Thou Shalt Not Criticize the Obamessiah!

Racist attacks are coming -- just you wait:

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Democrat Barack Obama, the first black candidate with a shot at winning the White House, says John McCain and his Republican allies will try to scare voters by saying Sen. Obama "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

A pedant's first thought is "Was he referring to President Hamilton or President Franklin?" But I guess I am just a racist. As Ludacris would say "paint the White House black and I'm sure that's got 'em terrified."

I could not be more disappointed with the lengthening list of topics that are "off-limits." (Chris Muir nailed it in a Day by Day cartoon.) I have cut some slack because it has been done mostly by subordinates and because it is too effective a tactic to expect them not to use.

But this is a direct statement by the candidate, making post-dated charges of racism, and I think it is time that we all called "Bullshit" on it.

UPDATE: I have been out pedanted -- er, pedanticized -- er, Glenn Reynols is worse:

Er, all those other presidents? Isn't there just one President on the dollar bill?

He has lots more on this.

2008 Posted by jk at July 31, 2008 10:54 AM