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Here’s the ad:

Here’s the reaction Karen Tumulty at Time:

When politicians interject race into a campaign, they seldom do it directly. Consider McCain’s new ad, which the campaign says it will be airing nationally. This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman.

Is it John McCain’s fault that both Barack Obama and Franklin Raines are black?  I’m thinking McCain probably would have run this same ad even of both men were white.

This racial sensitivity surrounding Obama is absurd.  No mainstream conservative or Republican has attacked Obama for being black.  No mainstream conservative or Republican really cares that Obama is black.  The only people who have been bringing up Barry O’s skin color is Barack Obama, his campaign and his sycophants in the media.

And I’m getting a little tired of it.

Barack Obama is not a victim.  He’s a mainstream political candidate who is going to have to suffer criticism like everyone else.