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Originally Posted by Bucco
I will take your post personally as I am anything but racist. I never ever not once said that Sen Obama was a muslim NOR do I remember ever hearing anyone on the campagin say that...EVER.
His inspiration of folks to vote if you are reading the news about ACORN is something this country should be ashamed of.
You chastise Sen McCain for NOT SAYING THAT SEN OBAMA IS A RACIST....but for saying his ties to radicalism are an issue in this campaign. He, Sen McCain, isthe man who tempered someof the crowds....he, Sen McCain has stayed away from Rev Wright yet you bring him down. It is ok with you and others that the Obama campaign..surely not him....can yell racist or hate and you respond in kind.
Sorry if you are going to imply that I am a racist you will here from me and trust me I am restraining myself. Dont use others to make yourself feel good about your feelings
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I understand efrahin's arguments about racism. I don't agree with the theory but I understand it and I'm sure that it is true for some. I once called one member here a bigot for his non-stop tirade about Obama being a closet Muslim. That, to me, was and is true. If you stereotype all members of the Islam faith with the fanatic brush, you are a bigot in my mind. The vast majority of Muslims are good, kind, wonderful people. Like any religion, it is the extremists who make the news.
While it is true that no one on the Republican campaign (that I know of) directly said that Obama was a Muslim, it was said and implied by several conservatives both in print and on television (we'll ignore the internet on this one) -- the misspeaking by Obama of 57 states; the emphasis on his middle name; the fact he went to a Muslim school as a child; his father's and stepfather's history. That tactic failed and now it is the radical tar being applied.
You keep giving McCain credit for calming the crowd down when they were shouting "kill him" about Obama. If the Republicans and conservatives hadn't started the scare tactics of Obama being a Muslim and a radical, there would have been no need to calm the mob. McCain continues to attack the radical issue in his ads but says Americans have nothing to fear if Obama becomes president. Sorry, but that speaks of hipocrisy at its best.
Bucco, you get upset that people don't defend McCain and the attacks on him. What have been the attacks on him? That he was a lousy pilot? He was. That he speaks out of both sides of his mouth? He does -- he's a politician, it's part of the job description. That he has a temper? He does. That he's not the sharpest tack in the package? He's not -- graduating 2d from last from Annapolis doesn't say a lot.
So far, I haven't seen an Obama ad attacking McCain. I've seen ads attacking some of McCain's "solutions." I've seen ads approved by Obama attacking some of McCain's policy stances. But I have not seen a single ad directly attacking McCain. I wish I could say the same of McCain's ads. As long as McCain plays the radical card and then tells supporters that Obama is a good man and there is nothing to fear if Obama becomes President, I'll be wondering what the truth is -- is the radical background an issue and will Obama bring us to the brink of (or over) socialism or is it all campaign scare tactics that mean nothing?