There's one thing worse than racism, that's race baiting where no racism exists and that's especially heinous when done for political advantage.....
Even worse might be an irrelevant ex-president jumping in claiming the strong reaction to the current attempt to rapidly take the country very far to the left is purely a racist response. Yup, Jimmy Carter is still getting airtime with his claims, at least on MSNBC, which I guess is pretty close to not actually getting airtime.
From NBC's Mark Murray
In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, former Democratic President Jimmy Carter attributed much of the conservative opposition that President Obama is receiving to the issue of race.
"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," Carter said. "I live in the South, and I've seen the South come a long way, and I've seen the rest of the country that share the South's attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly African Americans."
Carter continued, "And that racism inclination still exists. And I think it's bubbled up to the surface because of the belief among many white people, not just in the South but around the country, that African-Americans are not qualified to lead this great country. It's an abominable circumstance, and it grieves me and concerns me very deeply."
firstread.msnbc.msn.com
Wow.
So, then the brilliant evisceration by the black radio talk show host pointing out that a black man can give a speech without a teleprompter. Unclewest provided the link, it was given during the 9/12 march. That was racism too. The midnight resignation of Van Jones, well naturally, racism. Nothing to do with his communist background.
Well, if this is the only weapon they have I guess they will need to wield every day. Perhaps it will become a little shopworn and transparent after a while. |
