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Obama says McCain will scare voters by saying 'he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills'
John McCain has accused his rival for the White House, Barack Obama, of 'playing the race card' in his bid to win the presidency.
The Republican candidate's attack came after Obama told voters in Missouri: 'Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face.
'So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me.'
The Democrat candidate, who could become America's first black president, said his rivals will say of him: 'You know, "he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name," 'he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."'
In response to Obama's comments, McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis said in a statement today: "Obama played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck."
He called Obama's remarks 'divisive, negative, shameful and wrong'.
But Obama's spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said the Democrat senator's comments were not about race but the fact he is younger than most previous presidents.
Mr Gibbs said: 'What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington.'
'There is nothing more to this than the fact that he was describing that he was new to the political scene. He was referring to the fact that he didn't come into the presidential race with the history of others. It is not about race.'
During his visit to Missouri, an economically challenged key election state, Obama sought to discredit his opponent by saying McCain would serve the equivalent of a third Bush term if elected.
He said the country can't afford more of the same and expects different results.
John McCain has accused his rival for the White House, Barack Obama, of 'playing the race card' in his bid to win the presidency.
The Republican candidate's attack came after Obama told voters in Missouri: 'Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face.
'So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me.'
The Democrat candidate, who could become America's first black president, said his rivals will say of him: 'You know, "he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name," 'he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."'
In response to Obama's comments, McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis said in a statement today: "Obama played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck."
He called Obama's remarks 'divisive, negative, shameful and wrong'.
But Obama's spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said the Democrat senator's comments were not about race but the fact he is younger than most previous presidents.
Mr Gibbs said: 'What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington.'
'There is nothing more to this than the fact that he was describing that he was new to the political scene. He was referring to the fact that he didn't come into the presidential race with the history of others. It is not about race.'
During his visit to Missouri, an economically challenged key election state, Obama sought to discredit his opponent by saying McCain would serve the equivalent of a third Bush term if elected.
He said the country can't afford more of the same and expects different results.
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