Could that "That one!" remark possibly be considered a racist comment?

[LiberalFighter]

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Yes.

[Tesla]

8. Yeah but you don't have to even use that, it was plain disrespectful on a human level

[vanbean]

My husband and I both took it to be racist.

[NMDemDist2]

2. no, it was just an assholish comment n/t

[LiberalFighter]

Okay.... racist asshole?

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. I took it that way

[AspenRose]

4. Of course it's racist

Poppy Bush pointing out his "little brown ones"

It's meant to dehumanize people.

[elizfeelinggreat]

5. That's how I took it

unbelievable.

[Supersedeas]

40. McGrumpy says NOT YOU TOM -- he's generally an ASS

[Danger Mouse]

6. It was condescending, rude, and disrespectful, but it was not meant to be racist.

[fed_up_mother]

32. I tend to agree with you. Let's face it. McCain would act like this with anyone.

It's his reputation in the Senate, and most of those folks aren't black!

[Danger Mouse]

34. Right. He's an asshole all the time, to everybody. This is just one of many many examples.

;)

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Don't make it about race. Just make it about McCain being bitter and mean and angry.

[chascarrillo]

20. Why should we be afraid to call a racist comment racist?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

36. We shouldn't, but Obama should.

Because then he goes from the "candidate who is black" to the "black candidate" -- huge difference.

[speedoo]

9. Definitely, IMO. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Watta ya mean "possibly"

It was the usual out-and-out racism you get from privileged GOP asswipes.

"That one" = "that n*gger over there" and everyone in America knows it.

[justiceischeap]

11. That's how I took it and my two roommates as well. n/t

[Booster]

12. It was a condescending remark from an asshole.

[Demi_Babe]

13. yes but he didn't mean it that way I don't think...that was just his arrogance coming through

[LiberalFighter]

35. One of those "I'm more privileged than you so get out of my way?"

That was his attitude when he was in the Navy. Even to the point of telling the Navy if they didn't let him land he was taking his Grampa's field with him.

[Starry Messenger]

14. I took it that way.

De-personalization.

[Catshrink]

15. It fits with some of the other "code words" his campaign has been using.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. I saw it as a rude, partisan comment.

However, that's just my personal take.

[DainBramaged]

17. Considered? I thought he was going to call him boy, I am still shocked

[Coexist]

18. arrogant, snide, rudeness is enough

race doesn't have to be an issue here. It was fucked up. Period.

[PresidentObama]

19. Possibly? It WAS racist!

[LibraLiz1973]

21. No doubt in my mind it was racist. He might has well have gestured to him as the house negro.

It was that archaic and disturbing.

[justjones]

Not exactly. But I couldn't imagine it being used to describe a white prez candidate. nt

[City of Mills]

22. I think he just misspoke

I think he meant "Their kind"

[AllieB]

23. It's Republican codespeak for sure.

Maybe it's similar to 'uppity'.

[Raschel]

37. Or "arrogant" n/t

[buzzard]

24. I don't think so, I think Mcain is just plain jealous of Obama.n/t

[bigwillq]

25. No

I didn't find it to be racist at all but it was a very, very, very dumb thing to say. McCain is toast.

[sakura]

26. The undecideds on CBS found it insulting and childish.

Then Bob linked it to McCain refusing to look Obama in the eye last time. Every time McCain tried to be funny, it reminded me of Bush senior-- pissy old man humor.

[RagAss]

27. No question about it... It's Racist.

[politicasista]

28. McRude was rude n/t

[Joe the Revelator]

29. ABSOmotherfuckingLUTELY

Its the first thing I turned and said to my wife.

[Obamarulz11]

30. I took as racist and disrespectful

That_________=I dont like him.

[spanone]

31. that's exactly how it hit me

[DefenseLawyer]

33. "That one" not to be confused with "one of the good ones" n/t

[Arrowhead2k1]

38. No need to go there. People will make their own judgments themselves but

the comment was pretty pitiful regardless.

[TTUBatfan2008]

39. There's two levels...

1. Basic lack of respect for a fellow senator
2. Nasty history especially of old white people towards black people in this country.

[Clovis Sangrail]

41. of course... *everything* is racist if you see the world that way /nt

[frickaline]

42. It was disrespectful and rude, I don't see any substantiated argument for racist.

[BlooInBloo]

43. Likely, but not certain.

[ShortnFiery]

44. No, McCain has a long reputation of behaving like a "rude asshole" to almost everyone

at some point in his long and disruptive career. :eyes:

[BlueIdaho]

45. Racist? oh hell yes... "They call me Senator Obama!" nm.

[RoadRage]

46. No. He didn't say "That BLACK One".

What he said and how he said it was disrespectful, rude, and patronizing. People will see it for what it was.. petty and dumb. No need to pile on and cover it up... let it be what it is.

[mr1956]

47. No, but very condescending and dismissive

[yellowcanine]

48. No, just disrespectful. Ain't that enough?

[backscatter712]

49. I heard the dog-whistle.

Any racism insinuated, of course, is quite deniable, but the remark was definitely rude and disrespectful. And I'm sure the submessage reached its intended audience.

McCain was a real prick tonight.

[political_Dem]

50. Combined with his refusal to shake Mr. Obama's hand at the end of the debate, yes.

[AbbeyRoad]

51. It was certainly demeaning

I generally don't refer to human beings as "that one." I give them the courtesy of using personal pronouns.

[Hatchling]

52. We don't need to make a big deal about it being Racist or not.

That might be turned on us a using the "race" card.

It's sufficicient to point out that it was rude, demeaning and full of disrespect for a Presidential candidate. Play it as an example of McCain's temperment, not as a racist remark. Works better for us.

[Dem_4_Life]

53. Yes

[razors edge]

54. I don't think so,

Remember he was a Naval Aviator, and most of these pricks treat everyone below their perceived class the same regardless of skin color.

Trust me, been there, been called worse, and I'm white.

Edit: It was more a diss to the working class without a billion in the bank.

[truebrit71]

55. Absolutely it is.

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