Daily Archives: August 1st, 2008 «

 

Obama’s chief strategist: “Dollar bill” remark was about race (MORE: OBAMA GOES OFF MESSAGE, CONTRADICTS AXELROD)

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2008 at 5:50 pm » 5 Comments

After a day of denials, finally the truth comes out: Sen. Barack Obama’s chief strategist conceded that the Democratic presidential candidate was referring to his race when he said Republicans were trying to scare voters by suggesting Obama “doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.” The comment had triggered a charge [...]

 

Friday open thread

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2008 at 9:12 am » 8 Comments

I’m going to be buried under until late this afternoon.  I’ll catch up with ya’ll this evening. TGIF!

 

NYT: McCain campaign’s “Celeb” ad was …. racist (MORE: VIDEO – MCCAIN DEFENDS AD)

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2008 at 12:22 am » 6 Comments

Like we didn’t see this one coming a mile away … NYT: Say What? John McCain, Barack Obama, and the “Race Card” (emphasis added): The presumptive Republican nominee has embarked on a bare-knuckled barrage of negative advertising aimed at belittling Mr. Obama. The most recent ad compares the presumptive Democratic nominee for president to Britney Spears [...]