The Navy was a racist organization that did not start to run over many leaves until at least the Carter administration. John Sidney McCain & John Sidney McCain, Jr., both attained high rank and presided over organizations that was so racist that it did not have African American cooks - the chefs, servers, personal assistants, etc. for Navy captains, admirals, and other flag officers were almost all came from Phillipine families.

Anyone know what McCain's record is for hiring brown and/or black staffers?

He's pissed because he's a narcissist. And a sociopath. And he's been unable to manipulate the public into wanting to give him the admiration we have for Obama. He's a 72 year old "baby" - deprived of his thumb!

He's pissed because he's gonna lose and he knows it. He's pissed because he's gonna lose to a "colored feller."

And don't discount his pissedoffedness from knowing this was his last shot, and George Bush served not one but 2 terms.

Plus, he's just a pissed off kinda dude. (Can't say I wouldn't be if I did time as a POW, but then, if I thought it was interfering with my ability to handle the job the way it should be handled, I wouldn't run for that job in particular.)

Obama didn't even get to answer that question. After McCain flung that bugger at him, "That One", Brokaw just went to another question without allowing Obama the opportunity to respond.

Like Obama has done throughout the primary and the presidential campaigns, he reminded the world what a class act looks like.

I think McCain is pissed off because he's losing to a young man that just came on the scene. McCain believes it's his RIGHT to become president. My mom, who is older than McCain has used that same term "that one" when describing someone that she has disdain for. It's an old way of speaking, not some big racist code.

Somehow I recall back in 2004 the only accomplishment Bush was touting for minorities in his campaign was the increases in home ownership rates and the new ownership society.

Remarks by the President on Homeownership
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, D.C., June 18, 2002:

....The goal is, everybody who wants to own a home has got a shot at doing so. The problem is we have what we call a homeownership gap in America. Three-quarters of Anglos own their homes, and yet less than 50 percent of African Americans and Hispanics own homes. … So I've set this goal for the country. We want 5.5 million more homeowners by 2010—million more minority homeowners by 2010. (Applause.)...

October 15, 2002 White House Conference on Increasing Minority Homeownership.

James Moody
McCain is pissed because he's a racist. He can't help but express it. He feels it. He is living it.

You're going to have a hard time convincing a lot of people on that given the physical appearance of his daughter Bridget;

Here's a family portrait from 1999:
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/12/27/us/27mccainkids.1.ready.html

For theone718....
You may be correct.....However my feeling is that the fact that Obama is all of what you say, and on top of that is Black that compounds the situation.

I haven't seen anything to make me think McCain is racist. I think he has a low opinion of "Joe SixPack," yet another reason to pick the toxic Sarah. The guy he was specifically condescending to was a young black guy, but he was pretty much condenscending to everyone, at times talking like a kindergarten teacher when he was trying to explain something.

He clearly loathes Barack Obama, but I think it is because it is Obama who is keeping him from upping his father and grandfather. Only McCain (and probably Cindy) know if he is racist, but I'm pretty sure he has little or no women; it is painfully obvious in the way he has treated them in his life. I can't help but wonder why Cindy stuck it out with him.

I think we should stick with the John McCain is a racist charge. Then we can all breathe a collective sign of relief because we're voting for the non-racist, which makes us better than the people who are voting for the racist. It's good to be better. I like being better, and I also like being told that I'm better. If we all do the same thing then we can tell each other we're all better. That would be even better than not being told that we're better. I feel better now. I'm glad we had another post that points the finger of racism; it really is better that this keeps happening.

surface!!!

Of course McCain has reasons, other than race, to feel such obvious resentment towards Obama. McCain graduated near the bottom of his class at Annapolis; Obama is so clearly his intellectual superior. McCain received his appointment to Annapolis, at least in part, because of his father's rank (Admiral); Obama received a superior education with no "legacy" pressure, soley on merit. I don't blame McCain for feeling that way; that's very human. I'd feel that way, too, probably, but I hope that my response would not be so childish.

McCain's not pissed because he's losing to a black man -- he's pissed because he's losing to a green man. "Green" as in inexperienced. Read the Atlantic Monthly article "Reconcilable Differences." McCain does not respect Obama -- after watching the first two debates, I think I'm safe in saying that he hates Obama with the heat of a thousand suns -- because he sees him as young and inexperienced. He really can't believe he's losing to "that one." He doesn't think Obama belongs on the same stage, much less on the Presidential ballot.

Any way you cut it, McCain has an insider/outsider mentality. To know where you stand, you have to know who is beyond the circle of honor. You can't concede patriotism to someone whose ideas of it differ from yours and you can't imagine that people who haven't benefited from the American economy have any grounds for complaint (unless their complaints could keep you from being elected). Whether his insider/outsider mentality includes a racial hue is anyone's guess, but it wouldn't surprise me.

My take on "that one" is McCain is either racist, and was putting Obama down, or more scary, early Altzheimers. Add to that he looks horrible, like something out of "Tales From The Crypt". McCadaver, is what I see. I had a crochety old Uncle like him he also had anger issues and was a bully. Can any one say McCadaver looks Presidential?

Folks,

Some of you act as if McCain’s behavior has to be motivated by one thing or the other. It's probably all of the above, including ingrained (if subconscious) beliefs about race. So many of you get squeamish when it comes to suggestions of race or racialism as a factor. Perhaps it would help to differentiate racialism from racism in this regard. This distinction might clarify things, and ease some of the sensitivity.

Race is a fundamental factor on a global level, and is definitely ingrained in American society. Its influence is felt in nearly every aspect of American life, and in almost all our interactions from the neighborhoods we live in, to how we socialize, etc. It isn't always evidence of something horrible, and it doesn't always have negative outcomes. I suspect consciousness of Barak's race, and how he carries his racial experience is one of the factors making him so attractive to many of his white supporters. If that’s the case, that’s a good thing. It reflects an understanding that this experience is nothing to fear, but actually might contribute to depth and nuanced understanding. In a less positive way, I wouldn't doubt McCain's consciousness of Barak's race is among the things making it that much harder to lose to him. McCain’s voting history relative to issues of civil rights and equality don’t suggest a man ahead of his time.

Race consciousness in American society exists; it's real; and can play out in multiple complex ways, some good, many not so good. The worst thing we can do is be so sensitive at the mention of it, that we pretend it's not a factor at all. Relax. Can't we talk about this?? Progress will never be made if we don't.

McCain doesn't hate Obama because of race, ideology, experience, or age. McCain hates Obama because Obama is standing in his way. Period. This is an even more base urge than disagreements or racism. McCain wants the presidency and Obama has dared challenge him for it.

There won't be enough water in the world for John McCain to wash his hands with if this frenzy that he is creating leads to something tragic.