Just in case you missed it, Arab is the new Black. Barack Obama is not feared by white America because he is black, but because he is "Arab." (See previous post, Another Reason to Vote for Obama: He's Arab American!). Notice John McCain's response--not to undermine the notion that Arab means untrustworthy, or un-American--but to say that Obama's not a bad guy.
This from the Chicago Tribune today:
On Friday, McCain rejected the bait.
"I don't trust Obama," a woman said. "I have read about him. He's an Arab."
McCain shook his head in disagreement, and said:
"No, ma'am. He's a decent, family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with (him) on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign is all about."
He had drawn boos with his comment: "I have to tell you, he is a decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States."
The anti-Obama taunts and jeers are noticeably louder when McCain appears with Palin, a big draw for GOP social conservatives. She accused Obama this week of "palling around with terrorists" because of his past, loose association with a 1960s radical. If less directly, McCain, too, has sought to exploit Obama's Chicago neighborhood ties to William Ayers, while trying simultaneously to steer voters' attention to his plans for the financial crisis.
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Jon Stewart and Asif Manvi did a good bit on this tonight. The inanity of saying "he's not an Arab, he's a decent family man." And this is an improvement in McC's campaign?
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