Race Threatens to Become a Weapon in the Campaign

Race Threatens to Become a Weapon in the Campaign


The 2008 campaign was remarkably free of racial talk, as the first serious black candidate for president sailed to victory in a largely colorblind campaign that emphasized his personal qualities and proposals.

Obama refrained from making his race an issue, and his opponents mostly left it alone too.

But events in the past week raise concern that race is being inserted into the 2012 campaign, particularly as a means to slander those who attack the president.

Left-leaning members of the mainstream media on numerous times in recent days have made race a part of the political equation, with many raising questions about whether conservatives are racially motivated in their treatment of President Obama.

The introduction of racial issues threatens to create a new and pernicious element of divisiveness that could create racial tensions during the campaign and induce a dangerous racial backlash after it, no matter who wins.

Following Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro’s interruption of President Obama last week in the Rose Garden, there were numerous suggestions in the media – including from veteran reporter Sam Donaldson – that Munro had been motivated by racism, without a shred of evidence indicating this might be the case.

On Friday night, HBO host Bill Maher said conservative journalist Matt Drudge was animated by racism. Drudge’s website, The Drudge Report, frequently links to articles critical of Obama.

[Asmodeus]

The 2008 campaign was remarkably free of racial talk

On what planet? The libs used their surrogates around the country to make sure it stayed right at the top... Good grief... 90 year old black woman on CNN, never voted in her life... voted for one reason only... Obama was black...

The 'best' of the race card players haven't even ramped up yet... It's going to be every bit as everywhere as it was in 2008... The Obama campaign doesn't have to 'talk about it'... they have plenty of surrogates that will take it to the air to get their base moving to the polls...

Slate Obama can't lose without Racism?

[vraiblonde]

The 2008 campaign was remarkably free of racial talk

It was? Because I remember distinctly liberals whining that the only reason someone wouldn't vote for Obama is because they hate black people. In the general media and right on here. Much was made of the fact that he's black - the Magic Negro, remember? All clean and articulate?

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Originally Posted by EmptyTimCup

Race Threatens to Become a Weapon in the Campaign

WHAT a SHOCK!

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I wonder what they would do if we point out he's not black, he's really just has a great tan from being on the golf course.
They forget that he is half white.