Who is running the Dirty Campaign?

"Who exactly is Joe Six-Pack and who are these hockey moms? That's what I'd like to know. ... Is that supposed to be terminology that is of common ground to all Americans? I don't find that. It leaves a lot of people out." -- Rep. Yvette Clarke

Many of the rumors of Senator Obama and his wife are due to their silence and the failure of the media to investigate the background of the Senator. When the charges were made against him that he was not born in the US the same charge was made against Senator McCain. The rumor of Senator Obama was fueled when his campaign produced a poor copy of his birth certificate which only fueled the rumors. About his being a Muslim, he should have come out in the very beginning and stated that according to the Islamic faith if your father was a muslim then you are a muslim, but when I was old enough to decide for myself I choose to be a Christian. His comments at the start of his campaign about people will tell you I am different, I don't look like them, and when he stated that he was a product of a white mother and black father and that he was running as a black candidate. I think he could have said i want to unite this country and I am running as an American. I Can see where the rumors of Michelle being racist come from. She(an African American Studies Major) wrote a senior thesis and then requested that it be sealed until after the election. Bits and pieces leaked out and the rumors began. Their association with Rev Wright and his church did not help. I did find her thesis on the Internet http://www.scribd.com/doc/2305083/PrincetonEducated-Blacks-and-the-Black-Community and read it. In there one gets the impression that she believes in a separate Black Culture and that that is first and foremost. Being Black is more important than being an American. She was critical of Blacks who after college were intergrationist rather than separatist. Her research showed that after Princeton many Blacks were comfortable with Whites and Blacks and did not adopt the Black Values. Senator McCain has tried to run a clean campaign. He as stated firmly that Senator Obamas religion is off limits. He has confronted supporters who have made personal attacks on Senator Obama and expressed his respect for Senator Obama. Senator Obama on the other hand has encouraged or given credence to the hate. He did this by attending and addressing the DailyKos Convention. His actions have done nothing to discourage the comments being made by his supporters yet he gives legitimacy to one of the most hate filled groups on the Internet.

Bingo, philjas. As is frustratingly-often the case, this discussion is an example of projecting onto the other side what your side is more guilty of. Classic Rovian tactic.

And I guess I missed the rally that had folks wearing disgusting tshirts about Palin. Wonder how Ferraro feels about that?

I don't think Sarah was talking to you specifically annie. In fact I think that the only thing you and Sarah have in common is a chromosome.

Their is a black congresswoman who is an Obama supporter. She was the one who specifically accused Palin of being a racist for using those terms which she believes excludes black people. You know, because black people don't ever drink six-packs, nor do they ever have children who play hockey. Oddly enough they didn't object when Biden said Obama was the "first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean". See democrats aren't held to the same standards when it comes to racism. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/