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  • October 2008

    • Her Words Aren't Sticks and Stones; They're Bullets

      New York Times  |  13 hours, 55 minutes ago

      Her Words Aren't Sticks and Stones; They're Bullets

      (Newser) - The McCain campaign has crossed the line from negative campaigning to “inciting vigilantism” with racist tactics that should raise alarms about Barack Obama’s safety, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times . Particularly troubling is Sarah Palin’s repeated linking of Obama to “terrorists” and her refusal to quell the frenzy—and cries of “kill him!”—her rhetoric incites at rallies. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • negative campaigning  • racism  • Secret Service  • Bill Ayers  • the race card  • terrorists

    • 'Unconscious' Racism Holds Obama Back

      New York Times  |  Oct 5, 08 10:07 AM CDT

      'Unconscious' Racism Holds Obama Back

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s race could be holding him back in polls by some 6 points, a poll suggests, but it’s not necessarily because of racists, Nicholas Kristof writes in the New York Times . More likely, it’s an unconscious matter of “aversive racism”—decisions made based on race by people who don’t think they’re racist, a phenomenon shown in decades of research. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • race relations  • the race card  • Nicholas Kristof

  • August 2008

    • McCain Cleverly Made Race Factor: Emanuel

      Politico  |  Aug 27, 08 4:29 PM CDT

      McCain Cleverly Made Race Factor: Emanuel

      (Newser) - John McCain’s campaign managed to slip the issue of race into the presidential election, Democratic heavyweight Rahm Emanuel said today. “They got it through customs," Emanuel said at a Politico-hosted roundtable, characterizing the Republicans’ tactic of injecting race with reaction to a perceived offense by Barack Obama. "They did a good job bringing up a topic they wanted brought up,” Emanuel continued. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Democrats  • Obama 2008  • race  • the race card  • Tom Daschle  • Rahm Emanuel

    • Clintons Still Seething Over Racist Portrayal

      Politico  |  Aug 5, 08 12:23 PM CDT

      Clintons Still Seething Over Racist Portrayal

      (Newser) - The Democratic primary battle ended months ago, but many in both Hillary and Bill Clinton’s circles still harbor a grudge over the way her campaign was painted as racist, Ben Smith writes in Politico. This ill will is coming back to haunt presumptive nominee Barack Obama as he grapples with the McCain campaign's suggestion he is now playing the race card. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • Democratic presidential primaries  • racism  • the race card

    • Obama Treads Lightly on Issue of Race

      New York Times  |  Aug 2, 08 2:13 PM CDT

      Obama Treads Lightly on Issue of Race

      (Newser) - Race has once again crept into the presidential race this week, and Barack Obama did his best to ignore it, the New York Times reports. John McCain’s campaign accused Obama of “playing the race card…from the bottom of the deck” when the Dem said McCain might attack him because he “doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.” But Obama resisted retaliating, trying to prevent a racial firefight. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Obama 2008  • race relations  • black community  • the race card  • black

    • Let's Keep Britney, OJ Out of Campaign

      New York Times  |  Aug 1, 08 5:04 AM CDT

      Let's Keep Britney, OJ Out of Campaign

      (Newser) - John McCain's lurch into negative campaigning is beginning to echo loaded racial issues of the past, according to the New York Times editorial board. The "celebrity" attack ad against Barack Obama featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton recalls a Republican ad—from workers now on the McCain team—that juxtaposed a black Senate candidate with young white women. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • OJ Simpson  • the race card

    • Neither Side Has Played Race Card

      Salon  |  Aug 1, 08 2:56 AM CDT

      Neither Side Has Played Race Card

      (Newser) - Accusations of "playing the race card" are flying back and forth between the John McCain and Barack Obama camps, but neither is truly guilty, Joan Walsh writes in Salon. McCain has run an "appalling low-road campaign" of late, but not a racist one, while Obama's comment about not looking like other presidents was about more than just his skin color, she argues. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • Rick Davis  • the race card

  • July 2008

    • McCain Camp: Obama Playing 'Race Card'

      New York Daily News  |  Jul 31, 08 2:29 PM CDT

      McCain Camp: Obama Playing 'Race Card'

      (Newser) - John McCain’s campaign adviser accused Barack Obama today of having “played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck,” reports the New York Daily News.  The Dem had yesterday described how opponents would use fear against him, saying, “You know, ‘he’s not patriotic enough…he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.’” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • US dollar  • the race card

  • June 2008
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