Posted on 10/05/2008 3:37:26 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Analysis: Palin's words carry racial tinge
Oct 5 10:43 AM US/Eastern By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press Writer
Palin Attacks Obama on ‘Palling Around with Terrorists’
WASHINGTON (AP) - By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign.
And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.
First, Palin's attack shows that her energetic debate with rival Joe Biden may be just the beginning, not the end, of a sharpened role in the battle to win the presidency.
"Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country," Palin told a group of donors in Englewood, Colo. A deliberate attempt to smear Obama, McCain's ticket-mate echoed the line at three separate events Saturday.
"This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America," she said. "We see America as a force of good in this world. We see an America of exceptionalism."
Her reference to Obama's relationship with William Ayers, a member of the Vietnam-era Weather Underground, was exaggerated at best if not outright false. No evidence shows they were "pals" or even close when they worked on community boards years ago and Ayers hosted a political event for Obama early in his career.
Obama, who was a child when the Weathermen were planting bombs, has denounced Ayers' radical views and actions.
With her criticism, Palin is taking on the running mate's traditional role of attacker, said Rich Galen, a Republican strategist.
"There appears to be a newfound sense of confidence in Sarah Palin as a candidate, given her performance the other night," Galen said. "I think that they are comfortable enough with her now that she's got the standing with the electorate to take off after Obama."
Second, Palin's incendiary charge draws media and voter attention away from the worsening economy. It also comes after McCain supported a pork-laden Wall Street bailout plan in spite of conservative anger and his own misgivings.
"It's a giant changing of the subject," said Jenny Backus, a Democratic strategist. "The problem is the messenger. If you want to start throwing fire bombs, you don't send out the fluffy bunny to do it. I think people don't take Sarah Palin seriously."
The larger purpose behind Palin's broadside is to reintroduce the question of Obama's associations. Millions of voters, many of them open to being swayed to one side or the other, are starting to pay attention to an election a month away.
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Yeah sure, saying Obama hangs out with some old white dude who used to try to kill innocent people with bombs is something you could never say about him if he was white.
Good grief, how stupid do these people think we are?
Hey!
That worked on Hillery
It will not work on Palin.
Obama's feet are about to be held to the fire for the first time since the primaries began.
And the MSM fell for it. They can't criticize Palin without telling America what she said.
This is going to get precious!
Racist? Sounds like folk are high on PCP, politically correct policy. Watched Hannity’s America on Fox the last hour. Reminded me of another show I’d seen on the tv, about the KKK. Why don’t the people who matter, why don’t the people who claim to denounce bigotry and hate wherever it rears its head, why don’t those people speak out about the kind of diatribes the Rev Wright goes on about?
Watching the Fox program, listening to the Rev Wright strut and preen and rant, I’m reminded of the other show about a bunch of kluckers from the 60s. So we’ve come full circle and not only is there an audience for the same kind of hate, it’s taken for granted, forgotten about, and allowed.
With this kind of nonsense going on in a “church”, is it any wonder the makeup of our prisons are what they are?
Yeah, sure, Obama distanced himself. Would I be wrong in assuming he sat and listened to this nutcase rant from the pulpit on more than one occasion? And this is a man who would be president?
You don't think Obama's treasury secretary will bail it out?
Palin is married to a freeking Eskimo, for God's sake!
All very good and valid points. The DNC campaign managers of the Media must be really desperate to pull the race card on this one
The exguity in which the MSM covers up their obvious bias toward Obama is shocking!!
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