Obama Concedes Racial Dimension to 'Dollar Bill' Comments; Says McCain Campaign Not Racist, But Cynical

It is a derelict of duty by Media and Obama surrogates that they are not telling the Whole Story -- that McCain initiated this story by posting a web video on his campaign site with Barack's face on a $100.00 bill, then Obama responds to this insult and McCain cries that Obama is calling him a racist. This is uttler nonsence and a set-up by Media and McCain Camp!Barack had every right to respond. But, the this story is not being told in its entirety. We need to keep MSM honest and call them on this one-sided story!

I think McCain is simply envious of the attention Obama gets. McCain has gone against his own words of running a respectable campaign. I think it's sad when a politician can't use his ideas to beat an opponent but celebrity nonsense and making fun of the other candidate. The only empty headed one in this campaign is McCain.

1) Miliary Experience/leadership: Obama NONE. McCain was a fighter pilot shot down over 40 years ago, prisoner of war for 5 years; military leadership NONE.Bush "served" in Texas Air Nat'l Guard & dodged Viet Nam. Military Experience mnimal; military leadership: NONE; Cheney - No military experience or leadership.
2)Policies, Platform Planks: McCain -- same old, same old -- no new thoughts
at all, just support the status quo. Obama -- policies: change, fix the faults in the present American experience, but look to the future as well. Hillary -- toward the end of her primary campaign she began to move away from traditional Democratic Platform Planks. She whould probably have made a good president, but she had one big unsurmountable problem: what would she have done with her husband, ex-president Bill Clinton? This same huge problem ejects her from consideration as Obama's VP. Can you imagine the havoc he'd create running wild in the White House? And I'm not talking about the seduction of White House interns. From the standpoint of government administration, Bill did a good job -- he not only balanced the budget, eliminated the national debt and left us with a surplus (quickly squandered by the present administration) BUT, he's not a personality to take a back seat to his wife -- no Mr. First Gentleman for him.

I keep watching how everyone keeps bringing up the race card, but I really think the media is the reason why. What I would like to know is why almost everytime Obama or his wife are being interviewed, it is mostly done by a black reporter. What really bothers me the most is, for example, while watching shows like This Week, the round table is composed of one black and one white for Obama, but the other two who speak for McCain are white. I know there are blacks out there who are for McCain.It's is the press that plays the race card. Just by watching all these morning and weekend news shows, I have actually turned away from voting for Obama. I have noticed that they do coddle Obama.

As the polls on Obama continue to slip the DNC has to wonder if they have the right candidate. He still has yet to connect with the other 55% of Democratic and Independent voters.

Expect the debates to start moving the polls in Sept, which way is anybody's guess. One thing is for sure, this election will AGAIN be about which candidate will do less harm than the other. ANOTHER lousy choice for us the voters.

I am an -ex-marine and more patriotic than MccAIN in that I have fought more wars than MCain. I have served more years in the military than McCAIN. But it sounds ridiculous to hear McCAIN TAlKING about how he knows how to win wars but failed to mention one that he had ever won! I am a republican but I will never sell out my country to McCAIN. McCain is too risky to lead a country. Besides, I am flabbergasted to see the amount of MCcAIN PAID SUPPORTERS IN every web news who keeps arguing among themselves, changing their names and logging on and off with different unaccountable names fighting to dominate the sites with misrepresented information, news; attacking Obama in evry corner and even attacking themselves. mCCain Supporters who are on weekly wages are unpatriotic and doll-eyed fools who for money can do anything just as their lord and master who ditched his first wife for a woman with money! With all his negative ads, MCcain has still not tell the public: (1) what qualifies him to be elected as President; (2) What wars he has ever won that he claimed to be a better commander-in-chief; (3) how many wars has he ever fought? (4) what does he have to say about trust, if he dared to ditch his faithful wife, will he ever be faithful to our nation? People, read the facts and do not be deceived by negative ads that conceal the true nature of its inventors. More than 2500 ex-marines and about 3000 marines are for Obama and we shall vote him - election day will be a shocking moment that may send many of MccAin's supporters to eternity.! I, now cast a doubt on MccAIN'S faith! He is absolutely not a christian, if he is, he will never taunt and discredit the Christian faith that upholds our constitution from time immemorial. Though republican and white, my vote will go for OBAMA.

Can't somebody begin to point out how stupid this whole discussion of race is. Barack Obama's mother was a White Lady, he was raised by her and her White parents. Yes he got Physical traits from his African father but , this is meaningless unless you are a racist neanderthal stuck in the horrible prejudices of the past.

