to be president of the US.

These Obama extremists need to stop, I was planning on voting for Obama but now as a white person I am very offended that the Obama people are continually crying racism with no merit. I did some similar objective research on my own after being emailed the links to the blogs that first started this propganda and it became obvious rather quickly that a reasonable person would find these allegations to have no merit. Please stick to the issues and the candidates platforms.

How is darkening the entire ad morally different from darkening just Obama's face? Either way creates a distortion of reality, and makes Obama appear darker than he is. After all the public condemnation of Time Magazine for darkening a front-page photo of O.J. Simpson, there is no way the Clinton campaign was unaware that darkening an image of Obama would be a very controversial step. I suspect they don't care. Even if they are criticized on this basis, they deem that a win, because at least people are talking about Obama's race, which is a distraction from the real issues of the presidential campaign.

If Barack Obama were white, he would have been laughed off the stage 2 years ago. He is a first term Senator with virtually no experience, and while he is an excellent orator, that's about all he is in terms of leading the nation. He is a political darling because of his race. We can all thank mainstream media for his unceasing prominence, and we can thank the (obvious) stupidity and naivite of America voters for his ascent.

How come nobody is talking about Clinton's camp talking to Canada about NAFTA? Stunning lack of coverage.

Everytime stories like this surface, in a vein attempt to blame the Clinton campaign for issues regarding Obama's race or religion, they just backfire. This story is not newsworthy. Let's discuss the economy shall we?

If the whole ad was made darker, Obama's shirt wouldn't be so glaringly white.

Obama should be explaining his NAFTA dealings with Canada, and not playing the race card every time he goes down in to polls.. When he pulls these cheap shots, it just makes Hillary look like the right choice to allot more Democrats

Keep in mind the Obama Campaign did not make such a claim and only news stories such as this gave it a national forum.

Obamas race card playing is starting to make me feel for Hilary!!

Wow, I have a piece of land I want to sell you in Florida.

Not Obama's campaign behind the claims.

When you born? Yesterday.

Of course it was Obama's campagn trying to change the subject, lay blame, and play the race card AGAIN!

So the conclusion is that Team Clinton intentionally darkened the image to increase the impact of their attack ad? How is that vindication of Team Clinton's motives? And I find it hard to believe that Team Clinton was not fully aware that darkening an image of Obama would carry more than the typical message.