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NY Times Editorial Board Slanders McCain Camp

Wow. There is no excuse for this slanderous tripe. In their attempt to defend Obama’s blatantly tasteless use of the race card, the NY Times tries to claim that Obama’s comment was a response to McCain’s latest ad comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. I guess one shouldn’t expect the Times to actually look up the facts before they spew, but considering Obama first made this charge over a month ago… how exactly was it a reaction to something that just happened? Second, I know it’s been a while since the Times has made any money, but they might want to borrow a few bucks and look them over. Because Britney and Paris don’t look like anyone on our currency either.

But the Times’ shamelessness doesn’t end there. They go on to charge that comparing Obama to young, white women is in itself racist. I’m not quite sure what point the Times is trying to make about people who are young, white and female, but it sure doesn’t sound like a compliment. Perhaps they’d be willing to explain themselves.

Lastly, the Times charges that because the McCain camp said Obama played the race card from the bottom of the deck, they were comparing Obama to O.J. Simpson since one of his defense attorneys once made that comment. For the record, the only one to actually compare Obama to O.J. was Jesse Jackson Jr. — who’s on Obama’s campaign. After Obama won Iowa, Jackson, Jr. had this to say:

“The natural reminder here is O.J. — how does an African American candidate attack a white woman?”

Further proof that the only campaign making tasteless comments about Barack Obama’s race is the Obama campaign itself.

Hat Tip: Hot Air.

Update: Video added:

Obama Camp: Obama’s Comment About His Appearance Wasn’t About Race

Obama played the race card again, this time for the cameras:

But according to the Obama campaign, this wasn’t a comment about race.

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said the senator was not referring to race.

“What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn’t get here after spending decades in Washington,” Gibbs said Thursday. “There is nothing more to this than the fact that he was describing that he was new to the political scene. He was referring to the fact that he didn’t come into the race with the history of others. It is not about race.”

Sure… that’s what he meant. Obama was just comparing himself to all those consummate Washington insiders like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, and Ulysses S. Grant. And apparently, Obama believes Republicans are going to play dirty and try to “scare” voters by pointing out that, unlike those men, Senator Obama hasn’t actually accomplished anything.

Obama Makes Racist Remark About Himself…Again

Apparently Barack Obama is desperate to play the race card and since McCain isn’t giving him any material, Obama is left with no other option but to make racists comments about himself. Today, while speaking about himself in the third person, Obama said:

“You know, he’s new, he’s… doesn’t look like the other presidents on the currency, you know, he’s got a, he’s got a funny name.”

It would be a fun turn if McCain came out and condemned Obama for making these kinds of racist comments — even if he is talking about himself. Unfortunately, this is a recurring talking point for Obama. But it should be noted that for all his sniping about who’s going to run a bigoted campaign, he’s the one who keeps making disparaging remarks about “those people.”