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| Obama for playing race card |
| McCain slams Obama for playing race card
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 1-August-2008
8:25:0 AM |
| Republican John McCain, under fire for a mocking offensive on Barack Obama's star power, lashed out on Friday at his Democratic White House rival for playing the "race card."
The presidential race took another nasty lurch with McCain's campaign reacting furiously to claims from the African-American Obama that his opponents plan to exploit his name and appearance as an electoral issue.
"Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It's divisive, negative, shameful and wrong," said McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis in a statement.
In Missouri, Obama had said McCain's campaign was mounting personal attacks against him to divert attention from what he said was a dearth of solutions to America's problems.
"You know, 'he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name. You know, he doesn't look like all those other residents on those dollar bills, you know, he's risky," Obama said, mocking supposed attacks against him.
Race has not so far emerged as a major issue in the contest between McCain and Obama, who is vying to be the first black President in US history.
But former president Bill Clinton did complain that Obama aides were exploiting the race issue to curry favour with African-American voters, during the Democratic primary race with Hillary Clinton.
The spat was the latest exchange in an increasingly personal contest, and came day after McCain's camp mocked Obama's celebrity by comparing him in a television ad to troubled op culture icons Britney Spears an Paris Hilton.
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