Comments on: Majority See Obama’s Dollar Bills Comments As Racist

By: Moe_Lane

Moe_Lane — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:34:42 +0000

...that his beloved candidate was wrong, do you?

By: blooch

blooch — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:30:46 +0000

big rock heads and money are proscribed images in any McCain campaign ad, as thay will invite charges of racism.

I'm guessing "emasculation of the black man" for the Statue of Liberty photoshopping, but you'll have to clue me in on the racial significance of Mt. Rushmore.

Don't worry about the phallic monuments. Bob Herbert cleared that up for me:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/3677250#26008764

By: jdub19

jdub19 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:44:08 +0000

nice spin...we call those

"serious character flaws"

By: Jason_Wolf

Jason_Wolf — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:35:50 +0000

"Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame," then Senator-elect Obama said at a Gridiron dinner in December, 2004. "I've already had an hour and a half. I mean, I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse."

Obama's comment above has nothing to do with the "dollar bill" issue, which McCain initiated with ad.

The unpopularity of Republican ideas at this point seems to be forcing McCain into making this election revolve around petty personality-based non-issues. Which judging from recent history, he may get away with.

By: StephC

StephC — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:00:55 +0000

He has megalomaniacal tendencies and they're starting to show through the cracks in the facade his handlers have created for him.

What makes him believe he rates being put on a 1 or 5 dollar bill? Apparently he does believe it since he brought it up.

I found that more offensive than his comment alluding to race.

By: Moe_Lane

Moe_Lane — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:41:31 +0000

But when a candidate says things like:

"Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me," Obama said. "You know, he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name, you know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

...that's an open invitation to solicit a response like McCain's.

Moe

PS: "Other," forsooth.

By: blooch

blooch — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:40:59 +0000

with Jason inflation...but go ahead and try to stretch you dollar.

At least you provided a link.

By: California_Yankee

California_Yankee — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:39:36 +0000

Obama started it at the December 2004 Gridiron dinner.

By: blooch

blooch — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:34:55 +0000

Yes. Right down to the Remedial English grammar.

By: Jason_Wolf

Jason_Wolf — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:18:09 +0000

Actually, McCain "started this meme", with an ad featuring Barack Obama on a hundred dollar bill, Mt Rushmore, etc.

McCain Ad

By: OCA

OCA — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:56:31 +0000

*Well written and worth the time reading it. We whole heartedly agree and will do everything on part to advance this to the public.

Best always,

OCA* Organization of Conservative Americans http://www.ocamericans.org