Barack Obama should be ashamed of himself, that’s one, and two is: he can try this with his Republican opponent if he wins the Democratic nomination, but something tells me Republicans aren’t really down with dirty tricks like this.

What this entire episode has proven, though, is that Obama isn’t more innocent, or doesn’t fight less dirty than any of the other candidates. He’s also not the uniter he says he is. He is a divider. He’s purposefully playing the race card and race baiting whenever he can.

These are tactics that I personally don’t just find deplorable: it truly makes my blood boil. The Clintons have done a lot of work for African-Americans and now Obama and his minions are trying to convince blacks that the Clintons are, in reality, racists.

Taylor Marsh explains:

Using the race card against Hillary Clinton is laughable.

What it reveals is the signs of abject desperation by Mr. Obama and his campaign, which is obviously hoping to inflame African Americans in South Carolina in order to push him across the finish line to victory. Because after the New Hampshire loss, Obama is now under real pressure and simply has to win in South Carolina. The loss in New Hampshire knocked them back into a defensive crouch and they’re going overtly negative on the one issue that is sure to inflame everyone: race. Obviously, they think it’s an ace for them so they’re going to hit that emotional card and hit it hard.

Now, after Jackson and Dyson, here comes the campaign’s final pitch. It’s an email being forwarded around that I got from a reader who has access, so I’m obviously not the only one receiving it. I haven’t seen it posted so far, but it’s important so I’m offering it in part. One caveat, I cannot confirm that this came straight from the Obama camp, so I’m presenting it as received. There was no “to” and “from” at the top, but the body of the email printed below is exactly as I received it. Notice the signature line at the bottom. The email sent to me offers the original email under the name of Obama’s South Carolina Press Secretary. Someone who forwarded it originally either forgot or intentionally left on Obama’s South Carolina Press Secretary’s name and information. I have taken her cell phone number and direct Obama campaign number off…

This is exactly how campaigns push their narrative to the press. I don’t get Obama’s material and they don’t return my emails, but I know how this is done.

The Obama campaign started playing the race card immediately after Obama lost New Hampshire with Jackson Jr., then upped the dialogue with Dyson, going further with the above press release. Playing the race card before South Carolina? It fits right in with the ugly politics that is regularly seen in that state every time the presidential primaries roll around.

I have to say that I find this to be very disappointing. American politics are extremely dirty, we all know that, but one wonders why American voters accept all the BS. They don’t just accept it, they even happily play along.

A message to Obama: you should win because you’re the best, not because you’re black. Stop playing the race card. The ‘white man’ isn’t ‘keeping you down’ nor the ‘white woman.’ If you win it’s because you’re the best candidate, if you lose it’s because you’re, wait for it, not the best.

I was just thinking: Obama’s in office. Decided to do something with regardst o foreign policy. Europe says “well, we can’t support you.” Obama’s reaction?

RACISTS!

That won’t play very well on an international stage.

Lastly also read this post at MyDD:

Obama is on a roll, another Obama smear memo has been intercepted by Clinton campaign. This time, Obama smeared President Clinton of giving a for-profit speech on 911. What makes this incident even worse is that this faked story appears being copied directly from Druge. TPM has the scoop.

So much for a “new kind of politics”.