Analysis: Palin's words carry racial tinge

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By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press Writer
Article Launched: 10/05/2008 07:44:20 AM PDT


WASHINGTON—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.

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Palin's words avoid repulsing voters with overt racism. But is there another subtext for creating the false image of a black presidential nominee "palling around" with terrorists while assuring a predominantly white audience that he doesn't see their America?

In a post-Sept. 11 America, terrorists are envisioned as dark-skinned radical Muslims, not the homegrown anarchists of Ayers' day 40 years ago. With Obama a relative unknown when he began his campaign, the Internet hummed with false e-mails about ties to radical Islam of a foreign-born candidate.

Whether intended or not by the McCain campaign, portraying Obama as "not like us" is another potential appeal to racism. It suggests that the Hawaiian-born Christian is, at heart, un-American.

Most troubling, however, is how allowing racism to creep into the discussion serves McCain's purpose so well. As the fallout from Wright's sermons showed earlier this year, forcing Obama to abandon issues to talk about race leads to unresolved arguments about America's promise to treat all people equally.

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[TwilightGardener]

1. She said that? What a hateful bitch. I guess McSenile doesn't want

to go there, because that would not be a Senatorial thing to do--so he sends out this nasty brainless skank to do it. Edit to add: I fully believe now that she called Obama "Sambo", as has been reported.