Did Obama Accuse McCain of Running a Racist, Xenophobic Campaign?

obama always played the vitim and used the race card to force the american people to vote for him.obama is arragont and cockey,I am tired of his games.the media elected him as the . nominee "Hillary Clinton" was really the nominee!!!

I am soo sick and tired of obama,He thinks he is the savior of the world.Obama is acting like he is prisident already.Obama did played the race card on mcain,He did it to the clinton,s too.Obama is a flip flopper,he say and do anything to win!!!!

Sorry, but Obama did not use the words "racist" or "xenophobic", you did!

I find this whole discussion to be nothing more than pure asinine, over-politicized garbage. John McCain has taken a leave of his senses, and is making up something to divert America's attention from Obama's message on the economy.

People are stating that they are ashamed at being a Democrat; get real, if you fall for McCain and this campaign garbage, you were never a Democrat, but a Republican feigning Democratic ties.

America elected George Bush to two terms, and now I know why. The American people will fall for anything; elect John McCain and see what you get. I bet it will pale in comparison to anything that you have dreamed up that might happen under Barack Obama. John McCain will be a nightmare as president.

I can live with Barack Obama or John McCain, but I know that America and the world will be better off with Barack Obama. Look at your present economical situation and throw in world affairs, and determine if you are better off now than you were before Bush. Now, add to that four more years of our current situation, and tell me that you shouldn’t be more afraid of John McCain.

Concomitantly, stop looking for reasons to vote against Obama, and look at the reason to vote for him, four more years of the same old failed policies. I know I don’t care for four more years of America’s current situation!

Well, John McCain has a history of subtle acceptance of sexist and racist comments. Think his giggling at the "b*itch" question.

Those of you who do not think that Obama is playing the race card then tell me please exactly what he meant with the comment about the "guys" on the dollar bill...I didn't think so. It is so obvious and it is a tactic of a frustrated, concerned campaign. I am not a McCain fan but he has been running a mostly above board campaign. Obama has too. But Obama has been stooping to the race card more and more frequently lately and I totally expect to see it much more before the election. I will be shocked if McCain does. In fact, can anyone name one example of where McCain has even come close to using the race card? I didn't think so.

I'm dismayed, but not surprised, that folks are saying the same ol' b.s. about Barack Obama, making sure to bring up his middle name, saying that his pastor, who said nothing more offensive or racist than you would find in the Bible (take a look at Ezekiel 23 for just one example of this), and attacking Obama for simply calling out John McCain's negative and derogatory attack ads. Whatever. True Believers (TM) will never let up.

No he did not. He accuses them of skirting right up to the edge... using other people to do that... always maintaining deniability.

And so he skirts right up to the edge too. But he no more accuses them of it, then they say outright that he is a foreign name and an unacceptable black man.

His responses... slightly vague about exactly who is behind the racist xenophobic attacks against him from Fox news and most television networks and others more obscure... are perfectly matched by the slightly vague actual sources of the racist and xenophobic attacks being made against him.

His job is to match the factual statement to the obscurity of the source of the attacks. He's doing a fine job of it.

So the answer to your question of "did he?" is simply, "he did and he did not" because his opponents "do and do not."

It's all a dance. But don't turn it into a gotcha game.

He has to respond... and he has to do so at a level that is neither an outright accusation and naming of names (difficult) nor completely ignores what is going on.

No one doubts that Barack Hussein Obama reads a speech well. But his off the cuff comments are getting him into trouble. As Tapper points out, B.O. is the person who insists on bringing up the question of his skin color. Then he not so cleverly suggests that his political opponents are going to "try to scare" the electorates with what he himself has just said. This phony self-styled "post-racial" candidate is simply another liberal politician who will do and say anything to get elected.

Obama is certainly taking the low road he's claiming his opponent is taking. Why are you doing this Obama? Why are you blaming McCain precisely of what you are doing, using race to make you look like the victim? Stop going down so low Obama, that tactic won't work in November.

Obama never said anything about race or xenophobia. He's made that joke about the dollar bills several times. It's the McCain camp who flipped out and started shouting about "race card" and it's characteristic of their increasingly desperate, substance-free campaign.

Well,well,well -- are the citizens of the US (since they do the voting,not the Europeans) finally seeing the light about the "empty suit" O'Bamam? Short on ideas,long on race-baiting? Short of experience, long on media-hype? Short of debates,long on rhetoric? OR can't I say that about the guy who "doesn't look like the Presidents on our money?"

I guess simply being black is now called "playing the race card." Instead of this McCain talking points article, read WPs Gene Robinson's about McCain's campaign tactics.

Obama has been playing the race card since he started his campaign, just ask Bill Clinton.

John McCain is showing all of us who care to pay attention that he will not stoop to their level and play the race card.

There really is no need to, Obama is an empty suit with no experience and no platform. Voters need to think logically about their choice in the fall. Do we want someone who has no clear plans (just Hillary's that he adopted throughout the primary) and makes it up as he goes along (suddenly owns different committees that he isn't even a member of) for the sake of winning for change?

The choice is clear: Country before Party!

Many life long Democrats like me have seen his 'change' and have decided McCain is our choice. We own our votes!

PUMA

This the dumbest thing. Why didnt they say he palyeds the race card when he said this a long time ago. He made the same statements about they will try to scare u on June 20th of this year. McCains people r trying to drum up doubt because they have nothing on the issues and YOU Mccain supporters really dont want to see that old man on stage with Barack. Come on. Nothing about any issues. U mean to tell me an ad with Paris and Britney is putting coubt in the minds of voters. They have to be some daumb folks. Ill tell if u wish for Mc Old be careful what u wish for. U will get the same thing as bush. McCain is too dayum old.

Off course he did,just like has done in his whole campaiN,he want's everone to think that all his cotenders aer making this race nothing but RACIST.When the whole time it's nothing but a scare tactic,keep holding on to his Change when no one even knows what it is.

For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to call myself a Democrat.

These accusations are total garbage. What Americans should be afraid of is electing a President with no experience that no one can question because they will be accused of racism. You know what a inexperienced, unvetted, presumptuous, arrogant, leader who stole a nomination that can't be questioned is??? A Dictator!

Obama is proving why Americans should be afraid of electing him.

This is the only way for the inexperienced candidate to try and win.
obama is playing the race card his campaign has played the race card against Hillary also.
Im a 49 years old Black American whose sick of it. The obama campaign has played the race card since January in South Caroline. It is tiresome an old.

Watch out for the AGE card to be played too. AGEISM is alive and well in America. When you hear "same old politics" or "same old, same old", think about what the 30 million people over 65, likely voters, who may find that offensive. Those who say 72 is too old could be called AGEISTS.