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scaeagles · 06-23-2008, 08:54 AM

Obama has said that the Republicans will try to use his youth, inexperience, his "funny name", and that "by the way, he's black" as scare tactics.

Excuse me?

I find this offensive in a variety of ways. First, it seems as if he is equating youth and inexperience with race. This is an attempt to deflect the legitimate issues of youth and inexperience by equating them with non-existant criticism on his race. Secondly, I have no heard one republican use race as an issue - the Clintons did, certainly - and any that did would be instantaneously and correctly crucified.

06-23-2008, 08:54 AM	#11
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Obama has said that the Republicans will try to use his youth, inexperience, his "funny name", and that "by the way, he's black" as scare tactics. Excuse me? I find this offensive in a variety of ways. First, it seems as if he is equating youth and inexperience with race. This is an attempt to deflect the legitimate issues of youth and inexperience by equating them with non-existant criticism on his race. Secondly, I have no heard one republican use race as an issue - the Clintons did, certainly - and any that did would be instantaneously and correctly crucified.
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