....was planning on bringing a gun, so what's the problem?

The only people talking about race are Leftists - unless it's Rightys talking about Leftys talking about it.

B. Hussein Obama could singlehandedly turn the American people against anybody who cries 'racism' ever again.  (Which would be a good thing, except in the case of instances of true racism - in which case BHO is actually potentially hurting 'the cause.')

"Barclay Palmer" working for Anderson Vanderbilt Cooper..." Now that's funny! Palmer (and the Mrs.) have some pedigree there, WAY beyond what I would call Country Club.

Det. Lenny Briscoe has nothing on you, Tim - great background reporting.

Anyone who connects:

Rove added McCain “needs to come right at him,” ABC reported, apparently just as Rove did.

 ... with the very next sentence ...

So… anyone who thinks that Obama’s presumptive victory in the Democratic primary means we’re in a post-racial America might want to think again.

didn't find race in Rove's actual comments. They could only have brought race with them. There is no component in what Rove said that you could possibly identify with race. So where did it come from? It didn't come from Rove.

I'm waiting forMcCain to point out the massive tax increases Obama is proposing and be called a racist for doing so.  This is absurd.  Obama and his camp are the only ones talking race which tells me this is just more of the same fearmongering the democrats are known for to deflect attention from real issues for which they have no solutions. 

Rove's comment was a truthful observation and how anyone sees anything racist in it is beyond me.  But thats the tactic, any criticism and they will just throw out the race card regardless of rather it even makes sense.

 Let's see, if you have spent years pushing guilt over racial injustices that a vast majority of Americans never perpetrated(or for that matter, neither did their ancestors) and had used your propaganda arm to condition the public that any mention of race, except for those pushed by said arm, should be construed as racist and you then found yourself in the position to exploit the situation you have created, would it really matter that you lacked a legitimate talking point from which to start?  Of course not, just have your.....Hey what's that smell...is that...BO?...toss it out there and your off to the races. I applaud the Republicans for staying away from race, hell, they don't need to stoop to that level to expose...That smell again...BO?....for the fraud that he is.

 Unfortunatley, we are now going to be assaulted for the next 4 months with this type of manipulation and I am sad to say it will sway voters to....uhhhnnn...smell....BO....

I gotta go get some fresh air, that BO smell is making me sick. 

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

Don Marquis 1878-1937

If someone understands and agrees with Obama's policies but doesn't vote for him then that person could more likely be considered racist.

If someone disagrees with Obama's policies but doesn't vote for him that signficanly lessens the likelihood of racism being present.

But the real question is, besides the pie in the sky retoric, can anyone clearly state what his policies are and how they will be paid for?

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

Funny. The only ones that have been dwelling on race 24/7 since January have been Obama, his campaign and his adoring media (culminating in the night when Obama clinched the nomination - All they could talk about was Obama's race and the historical significance).

This "prediction" by Palmer - clearly directed at the big, bad, racist Republicans - is just more of the same.

Anybody who didn't KNOW this was coming after Bill Clinton, of all people, was thrown under the bus - without hesitation - by the media and the black community for his "racially insensitive" remarks back in Iowa/January (Obama's a "kid" / voting record a "fairy tale" = "racism") is a fool.

The media and the Obama crowd, for the next 4 months, will be all about painting the Republicans as snaggle-toothed racists, regardless of what McCain or anyone else says or does.

It's funny - and predictable - the way they start with some - ANY - criticism of Obama and gradually meander their way to the point where they can proclaim - "Look! An example of the "McCain camp" being racist."

Tim. Did you notice that Palmer said "we're, not "they're?"

..Race will play the falling knife in this… race. And you can bet your country club membership, we’re just getting started."

I'd take him at his word. The MSM is just getting geared up on their effort to interject and to keep race on the table for this election cycle.. and the producer is letting his playing cards be known - the instructions will come from the top at CNN.

(;~/ gary