McCain Says Criticizing Obama For Using "Race Card" Is Fair Game

By: John Bentley
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

(RACINE, WISC.) – John McCain said he agreed with his campaign manager Rick Davis who accused Barack Obama of bringing the issue of race into the presidential campaign, saying it was a fair criticism of the Obama campaign.

"It is. I'm sorry to say that it is. It's legitimate," McCain told CNN today. "And there's no place in this campaign for that. There's no place for it and we shouldn't be doing it."

Davis released his statement this morning in response to Obama's comments yesterday in Missouri.

"Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck," Davis said. "It's divisive, negative, shameful and wrong."

Obama said yesterday that McCain is trying to make voters "scared" of him. "He's not patriotic enough. He's got a funny name. You know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills, you know. He's risky," Obama said. "That's essentially the argument they're making."

Obama senior strategist Robert Gibbs said McCain's statements were distracting.

"Barack Obama in no way believes that the McCain campaign is using race as an issue, but he does believe they're using the same old low-road politics to distract voters from the real issues in this campaign," Gibbs said.

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by vincan-2009 August 1, 2008 4:06 AM EDT: Why has it been lately that every network spouts that McCain has a new ad and then plays it several times while showing it to different people on their programs. This is getting old. The Networks are doing the work of the republicans who are throwing these ads to them to use. When have we heard lately about Obama''s new ad, and then have it played over and over, while it is discussed with various people on the program. I am waiting and I am going to get fed up. Senator Obama deserves to have his ads played just as often in your propaganda effort.; Reply to this comment


by d55may August 1, 2008 2:02 AM EDT: Shame on you people. That man was tortured so you could sit on yur fat ***** breathing fressdom. You people are all crazy.; Reply to this comment


by PacificGatePost July 31, 2008 10:50 PM EDT: IT%u2019S NOT JUST BECAUSE CAMPAIGN ADS ARE NEGATIVE THAT THEY ARE A PROBLEM ---

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-evidence-that-republicans-dont.html

McCain%u2019s campaign may be getting torpedoed by Republicans.; Reply to this comment


by american1000 July 31, 2008 8:45 PM EDT: John McCain is just sleazy, and he knows it!!!!

John McCain is a man who called his own wife a CU*NT!!!
John McCain is a man who called his own wife, Cindy McCain a CU*NT, and did it infront of three reporter, and his own campaign staff.

So I am NOT AT ALL surprised by any of the things John McCain says or does!!!!; Reply to this comment


by wellhell3 July 31, 2008 8:32 PM EDT: Obscamma''s just getting mean and nasty because of his frustration that nobody bought his overseas tour krap after his used up a gazillion dollars for it!; Reply to this comment


by wellhell3 July 31, 2008 8:31 PM EDT: Translation of Obscamma''s bull *****: low road=racism

He does this krap all the time!; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 July 31, 2008 8:01 PM EDT: I hope this campaign won%u2019t descend into being only about prejudice, discrimination, and insensitivity. I want to make this perfectly clear that I%u2019m not one to stoop down the gutter of intolerance in reference to one%u2019s maturity or lack of coherent cognizance. I don%u2019t believe in the practice of ageism, I just think John McCain is TOO OLD TO BE THE PRESIDENT!; Reply to this comment


by ariel133 July 31, 2008 7:47 PM EDT: Obama is looking for a fight and because McCain would rather have a discussion than a fight what does that tell about these two men? One is too inexperianced to lead, the other is ready. Simple, really.; Reply to this comment