Is Disagreement with Obama Racism?

[cwo_ghwebb]

Former president Jimmy Carter said, "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man." That's from a man who earlier referred to Obama as "This black boy" on the Jim Lehrer "News Hour." New York Times social critic Maureen Dowd said, in reference to Rep. Joe Wilson's shouting "Liar" during Obama's address on health care before the joint session of Congress, "Some people just can't believe a black man is president and will never accept it." Washington Post's Howard Kurtz said he "began to suspect that race was a factor for at least some critics when I heard them shouting about 'the Constitution' and 'taking our country back.'" Kurtz asked whether the massive tea parties and other public protests reflect a "distinct discomfort with the country's first black president." House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, New York Gov. David Paterson, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, and other leftists claim that racism is behind criticism of President Obama.

For these people, it is inconceivable that many Americans are outraged by the president's spending policies, budget deficits, industry takeovers, not to mention the appointment of Czars, a term that ought to be alien and offensive to American values whether used by a Republican or Democratic president.

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Race is no longer the problem that it once was. That doesn't mean there are not white and black bigots and that every vestige of racial discrimination has been eliminated. What little racial discrimination remains is nowhere near the insurmountable barrier it once was. For the most part, white bigots are no longer respected among whites and I look forward to the day when black bigots are no longer respected among blacks.

Walter E. Williams : Is Disagreement with Obama Racism?

Well said Dr. Williams!

[ImnoMensa]

Originally Posted by cwo_ghwebb

Walter E. Williams : Is Disagreement with Obama Racism?

Well said Dr. Williams!

One would think that , after years of doing and saying stupid things ,Jimmy Carter would have the mental aptitude to just STFU and go away.

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Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

One would think that , after years of doing and saying stupid things ,Jimmy Carter would have the mental aptitude to just STFU and go away.

I'm sure he's happy to see "this black boy" attempting to use the same policies that failed under him