Surprise, surprise!
The McCain campaign is accusing the Obama campaign (you know, the campaign with the black presidential candidate) of "playing the race card." And they're acting like victims, outraged that anyone would accuse them of doing exactly what they're doing.
Just like I'm sure the Republicans were waiting to say Harold Ford Jr. was "playing the race card" in his Senate race two years ago when his republican opponent put out the "Harold, call me" ad with the semi-naked blond implying she was fooling around with Harold. Of course, Harold was a well behaved black candidate who knew his place. He didn't complain. Nor did he complain yesterday on television when asked if he thought the Paris Hilton ad had racial overtones. "No it didn't" he dutifully said.
If anyone doesn't understand how Republicans do this - how they so skillfully use dog whistle ads and statements to appeal to racist sentiments - read this and this. Both brilliant explanations.
This is just amazing. African Americans have been victims of slavery, rape, beatings, lynchings, segregation, Jim Crow, discrimination and verbal and physical attacks of all kinds just because they are black, and a lily white politician who is older than dirt, who cannot remember what he believed yesterday, who has a losing set of policy proposals, and whose supporters have been sending out viral emails and screaming on the radio about Barack being a Muslim (translation: scary black terrorist) and preferring to play basketball (translation: the NBA is full of black guys) and being presumptious (translation: uppity negro) and associating with two young white female sex symbols (translation: the black guy wants your white woman) has the nerve to accuse the campaign of the black candidate of playing the race card?
Beyond bleeping disgusting!
