Who’d a thunk - Obama pulls the race card out and slaps it on the table ...
Posted by: McQ
Well at least it's out in the open. And I'm not the least bit surprised to see it first played by a Democrat and specifically, Barack Obama. What would you expect from the party which invented identity politics?
"It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy," Obama told a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida. "We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid.
"They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?"
This, of course, is an obvious attempt to frame the debate - Republicans are mean-spirited, racist, hate-mongers who ain't too fond of furrin' soundin' people. Now, put whatever they say in that frame and you know what to think.
All of that after the only true points in the statement - that he is both young and inexperienced.
In reality no one is going to have to bring up Barack Obama's race or name. Leave that to the Democrats - as they did in the Democratic primary.
All anyone has to do to win is get him away from the tele-prompter, question him specifically (no glittering generalities allowed) about anything to do with foreign policy, national security, trade, energy or taxation, and he'll prove how young, inexperienced and, frankly, dangerously naive he is.
That should be more than enough - but it is interesting to see the Obama Campaign choose to continue their strategy of falling back on race in the Democratic primary during the general election.
Pretty telling.
