With this revelation all the clamor, haughty condescension, and distasteful rhetoric about The "Race" Card and injections of race into this election shouldn't even be brought up anymore. Senator Obama's mild statements have seemingly been put under the microscope- a place where unlike Senator McCain, Senator Obama has been residing for the past two years.
This is so completely typifying of the press finding a narrative, sticking to it, and doing no research. It is typifying of the media's obsession with race, but only the talks of race that THEY want to have. The talks of race that defend the "race card" sentiment. The talks of race that fit the golden standard. The "race is not a huge part of society today" standard.
Obama's statement (paraphrased) "They will try to say, 'he doesn't look like the rest of the Presidents on the dollar bill.'"
Well, Democrats, here's a video from the John McCain campaign mocking the thought of Obama being on the dollar bill. What irony, eh?! Obama says they will do EXACTLY what they will do.. or in this case, what they have already done.
Now, it's not that John McCain's campaign would mock the thought of Senator Obama being on the dollar bill (well, kind of), it is the bigger picture.
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