It simply amazes me that Obamabots (including those writing in the media) continue to believe the nonsense that Barack "doesn't want this campaign to be about race."

Who are we fooling here? Are they desperately trying to make themselves believe this? Surely they must realize that those of us outside the cult aren't buying this

In today's Washington Post, Peter Beinart writes:

Barack Obama has a problem. He really, really doesn't want this
campaign to be about race. He wants it to be about change, President
Bush, the economy, gas prices, Iraq, Afghanistan -- almost anything
else. But it is going to be about race, at least in part. That's the
lesson of recent weeks, when the McCain campaign brought up race (on
the pretext that Obama had brought it up first). The Obama campaign
tried desperately to change the subject but couldn't. Once the chum was
in the water, the media sharks went wild.

Obama should take that as a warning. Race will be central to this
campaign because McCain needs it to be. He simply doesn't have many
other cards to play.

Where to start?

Obama made this campaign about race long before McCain clinched the GOP nomination, and the evidence is well-documented on my blog.

Furthermore, McCain has built a long-term career in the U.S. Senate. Whether one agrees with it or not, John McCain has a record. He is certainly not the candidate who has no "other cards to play." That dubious honor goes to the very-junior Senator of less than one-term from the State of Illinois.

You know, the one with little to no experience.

The one who sat in Jeremiah Wright's race-baiting church for 20 years.

The Anointed One who played the race card over and over and over again against Hillary Clinton in the primaries.

The One who has his supporters convinced he doesn't want to make this campaign about race.

Source: NObama-Not Now, Not Ever