This race issue needs to be exposed as rediculous given Obamas background. He is the perfect candidate for this honest discussion to begin around.

Race does not matter only to racists.

alusi,
bho for president?
he has used old campaign politics...
he had no policies, so he took hillary's, and once she suspended her campaign, he flipped them all on the people that voted for him...
he keeps resorting back to racism, when nothing else works...
he has no new ides but "change" but cannot describe what cahnge is.
his only vision is "hope" and hope is a feeling not policy or action.

Paris and Britney ad nailed it! McCharacter got a potshot hit and Obama played the race-card, got called on it and shrug's of and excuse with McCain is being cynical.

As Obama licks wounds, we get a rehash of the Golden Oldies of the Obama campaign:
1) We collected record sums of money on this negativity.
2) Obama will change the electoral map.
Fairytales designed to calm worried Dems and prevent those superdelegates from thinking "what were we thinking".

McCain for President.
Old Politics
Old Policies
Old Ideas
Old Rhethorics
Old Plan
Old Vision...(bad eyesight)
and did I mention....
Old "AGE"
McCain, way too "OLD FOR ANYTHING"

Since the primaries when superdelegates through democracy out the window and strong armed Hillary Clinton into participate in this shameful political theater I have disliked Obama. As a democrate there's nothing I would like better than to forgive the guy for running the most sneaky and negative campaign I've seen for years. Even though everything bad said about Obama is true.

Great oral speaker my a??... He has so many eeeh and ahh, you don't have to be a scienctist to understand why he wants to cut debates to a minimum.

Obama had a tough week, so now we get the new rounds of those Obama Golden Oldies:
1) Look I raised lots of money on McCain going negative, and
2) Obama will change the electoral map.

Fairytales to calm worried Dems. Designed to prevent those 352 superdelegates from thinking "what were we thinking".

Obama accuses McCain quite frequently of not sticking to the issues and of distracting voters with unimportant things, so how does Barack defend the fact that he repeated this divisive statement at three different events in one day?
I've seen all three vidoes of the same statement and the first thing that came to mind is how rehearsed it all seemed, all even had the same timing and inflections.
Will we all have to endure racist statements throughout an Obama Administration or is this just for his same old nasty politics campaign that is quickly becoming a trademark for him?

BHO is at it again, portraying opposition comments as racist. It's a toss-up whether the chip on his shoulder or his ego are bigger. He has some serious issues with both. We can't afford to jeopardize our future with his inexperience and his method of handling controversy and opposition. What could we expect from him when he loses - do even his supporters think he could be a gracious loser? I think this needs to be an issue that the DNC considers before they nominate him.

I'm glad somebody finally stood up to Obama for playing the race card. He got away with it against Hillary. I hope John McCain continues to call him out on the lies and make him prove the accusations.

I would love to see some Town Hall debates that Obama says he would welcome. So far he has shied away from them. He is scared 'cause he doesn't perform well without a script.

obama is an Arrogant, Radical FRAUD!
He is not qualified to lead our country and that is the reason why he will never be elected. This has nothing to do with Race. OBama is the great divider. The DNC picked the wrong guy - I will not vote for him - and Millions of Americans feel the same way.

Quite frankly, I'm glad Obama's "slip" happened. It validates my support for Hillary.

Some people value experience over inspirational leadership and judgement...indeed the likes of Richard Nixon, Johnson, Rumsfeld, Richard Bruce Cheney,George W.....all men of experience. We certainly need more like them......

Just - I'll respect your point of view provided you accept that I don't see the items you raised to be that of a substantial political concern or potential roadblock to enacting policies. In fact, some of them, I don't even see as factual. Fair enough? I was thinking more in the line of campaign financing. When you are voluntarily financed by the people's money I think there is a greater chance that someone will do what needs to be done as opposed to do what they are paid to do.

guess a question i have never gotten is..."what change" and "yes we can what?". bho said his policies were all the same as clintons, so what is the change? The system cannot change without constitutional amendments. the judicial, legislative and executive branches will not change. so if the only change is bho, and his celeb, what change is that?

I personally prefer someone who isn't afraid to say what they mean. Political talk is so careful these days that it's useless. That's why they have to have these shows with an entire panel to decipher what these candidates mean. Just say it. Biden can't hurt. Hilary is in a pickle if you ask me. She wants to be President. She could run in 2012, if McCain wins. She could run in 2012, provided she was not the VP of a failed Democratic 2008 administration. If it is successful, how could she run against her boss? Or - she can wait until 2016. In the latter case, she will have the same age critics as McCain.