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Who's playing the race card?

Barack Obama says John McCain is trying to scare voters because he "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills," and the McCain camp cries foul.

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  • Thursday, July 31, 2008 07:25 PM

    who's playing the race card

    Obama's been getting away with playing the race card all along, lets face it. And, if Obama's latest statement isn't blatant racist inuendo, then I don't know what is.

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