"Playing the Race Card"

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Ludacris "Obama's Here" Lyrics

 

 

 

I'm back on it like I just signed my record deal

Yeah the best is here, the Bentley Coup paint is dripping wet, it got sex appeal

Never should have hated, You never should've doubted him

With a slot in the president's iPod Obama shouted 'em

 

Said I handle my biz and I'm one of his favorite rappers

Well give Luda a special pardon if I'm ever in the slammer

Better yet put me in office, make me your vice president

Hillary hated on you, so that bitch is irrelevant

 

Jesse talking slick and apologizing for what?

If you said it then you meant it how you want it head or gut?

And all you other politicians trying to hate on my man,

watch us win majority vote in every state on my man

 

You can't stop what's bout to happen, we bout to make history

The first black president is destined and it's meant to be

The threats ain't fazing us, the nooses or the jokes

So get off your ass, black people, it's time to get out and vote!

 

Paint the White House black and I'm sure that's got 'em terrified

McCain don't belong in any chair unless he's paralyzed

Yeah I said it cause Bush is mentally handicapped

Ball up all of his speeches and just throw 'em like candy wrap

'cause what you talking I hear nothing even relevant

and you the worst of all 43 presidents

 

Get out and vote or the end'll be near

The world is ready for change because Obama is here

'cause Obama is here

The world is ready for change because Obama is here, yeah

cuz Obama is here

 

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"Dis Niggahs, NUTS"

[mattp]

Are you ignoring the obvious again, Fairweather? We've seen a lot more about how Obama is muslim and swore in on the Koran and his wife is not proud of white America than we have about how he's being mistreated on account of his skin color. Clearly, it is those who favor McCain who have been playing the race card the most aggressively.

 

Right, but Obama was the one who said he was going to be "post-racial" (whatever the fuck that is) and NOT bring race into the race. Yet, he has repeatedly over recent days.

 

Yes, the idea that he could be "post racial" is rather hard to define but McCain's "common sense conservatism" is no better, and we actually DO know what they mean by these phrases - in a general if not specific way.

 

Prole and KK have it right about how complaining that he is "pulling the race card" is mostly just a code phrase that means: "lets not have whatever discussion is timely." This week, McCain's whining about how Obama's playing the race card was really nothing but a dodge with a bit of negative attack add mixed in: he could easily have addressed the question of whether or not he or his supporters have in fact tried to portray Obama as a muslim or as "different" from mainstream America. That, of course, would not have been to McCain's advantage so he chose to play the "anti race card" instead.

 

 

Obama's proclamation that he is "post racial" may or may not not stem from any great idealism but wouldn't you admit that his campaign has stayed well away from any Jesse Jackson type rhetoric and he's done a remarkable job of minimizing the extent to which he becomes the "black candidate?" This is certainly a lot more meaningful than Bush's "compassionate conservatism" ever was and in my mind a more compelling stance than McCain's complaints that "we've tried racial quotas and preferential treatment is bad for all Americans." Obama's position (or at least his posture) with respect to racial politics in America is refreshing. McCain's? He's simply recycling campaign slogans that have been used since the Reagan years.

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obama is accused of not being in touch with people because mccain's idea of a black person is not what obama is.

Edited August 2, 2008 by TREETOAD

[olyclimber]

mccain wears 500+ dollar shoes!!!!!! i thought you should know that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :[]

[TREETOAD]

they must be sportiva!!

[tvashtarkatena]

mccain wears 500+ dollar shoes!!!!!! i thought you should know that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :[]

 

He climbs ice?

 

Cool.

[XXX]

If Mccain is elected this nation truly is screwed for another 4 years.

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proly some european shoe. he's supporting the "LIBERAL" art fags.

[pink]

If Mccain is elected this nation truly is screwed for another 4 years.

 

 

explain, and how will the "niggah" benefit this lovely nation. DO TELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!