Black Conservative Group Rips Obama

Washington Post: Radio Ads Call Democratic Candidate A Racist And An Elitist

(Washingtonpost.com)  This story was written by Darryl Fears in washingtonpost.com's blog The Trail.

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From the black conservatives who brought you radio ads two years ago claiming that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican come the new summer blockbusters: ads calling Sen. Barack Obama a racist and an elitist.

King, of course, was an independent, not a Republican -- but that didn't stop the National Black Republican Association (NBRA) from airing their claim on urban radio. Now spots entitled "Arrogant Obama" and "Bitter Obama" are coming to radio stations serving black America, where more than 90 percent of voters supported Obama in Democratic primaries. The NBRA ads will begin airing July 7 in battleground states, according to the group's chair.

The mudslinging injects the issue of race into the presidential campaign with a ferocity unseen thus far. In voiceovers, a narrator claims that much of the Democratic Party is comprised of white racists who will never vote for Obama. The ads ignore the party's 40-year transformation from being a haven for southern Dixiecrats who blocked black progress to a haven for black voters who've helped put the vast majority of black elected officials into office, including, potentially, the first black president.

Here's a sample of what you might hear on your radio: "Bitter is what Obama called blacks and whites who love God. Racist is what Obama called his white grandmother who raised him and made sacrifices so Obama could get a good education and become a millionaire," says the narrator one of the spots.

"Obama's mentor for 20-years was Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who said innocent Americans deserved to die on September 11th," says the voiceover in another.

What Obama actually said about some Pennsylvanian voters: " ... It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them ..." And, during his race speech in Philadelphia, of his grandmother: "I can no more disown him [the Rev. Wright] than I can disown my white grandmother -- a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me . . . but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed her by on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe."

The NBRA is led by Frances Rice of Sarasota, Fla., a former Army officer and avowed conservative. Her tactics have led other black Republicans to quit the organization. Christopher Arps, a former spokesman, left the group after disagreeing with Rice about strategy.

"Anyone with any sense knows that most black people were Republican at one time," Arps said when the ad ran two years ago. "But it's a far stretch to think that in the '60s Martin Luther King was a Republican."

Arps said Rice's actions were counterproductive to the NBRA's goal of drawing more African Americans to the Republican Party.

Judging by some reactions, the Obama ads might also be a hindrance. "I'm confused as to why any African American would be a Republican in this day and age," says Missouri state Rep. Robin Wright-Jones, a Democrat. "I don't remember Obama saying any of that in a speech."

[tachoma-2009]

You can always find one (Frances Rice) that will always be in jail just minus the bars.

[nirak2-2009]

How any black or gay person can be a conservative or support them is beyond me.

[wardoglrs]

I hope the BC throw this low life Welfare Dem out on his a s s

[blackshaft-2009]

Obama: I''''m Committed To Ending War right now for you democrats and in Ten years for you republicans republicans! I have to access the situation when I get into office!

[dnsallday]

Obama is asking us ALL to pay attention and get involved, he is asking us to listen to what he has to say, and to take some initiative to look up all of the specifics he has laid out in his "blueprint for America" (available on his website)for how he would like to implement change. In other words Obama is trying to help educate low information voters so they don''t have to keep repeating hate speech that they get from talk radio.
He is asking us to step up to the plate and take some responsibility for moving this country forward in a way that benefits us all (not just the top 1%, like McCain%u2019s plans would do).

Continuing his week-long focus on patriotism and national service, Sen. Barack Obama will lay out a plan Wednesday to create new volunteer and service opportunities to address some of the nation''s most pressing challenges.
"We will ask Americans to serve. We will create new opportunities for Americans to serve. And we will direct that service to our most pressing national challenges.
"When you choose to serve %u2014 whether it''s your nation, your community, or simply your neighbor, You are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That is why this is a great nation,"

[Blondshag]

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON is the GREATEST campaigner in all American History!
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON is the BETTER of the two Democratic Presidential Candidates!
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON is the candidate that can GET AMERICA BACK ON TRACK...WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE!

IT IS TOO BAD THAT THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND THE SUPERDELEGATES ''CHESTED'' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AS OF TODAY....HOPEFULLY THE DNC AND SUPERDELEGATES WILL DO SOME SERIOUS SOUL SEARCHING AND REALIZE THAT HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON IS THE CANDIDATE THAT AMERICA NEEDS TO GET AMERICA BACK ON TRACK!

MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. IS THERE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING THAT CAN BE PRESENTED THAT AMERICA DID NOT KNOW ABOUT?

MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A MAN THAT STAYED THE COURSE FOR MANY YEARS OF HIS LIFE.

MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS NOT ''WISHY - WASHY'' AND I CAN''T VOTE A PERSON THAT IS ''WISHY - WASHY'' SUCH AS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA....SORRY!

THIS ELECTION IS NOT ABOUT ''RACE, GENDER, OR COLOR'' AND JOHN MCCAIN IS THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL STAY THE COURSE...JOHN MCCAIN IS NOT ''WISHY - WASHY''.

But, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the right president for America.....she will stay the course.

[wothah]

I can''t believe that anybody has anything bad to say about Miss Rice, she is not only the one that should be running for the Comander in Chief job, but she has more brains, common sense, experance plus she would be the one that would not only keep us out of any future wars, but would be the one to end this one in a postiive way!!

[deacon20081]

I don''t care who wins the election..so long as it is Not another Republican. Most people vote Against someone, not necessairly for someone else. The majority appear to be ready to Vote Against Senator McCain.

[luvienne]

2000 Fooled 2004 Fooled again 2008 Not this time

[dnsallday]

So when does the media start reporting on the ''white liberal groups'' who are against McCain?

You have here a small group of conservative religious extremists who are willing to say anything to bring Obama down. SO???? What does the color of their skin have to do with anything???