I’m a democrat, because of what the republicans have done, and will do if allowed. This is hard to understand?

I never thought of the Clintons as being even remotely racist, but such statements made in very public places during a hotly contested primary election were horrible blunders. FOX News gave them all a tremendous amount of play. And, of course, a lot of Obama people picked up on them and used them to fullest advantage.

If that’s playing the race card, I suppose it’s been played. I disagree that it ever should have been. But you need to keep in mind that it wasn’t Obama who dealt the card into the game.

You need only remember that the racist accusation has been used far more against Obama than on his behalf. I doubt if a day goes by that I don’t see at least a dozen references to Reverend Wright, presented as evidence that Obama is a racist. I remember when I couldn’t turn on the TV without seeing carefully edited Reverend Wright out-takes being used to discredit a member of his congregation. Sometimes it seemed like they were playing them at 15 minute intervals.

You honestly expect to play a game like that without drawing some return fire?

As a matter of fact, I don’t go to church. That was an adult decision. I owe my moral sensibilites to very good parenting. I attended an Episcopalian high school during the 1960s, and likely owe some of my left-leaning social consciousness to that.

An example of “using the race card” would be purposely stategizing to wrongly paint your Democratic opponent as racist. For one Democrat to do that to another is unthinkable, IMO, and that completely disgusting tactic was compounded by the fact that Obama campaigned as someone who wants to bring the country together.