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Color Me Racist
Its now official. I'm a racist. No less than a former president of the United States has declared that if I oppose the takeover of 17% of our economy under the guise of health care reform, I hate black people. According to President Carter, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's objection to a 'misstatement' in President Obama's speech to Congress last week was an act "based on racism" and rooted in fears of a black president. And a Rasmussen survey shows that fully 12% of Americans agree with him. The old media has chimed in, with the left's favorite columnist, Maureen Dowd, going a step further. Rep. Joe Wilson said, "You lie' to Obama. But Maureen Dowd heard, "You lie, boy." Boy being one of the many politically incorrect words the left has decided is an indicator of racism. Point made. Case closed. Another columnist, E. Danielle Egan, has joined the growing chorus. In the Philadelphia Enquirer, Egan blithely dismissed the app. 2 million protestors who turned out last weekend to protest Obama's policies, writing them off as illegitimate. "So I have decided it's time that what I've been watching be called what I believe it is: racism." She continues, "The level of rage being expressed is different and out of sync with what we know from the past." I guess she was visiting Atlantis during the Bush years, or something.
And just in case anyone has missed the point, ABC has devoted a full story to the racist motives of the Obama protestors. So there. The media and political elite have spoken. Any opposition to Obama means the protestor is a bad person. A person unable to see beyond the color of his skin. A racist. (Isn't that called profiling?)
Conveniently for these elites, they have also decided that responding to ignorant racists is quite beneath them. Being a racist is bad, therefore there is absolutely no need to respond to the underlying complaint. Whew. This is the ultimate free pass. It almost makes me wish I had been born black. Then I could make any claims I want, without any facts to back them up, and still maintain the moral high ground. I could blame every bad decision I ever made on racism and, best of all, put my opponents in the impossible situation of trying to prove a negative.
I would gain membership in the ever growing class of 'victims', which automatically grants me immunity from the normal rules of civilized behavior. The fact that Joe Wilson was quite correct in branding Obama a liar is not the point. By diverting the issue to racial animus, Obama's 'misstatement' is conveniently overlooked. This is called a win-win situation. Wilson's audacity in branding Obama a liar has caused a national firestorm. The left is in high dudgeon, quickly spinning the truth of Wilson's (admittedly disrespectful) assertion into a condemnation of his integrity, topping it off with the unprecedented act of issuing a formal rebuke from the House. Bad boy! (Can I say that?) Not mentioned in this national brou haha is Sen Reid's Dec 15, 2004 statement, where he called called President Bush a liar. "President Bush is a liar. He betrayed Nevada and he betrayed the country."
I guess its OK to call white guys liars. Even when they can't come up with any specific lie. Its just something everyone knows. Bush lied. Strangely enough, I've never been taken up on my challenge to pay $100.00 to anyone who can cite a specific lie that Bush told. I digress. Also not included in the conversation the left is successfully controlling, is President Obama's statement last week branding Kanye West a jackass. But, hey, West is black...this is starting to get confusing. I'm in awe of the left. Though they have admitted not knowing the details of the 1,000 plus pages of the Obama health care 'reform', they have managed to divine what is in my heart. And the hearts of millions of others. And it's called racism. Despite having elected a black president, the left would have us believe that the millions of whites who voted for Obama still hate black people. They would have us believe that, even though we can't see it, racism is still a dominant force in America. Its just evolved into the silent 'institutional' kind of racism that no one can quantify. But its still there. I guess we just have to take their word for it. If we dare question their premise, we're racists. Game, set and match.
Nancy Morgan is a columnist and news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina
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at 03:04 on September 17th, 2009
Nancy: Finally someone gets it! Yes! Republicans are bad and Democrats are good! Whites are racists and people of color are not! And President Obama is half black and therefore he's an African American and therefore anyone that differs with his policies is a racist. In all seriousness though the "racist" label is being used so frequently that it's now to the point of the absurd and indeed meaningless and as a result, people are starting to not give a crap anymore about being called "racist". I think that Jimmy Carter is on a guilt trip of sorts for being a cracker.
at 03:56 on September 17th, 2009
I'm sure you could draw a Venn diagram with Racists in one circle and People Opposed To Obama in the other... and sure, there's going to be an overlap, but really...
at 04:38 on September 17th, 2009
Hurrah for Nancy. Well written and bravely presented.
Thank You.
at 05:53 on September 17th, 2009
Very well written and very insightful in content.
I was wondering how long it would take for the bigots who don't like Obama to play the race card when it comes to one of Obama's proposed changes to this country.
The problem is, we're had such shoddy and criminal government for so long, that its all anyone these days knows. So change to a good government and one that is FOR the people and FOR honesty is such a foreign idea, that they can't handle it.
Truth is, we all need to chill and let Obama do his job.
at 06:06 on September 17th, 2009
It would seem the party of Reagan, which claimed to stand for personal accountability, now is the party of the victim.
at 06:38 on September 17th, 2009
Out of the ballpark homerun. I couldn't have said it better myself and believe me I have tried. On a side note, I love your $100 offer for a Bush lie. I'll have to try that myself to shut down some of these useful idiots.
at 07:55 on September 17th, 2009
For that $100 - do I have to use a specific website or will any of Bush's lies do?
As for a starter - why did Bush lie about Iraq, which led to the invasion?
And, is it $100 per lie or just $100?
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Blaine Metzgarat 10:36 on September 17th, 2009
Fear not Nancy, they may 'color your racist' but they Color Me Badd.
at 10:43 on September 17th, 2009
I'm not sure I understand this part:
"Also not included in the conversation the left is successfully controlling, is President Obama's statement last week branding Kanye West a jackass. But, hey, West is black...this is starting to get confusing."
He called Kanye West a jackass because he is a jackass for what he did, not because of the colour of his skin I thought? If Kid Rock did it, he'd still be a jackass wouldn't he?
at 15:50 on September 17th, 2009
Great story as usual Nancy
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Chris Carter (not verified)at 19:38 on September 17th, 2009
How many websites has this piece been placed on? Why is the poster putting this piece on so many websites? Nothing new here, just refried beans.
at 05:42 on September 18th, 2009
MMMMMMMMMM-----refried beans...........drrrrrrrooooooooooolllllllll
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HonestAbe (not verified)at 09:22 on October 30th, 2009
This is sad and embarrassing. As a black woman who has to listen to Liberals make my life a sob story and redneck blacks refuse to wake up, I am at a loss. I do not agree with all of what Obama says. And I don't like feeling pressure to support someone because of my race. If its wrong for one its wrong for us all to base anything on race. This call of racism has gone to far. Once we stood up and spoke the truth when we spoke of racism. Now its a tool of manipulation. It's as though too many black people have become permanent victims who feel they can lash out. It is as though many blacks truly believe that they cannot live their dreams, as if their is an obstacle in their course. There is, themselves.