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Jake Tapper asks;

Did Obama Accuse McCain of Running a Racist, Xenophobic Campaign?

As the one posting this article I’ll answer that, YES HE DID!

Tapper continues;

Correct me if I’m wrong, but does it not seem as if Obama just said McCain and his campaign — presumably the “they” in this construct — are saying that Obama shouldn’t be elected because he’s a risk because he’s black and has a foreign-sounding name?

There’s a lot of racist xenophobic crap out there. But not only has McCain not peddled any of it, he’s condemned it.

I’ve seen racism in campaigns before — I’ve seen it against Obama in this campaign (more from Democrats than Republicans, at this point, I might add) and I’ve seen it against McCain in South Carolina in 2000, when his adopted Bangladeshi daughter Bridget was alleged, by the charming friends and allies of then-Gov. George W. Bush, to have been a McCain love-child with an African-American woman.

What I have not seen is it come from McCain or his campaign in such a way to merit the language Obama used today. Pretty inflammatory.

Well said and to the point.

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