McCain Will Play the Race Card in the Debate Wednesday Night. Count On It. Here's How.

[David Zephyr]

McCAIN: "Senator Obama, I was shocked beyond the pale by your supporter, Congressman Lewis, accusing me of inciting racial hatred this weekend. I am sickened by it and angry that you have not repudiated it. Former President Bill Clinton said that you 'played the race card' on him during the primaries. And now, I hate to say it, but you are doing it to me. And the American people deserve better than that from you. You shouldn't be pitting black against whites in this election. That's wrong."


I hope that Obama is prepared for this because it is the ONLY thing McCain has left in his bag of ugly tricks: pointing out that he is the white guy and Obama isn't.

I listened to Sean Hannity for about 15 minutes and all he did was carry on about race, race, race.

Hannity is signaling where McCain will go Wednesday night and pumping up his hate-filled audience to prep them.

McCain wil place the race card in the debate. I see it coming a mile away.

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Doubt it.

[Clio the Leo]

2. I DARE him to speak against John Lewis like that, DARE him.....

.... he does it and I will drive 30 mins to Alabama and TURN the state in Obama's favor myself!!!!

Just out of spite!!!!

YOU DO NOT SPEAK AGAINST JOHN LEWIS!!!!! NEVER!!!!

[David Zephyr]

6. John McCain = Fake Hero. John Lewis = Real Hero.

One dropped bombs on peasants from the sky.

One risked his life for others over and over again.

[Clio the Leo]

10. SPEAK TO IT! .........

[tabatha]

3. Please don't put ideas in their heads.

Obama will handle it fine - he has a life time of experience to do that.

[David Zephyr]

9. It's already in their heads. This is all they are talking about.

Obama needs to be prepared.

[anonymous171]

4. Obama would just say "John, YOU shouldn't be pitting blacks against whites in this election."

And then Obama would give a resounding Unity speech. .

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. No he won't. McCain's a coward

And he's not articulate enough to even say that, never mind formulate the thought in his mind.

[begin_within]

7. Republican party is playing the race card by not repudiating racist remarks made by people attending

the Mc/P rallies.

[napi21]

8. He'll never mention anything like that. He already knows his negative

crap has hurt him more than it hurt Obama/Biden. His nutball supporters will be pissed that he didn't, but he boxed himself in that corner, and he's just going to have to hope they forget in 3 weeks!

[Forkboy]

11. It's like a chess match between Kasparov and Chumley the Walrus*

I'm not worried about it.

*reference for you youngins. :)

[Binka]

25. Come To CA And Marry Me Now!

Jesus I love you. I would make you happy baby.

[Forkboy]

27. Sounds great, but you don't have to call me Jesus.

:D

:loveya:

[GrizzlyMan]

12. Not a chance this happens.

[writes3000]

13. It won't happen. Listening to Hannity is what got McCain where he is - in the shitter.

And McCain is too damn clumsy to be able to pull this off.

If McCain tries it, Obama will be more than ready for it.

How many outright lies and smears have the McCain supporters pushed? And how many has McCain repudiated? McCain's record is far worse than Obama's.

[Bicoastal]

14. And then what? Obama starts crying and wets his pants?

Zephyr Please.

Barack is on this. He's prepared for this possibility and others like it a hundred times.

[David Zephyr]

15. Good grief. Yeah, that's exactly where I was going with the thread.

Race will be brought up by the moderator (because CNN has been running with this shit since Friday) or by McCain directly.

[redstate_democrat]

16. Count on Affirmative Action being brought up

This is their so-called "ace" and Schaefer will be more than happy to play this little diddy. Maybe, MAYBE immigration will come up, but seeing how that plays against McCain, it probably won't be.

If Affirmative Action is brought up, but immigration isn't, then you know what the deal is.

[emilyg]

17. He won't.

[BeyondGeography]

18. If there's one thing Obama will never be caught flat-footed on it's a race-based attack

He would swat this one away like he has so many others, leaving blacks and whites satisfied with his response. Nothing to worry about here, in the unlikely event McCain even goes there.

[McCamy Taylor]

19. I think there is a 75% chance McCain will play the "Obama played the race card" card

And so Obama needs to be cool as a cucumber and have his answer ready. It will go something like this:

"In a presidential campaign that stretches over two years, many things are said by many people which do not represent the opinions of the candidates themselves. (Pause). Some of your supporters have made statements about me that you have had to correct, and I thank you for that. (Pause) During the primary, some of my supporters made statements about my opponent, Sen. Clinton about which I strongly objected, and I voiced my objections and told my campaign in no uncertain terms that I did not want the campaign to descend to the level of character attacks. Not when the nation faced so many crises at home and abroad...."

His tone and affect will determine how the audience perceives him. As long as he appears unruffled and never admits that he did anything wrong and never says anything unkind to McCain, he will "win", because as the polls revealed at the beginning of this year, Independents this year are sick of Bush-Cheney incompetence/partisanship/nastiness and want someone who is competent/easy to get along with/you can trust. John McCain should stop betting on long shots and start reading polls.

[WinkyDink]

20. "John, I think you know I love my Grandmother."

[thoughtcrime1984]

21. I hate white morons (or any morons).

If you choose to be a moron, then you should jump off a bridge. That is all.

[sandnsea]

22. Wouldn't surprise me

They've been trying to find an excuse to scream "race card".

[Cosmic Charlie]

23. thanks for the Race Card Concern, Dave

[saltpoint]

24. McCain had better roll in there sounding like a well-prepared,

and cool-browed adult problem solver.

Anything less -- including a coarse racist shot at Obama -- will lose McCain the election by the widest landslide in U.S. history.

In essence, McCain has already lost. Getting nastier than he's already been reinforces the momentum toward Obama, not against Obama.

[dkf]

26. This is so easy for Obama to deflect.

First he reminds McCain how John Lewis is one of the three wisest persons he would consult with and how if he had consulted him, John Lewis would have told him that he was going too far by calling Obama a terrorist over this Ayers situation and that his emphasis should be to concentrate on the economy.

Then he explains how he was 8 years old at the time of the Weather Underground and how he met Bill Ayers through a foundation run by one of Ronald Reagan's ambassadors and how he serves along with numerous heads of colleges etc.

[LooseWilly]

28. I know you're not in McCain's head...

because there was not a single "my friends" in your script.

That said, I don't think it'll happen. McCain doesn't have the guts... and it would damage one of the several "brands" that McCain seems to think he hasn't flushed down the toilet... not to mention it makes him sound desperate, neurotic... and like he feels like a victim of mean old Obama despite his War Hero Machismo...

On further consideration, maybe McCain will make the accusation. It would be as erratic and head-scratching-inducing as so many other things McCain's been doing lately..

[bowens43]

29. I don't think that's gong tohappen

and if it does, it will be the last nail in McPappy's political coffin.