The Only One Using Race In This Campaign is Obama

Barack Obama has become a bit of a whiner, complaining about Republican tactics that haven't even been used:

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Republicans to highlight the fact that he is black as part of an effort to make voters afraid of him.

"It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy," Obama told a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida. "We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid.

"They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?"

He said he was also set for Republicans to say "he's got a feisty wife," in trying to attack his wife Michelle.

"We know the strategy because they've already shown their cards. Ultimately I think the American people recognize that old stuff hasn't moved us forward. That old stuff just divides us," he said.

So, let's address some of these issues:

• "He's young and inexperienced" - correct. He's not qualified for the job he seeks, not based on his age, but based on his lack of qualifications. Reading teleprompters well is not an automatic qualifier for president.
• "He's got a funny name" - yeah, but it's not the funny part that concerns voters, it's the "Hussein" part.
• "He's got a feisty wife" - not feisty, but a radical black liberation leftist who seems to have a lot of influence on her husband.
• "He's black" - not really, he's only half black. Most Republicans would eagerly vote for a black candidate if that candidate were conservative and qualified for the job.

Nobody in the GOP is using any of the items above except the first one to oppose Obama. Certainly the only one using race at this point is Obama and his radical wife. This is another attempt to innoculate himself against any and all future criticism, but it's starting to sound a bit like whining.