Agreed that it is racist to vote for someone if you do so SOLELY because of their skin color. But I do believe there is a difference between categorically rejecting someone based upon skin color and ultimately deciding you support a person because they are more likely to have your ‘values’ (which would include your racial background–black, white or otherwise).

Also, I don’t believe every (or even most) attacks against Obama is racist–those against his policies are fair. But unfortunately, that’s not how McCain’s campaign is now talking. They are alluding to Barack being ‘different’ (to quote Palin, “This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America”). Again, this would be fine if it were related to saying “he sees it differently because he believes in big government” or something like that. But instead, her quote states that he doesn’t see the USA as a force for good in the world (i.e., he sees it as a force of evil–which is the exact same thing you can say about bin Laden & islamic extremists). So really, I’d say they are going even further than being “racist”, they are trying to make Obama an anti-American, bin Laden-loving terrorist.

That’s why you hear more & more shouts from McCain rally crowds of “kill him” and the like. Wow, that’s some pretty strong words to be saying of a political candidate in this country. Political discourse & disagreement are wonderful things, but never would I condone people wishing death on the other party’s candidate (I’m FAR from being a fan of Bush, but I would never wish him to be “killed!”).

And yes, when you have people at McCain’s rally saying, “[Obama] scares me…he’s Arab,” that would be racist. Not to mention ignorant, as he’s not.

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