marenpaisley | ps - There is NO Iraq/Pakistan "border". Dumbass. (Reply)

So I just read an AP article on Yahoo!'s front page, the link to which is entitled "McCain accuses Obama of playing race card."

I don't know what it is about John McCain and his supporters that makes me want to scream and tear my hair out, but maybe this can go a ways in explaining it.

First of all, I can't help but have a visceral reaction to the phrase "play the race card". It's almost as though people believe that racism no longer exists, especially in the general population to whom McCain is pandering, and, in their view, to mention race as being an issue which decides people's votes is to show oneself as not being a part of reality.

What?

Racism exists in America! It's despicable and deplorable - yes, I agree whole-heartedly - but it exists! It's the same for gender discrimination; just look at the recent headlines about the lack of investigations into cases of rape for female millitary personnel. For McCain to dismiss what should be a legitimate concern for intelligent people in our nation is simply another sign of his complete incompetency and disconnect with the needs of the people of the United States. In simple terms, Senator McCain, it makes you look more like a jackass.

"I'm disappointed that Senator Obama would say the things he's saying," McCain told reporters in Racine, Wis. The Arizona senator said he agreed with campaign manager Rick Davis' statement earlier that "Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It's divisive, negative, shameful and wrong."

Let me add that, if McCain unequivicably agrees with Rick Davis' above statement, he's certainly more of a hypocrite than I originally thought: it is only by the fortune of his birth that his race happens to sit happily at the top of the so-called 'deck'. Race is only a non-issue in politics when you are a member of the majority.

As citizens of America, what kind of inititiatives that promote equality can we expect from someone like McCain if he were to be elected? I'm guessing... none. Instead we'll be forced to concentrate our efforts on prolonging a ridiculous war and drilling for oil off our coastlines - talk about a waste of tax money! Meanwhile, our cities' poor will become poorer, with legions of lower-middle-class citizens joining their ranks. And what has history shown time and again? The poor suffer, with women and minorities suffering the most, and the rich of the nation will continue to dictate our economic, social, foreign, and environmental policies.

I really hope we can stick it to the GOP this time around. I'm sick of the wealthy and intolerant ruining our nation.