tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post364620284388583072..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Obama plays the race cardRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-88796648948044692992008-06-22T17:31:00.000-04:002008-06-22T17:31:00.000-04:00McCain wouldn't dare make an issue of his race bla...McCain wouldn't dare make an issue of his race blatantly and out loud, but large portions of the Republican (and the Democratic) party will happily do so in his place. Obama isn't claiming that this is necessarily happening to him BY McCain, right NOW, but that in the next 5 months, this will be one of the issues everybody against him will be hinting at. And he's right.blkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876716199652632315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-43856526635457488702008-06-21T09:38:00.000-04:002008-06-21T09:38:00.000-04:00While you are correct that McCain has not made rac...While you are correct that McCain has not made race an issue and so does not deserve Obama's accusation that he has, Republicans at large are not so innocent. Every day I hear comments by conservative acquaintances that they just can't bear the thought of having a Black president with an African name. Barak Obama's remarks spring from what so many of us know: the insidious disease of racism is still rampant in our country.Anne McCradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160231647140349094noreply@blogger.com