No one should be voting for Obama only because he is black; no one should avoid voting for Obama only because he is black. The voters should be paying attention to his policies.

Well said, kid. You would think that would be simple enough, but unfortunately politics in this country is a mess.

I’m an Edwards supporter…Many of the people complaining are not Obama supporters.

OK. If you’re an Obama supporter, it’s easy to see why you want to play the race card against Hillary. But there’s no less reason to do it if for some unfathomable reason you’re an Edwards supporter. As the race currently stands, Edwards is toast. My chances of being elected president this year are only infinitesimely smaller than his. Would those chances improve if there were no Clinton candidancy? You betcha.

So there’s a sort of perverse logic to this. Regardless of which camp is making the allegations, Edwards supporters can pile on and hope to destroy Hillary by charging racism – because they want to pick up the votes of those racists.

Still, your comment doesn’t address the larger issue I raised. Why, suddenly, is the far-left blogosphere aghast at the allegations of racism? Funny, when there were threads here about the left’s racism concerning Steele or Thomas or Lieberman, I don’t recall seeing anyone from that side of the political spectrum condemning it as “reprehensible”. Maybe you can enlighten us on why racism on a leftist site is a bad thing only when aimed at Obama. And while you’re at it, you might touch on why any discussion at all of Obama’s paper-thin record is de facto racism.

I’m an Edwards supporter. I still think this stuff is rephrenesible. Many of the people complaining are not Obama supporters. Many are undecided, actually. I’d say revulsion over these tactics by the Clintons is pretty much universal in the left-wing blogosphere.

Several prominent black leaders are assailing Bill and Hillary Clinton for their use of racially insensitive language in their campaign against Barack Obama, Ben Smith reports for The Politico.
A series of comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, he…

A lot of people HAVE BEEN complaining about the Clintons’ race-baiting. Don’t you read liberal blogs?

Only for comic relief…certainly not for information.

But to give a serious answer, I don’t recall the left-wing blogs getting peeved about racism when loyal democrats were pelting Michael Steele with Oreos, or when Harry Reid was dabbling in thinly veily racist sniping at Clarence Thomas. In fact, the liberal blogs have been a good source of racist drivel – recall the picture of Joe Lieberman in blackface.

So now, suddenly, the far-left blogosphere discovers racism and is horrified by it? For one reason only – their candidate is in trouble. The only surprise here is that it took them so long to play the race card. Most likely that’s because they thought Obama would breeze to the nomination. The Iowa caucuses and the subsequent adoring MSM coverage only reinforced that notion. The New Hampshire primary jarred them out of this blissful dream. Now they realize they’re facing a ruthless machine that will use any clean or dirty tactic to win. So from here on out, expect any criticism of Obama to be labeled as racist.

“Hill and Bill” Clinton; pioneers of American presidential politics after burning the “midnight oil” together for MONTHS to successfully emerge as our country’s first two “black people” to crack the racial barr…

To be honest – my hand is up. I really thought that the Empty Suit had hit a grand slam when he avoided playing the race card early in his campaign. I am no fan of Obama, but I thought that he had the potential to go all the way to the White House. There is tremendous weariness in America with the constant race-baiting and appeals to ethnic and religious hatreds from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Howard Dean, the Clintons, and the MSM. Obama seemed to represent a break with that sordid past.

But I was wrong.

A disclosure: As many of you know, my wife is African and I am white. Our biological son is a beautiful combination of both of our features – including skin color. I want him to be judged by the content of his character, and not the color of his skin.

Whenever a Sharpton, Jackson, Clinton, Dean, or (now) Obama try to get a quick bump in the polls by playing on racial and ethnic hatreds, it is like trying to get high by taking a shot of heroin. The trouble is that this poison will affect our son much more than myself. Where does he fit in the racial conflict these politicians are (perhaps unwittingly) setting up? Long after the bump in the polls is gone, the poison remains.

Another disclaimer: I am not relating this story to claim Absolute Moral Authority (a position I detest). I tell everyone this because my family is on the front line in this conflict – and we don’t want to be.