Are republicans going to use race to beat Obama ?

I hope they will... I hope the general will be all about race baiting, race mongering...

I want the GOP go all racist against him...

sure, why not? they are using genderism against hillary

krayzie said:

I hope they will... I hope the general will be all about race baiting, race mongering...

I want the GOP go all racist against him...

XxAxX said:

Yes they will. They won't be able to help themselves. It will be their dream come true.

unkemptpueblo said:

Stymie said:

All the more reason for everyone to get off their asses and vote.
Prove those jack asses wrong and do not let them win.

Of course they will. This is America. The media started a long time ago with their racist nonsense. This will be one of the nastiest, racist elections you will ever witness, and all of America's "true colors" will come out and the rest of the world will witness it.

I just find it strange that while her husband was President, Repubs and the media referred to her as Hillary, and many times not as First Lady Hillary Clinton. So why now the "gender" issues? She could have made this an issue 8 years ago and also while she was running for the NY Senate office. I just don't buy that argument. She continously calls Senator Obama by his first name as well, and so does the media.

Also members of her staff already played into the race game. Her husband making the comparison between Obama and Jesse Jackson;Geraldine Ferraro seems to have a major issue with his race, etc., etc., lets not forget a major portion of the American population of closet racists that will be having fits should he get the nom... this is all just a tip of the iceberg. I wish him all the strength and prayers in the world because he will have a fight on his hands that will need the strength of God to pull him through.
[Edited 5/27/08 11:39am]

Stymie said:

evenstar3 said:

Stymie said:

Well, I think it's pretty jacked that they call her by her first name. I liken it to "sweetie" or "honey".

the sexism used against her is pretty insidious; another factor is also that i think as a society we tend to shrug off sexism as being more permissible than racism.

of course they're gonna use race, his name, whatever they can get their hands on. whatever. he's still going to win.

Stymie said:

evenstar3 said:

the sexism used against her is pretty insidious; another factor is also that i think as a society we tend to shrug off sexism as being more permissible than racism.

of course they're gonna use race, his name, whatever they can get their hands on. whatever. he's still going to win.

God, I hope so. The thought of McCain being president scares the living daylights out of me.

Stymie said:

evenstar3 said:

the sexism used against her is pretty insidious; another factor is also that i think as a society we tend to shrug off sexism as being more permissible than racism.

of course they're gonna use race, his name, whatever they can get their hands on. whatever. he's still going to win.

God, I hope so. The thought of McCain being president scares the living daylights out of me.

They don't really have to. They already have most of the racists voting for them in every election anyway. In this particular election though, they already know that racists that normally wouldn't even vote are going to come out of the woodword and vote for them simply to keep a black man out.

They don't really have to. They already have most of the racists voting for them in every election anyway. In this particular election though, they already know that racists that normally wouldn't even vote are going to come out of the woodwork and vote for them simply to keep a black man out.

vainandy said:

First of all, I've been reading some of the idiotic comments on this P &R board and it's disheartening to see that our education system have sunk so low. Second, Sen. Obama will not lose if all of us good people vote for him. The racists who watch FOX news can't read so we don't need to care about them. This means many of you Obama bashers as well.

cla30 said:

First of all, I've been reading some of the idiotic comments on this P &R board and it's disheartening to see that our education system have sunk so low. Second, Sen. Obama will not lose if all of us good people vote for him. The racists who watch FOX news can't read so we don't need to care about them. This means many of you Obama bashers as well.

Accujack said:

cla30 said:

First of all, I've been reading some of the idiotic comments on this P &R board and it's disheartening to see that our education system have sunk so low. Second, Sen. Obama will not lose if all of us good people vote for him. The racists who watch FOX news can't read so we don't need to care about them. This means many of you Obama bashers as well.

Are you implying that anyone who watches Fox News or doesn't support Obama is a racist?

uPtoWnNY said:

Accujack said:

cla30 said:

First of all, I've been reading some of the idiotic comments on this P &R board and it's disheartening to see that our education system have sunk so low. Second, Sen. Obama will not lose if all of us good people vote for him. The racists who watch FOX news can't read so we don't need to care about them. This means many of you Obama bashers as well.

Are you implying that anyone who watches Fox News or doesn't support Obama is a racist?

Accujack said:

cla30 said:

cla30 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

both parties use whatever cards/tactics they can to win. Race card?hmmph..
Jesse Jackson has been using the race card for decades.....
And everyone likes to talk about the "rightwing" Fox news channel,but
say nothing about the liberal obama loving left wing networks,,,CNN,NBC,MSNBC,ABC,CBS and good ol' Bill Maher on HBO.
hard to believe one network, Fox, can compete with all the others.

Of course, they'll TRY to use it.

Too bad for them, it's not going to work! Yes, there are many that aren't going to vote for Obama because of his race but there are many, many more that are going to vote for him because we are sick and tired of the way our country has been run down and plundered by the Republicans!

Obama's fate is in the hands of democrats. There are enough of us to beat McCain. Sure I rather have a 'Corzine' or 'Richardson'....Someone WITH SOME experience, but in the end I will stick to the party line.

McCain wins it will be our fault. We can not expect Reps to play nice or to vote for Obama. What I fear is a mix of party jumping and bitterness over a hillary loss to give McCain the win.

Accujack said:

so many ppl are being quite negative on this issue and what i mean by people is the people who can't seem to have anything great to say. all they want to do is be negative, expect the worse and not bother find any solution to anything.