Color Me Racist

[Nancy Morgan]

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

[Gary Freedman]

Rev Wright is a graduate of my high school, The Central High School of Philadelphia.

[Gary Freedman]

"Are you serious? Partially because Anita Hill was the same race as Thomas, and because Thomas' alleged actions transcended any racial stereotypes."

I'm not talking about the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. I'm talking about liberal criticism of Thomas's positions on the bench. How do you know those criticisms are not motivated by racism?

[Snagg]

Rev Wright was a good pastor - until he got a whiff of celebrity, and went over the edge. He wasn't always like that video clip that FoxNEWS played 600 times a day, you know....But then, that wouldn't fit into your opinion of him, now would it? Admittedly, Mike Brown had the sense to slink back into the woodwork when he made an ass of himself...

And, don't try to equivocate and change the subject. Where's my hundred dollars?

[Nancy Morgan]

If Bush lied when he complimented Brownie on a good job, then by the same token, did Obama lie when he called Rev Wright a good pastor?

[Whiny Old Bastard]

An interesting article.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090918/ap_on_re_us/us_crying_racism

[Snagg]

Are you serious? Partially because Anita Hill was the same race as Thomas, and because Thomas' alleged actions transcended any racial stereotypes.

Besides, it was the "no-good stinking Libs" that fought for, sacrificed for and got passed into law the civil rights that guaranteed Thomas his shot at the Supreme Court in the first place. Accusing the Left of being bigoted against a person based on their color would be the heighth of lunacy.
(Especially when looney right-wing dingbats try to claim that Libs are prejudiced against white people.)

[Gary Freedman]

Why is it that liberal critics of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is African American, are not labeled as racist? Is there a double standard at work here?

[Snagg]

Joe Wilson: Liar? Or Fact-Challenged Blowhard?

We can't really know whether or not Wilson deliberately mangled that particular aspect of Obama's health care reform bill - Did Wilson know that he himself was factually incorrect and then went ahead and lied anyway, or did he just stupidly rely on some aide's reading and interpretation of the bill, and bluffed his way through, hoping to exploit the "Grassroots Outrage" and other fake scaremongering tactics that have been used to defeat this much-needed bit of legislation?

Short Version: Was Joe Wilson Wrong and Stupid, or was he just Opportunistically Stupid?

But then....We could ask the same of you, couldn't we?

And the "millions" of marchers hogwash - ? I heard one reporter announce that he'd seen bigger - and better behaved - crowds at a Montreal Expos game.


And, I'll give you that One Specific Lie that Bush told: "Brownie, You're Doin' A Heck Of A Job!"

I'll take that $100.00 in the form of a check or money order, if you please. (I'm fully expecting you to welsh on that promise, by the way. Then that could make you a plain old common, everyday liar, without dragging all that messy "racist" stuff into it all, since you're so sensitive about that aspect of it.)

[Bull]

“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”

By furthering this lie, in my opinion you have lost any credibility you may have had either here or in the blog you keep pushing on this site. Better-known right wing blogers, such as Michelle Malkin whom reported 2 million retracted and apologized to ABC.
So please do your research and don’t publish lies.

ABC News Was Misquoted on Crowd Size
Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, the group that organized the event, said on stage at the rally Saturday that ABC News was reporting that 1 million to 1.5 million people were in attendance.
At no time did ABC News, or its affiliates, report a number anywhere near as large. ABCNews.com reported an approximate figure of 60,000 to 70,000 protesters, attributed to the Washington, D.C., fire department. In its reports, ABC News Radio described the crowd as "tens of thousands."

[Greg Wilson]

Hi Nancy. Just got back from DC. Should have seen all the "Joe Wilson for President" signs. Lol!

Oh, and keep this quiet, there were black people in the crowd!! ***gasp***