Barack Obama once claimed to be beyond partisanship. His latest demagogic attack proves that he’s a bitter partisan who is exploiting the fear/race card. Here’s how clumsily he played the race card:

“It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy,” Obama told a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida. “We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run. They’re going to try to make you afraid.

“They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?”

Frankly, Barack Obama presents a great target for Republicans. He’s clueless on foreign policy (He’s said he’d meet with Ahmadinejad and Chavez before he said he’d meet with Gen. Petraeus); he’s in the hip pocket of the environmental extremists on drilling on the OCS (Mark Warner, Jim Webb and Tim Kaine are at odds with him on that). Moreover, Obama thinks it’s smart to give terrorists more rights than the Haditha Marines have received.

Worst of all, he’s said that gas isn’t too expensive, just that it got to $4/gallon too fast.

He’s almost right about one thing. He says that Republicans will try to make voters afraid of him. I said almost because we won’t have to. We’ll merely point out when he says scary things. We’ll point out his 24 flip-flop on Israel, first saying that we’d staunchly stand by Israel under all conditions, then backtracking a day later when Muslim special interest groups whined about that policy.

There’s a purpose behind Obama’s playing the race card. It’s obvious that he’ll pull that out of his pocket anytime Republicans point out his policy deficiencies. He’ll then say that Republicans are racists who are making personal attacks on him and on his race.

He’s hoping that his baseless accusations will divert attention away from his foreign policy ineptitude and his incoherence with regards to economic policy. We all remember his bumbling answer on capital gains taxes, right? If not, here’s a reminder:

This is one of the clumsiest ways to play the race card I’ve ever seen. It’s also worth noting that this is pure allegation on Sen. Obama’s behalf:

“We know the strategy because they’ve already shown their cards. Ultimately I think the American people recognize that old stuff hasn’t moved us forward. That old stuff just divides us,” he said.

TRANSLATION: In the Gospel according to the Obamessiah, Republicans are racist for pointing out his wife’s anti-American statements. If you’re gonna use her on the campaign trail, expect Republicans to critique what she says. Not only that but we’ll critique what Sen. Obama says about our critiques.

Technorati: Obama, Michelle Obama, Race Card, Capital Gains Tax, Debates, Ahmadinejad, David Petraeus, National Security, Election 2008

Cross-posted at California Conservative