Racism In Politics

I’m fed up with race bating and the false allegations of racism. All Americans should feel the same way. I’m talking about this whole racism thing being tossed around because of legitimate criticism of political ideals. Since when did it become racist to have a different opinion? Is this what we’re to expect simply because we have a part black president? What should we expect when we get our first full—blooded black president? Will charges of sexist be thrown about when we get our first female president?

We saw the racism during the Presidential primaries when Obama’s supporters accused Hillary and Bill of being racist. That accusation was rooted not in genuine racism, but in the inability of the Obama camp to come up with a counter-argument when Bill Clinton pointed out "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here." Bill’s point was that despite winning that state’s primary Jackson still didn’t get his party’s nomination. He was pointing out that one state doesn’t seal up a nomination. It had nothing to do with race, but “racism” was tossed out there as a trump card to divert people’s attention from the fact that Bill Clinton was right. It’s a historical fact and that doesn’t make a person a racist because Jesse Jackson just happens to be black.

I can think of one instance when citing the example of Jesse Jackson would make a person a racist. That would be those people that can’t seem to get over the fact that Jesse Jackson is black and that Barack Obama is part black. Of all of the criticism I’ve heard of Obama and his plan not one of them was based on race. So if his critics aren’t the ones bringing up his race then who is?

Let’s take Janeane Garofalo as an example. When the TEA parties were forming all across our nation the comedic genius and social idiot Ms. Garofalo referred to the protesters as “teabaggers” and “racist rednecks”. (A side note for the uninitiated, “teabagging” is a sex act where the scrotum is dunked into another person’s mouth. No doubt Ms. Garofalo knows this and purposely chose “teabagger” to describe those people gutsy enough to protest against higher taxes and the increasing deficit of our Federal government.) Again, it was the Obama supporter who brought up his race as a talking point. For those who don’t understand the significance of TEA it is an acronym for “Taxed Enough Already”. The protestors were protesting the excessive spending of the politicians in Washington D.C. I’m still waiting for Ms. Garofalo to explain how exorbitant spending is related to a person’s skin tone. Maybe she’s suggesting that Obama is too stupid to balance a checkbook because of his race. If that’s her point then who really is the racist? Ms. Garofalo needs to interrogate the person in the mirror and face the truth.

The latest person to claim racism is former President Jimmy Carter. He’s another fine example of what Democrats think America should be. Jimmy Carter was elected as our 39th President in 1976. I still remember his campaign ads about him being a peanut farmer from Georgia. He was swept into office on the heels of a Gerald Ford presidency that was tied to the failed Nixon Presidency. At that point people were looking for anything to replace the corruption responsible for the Watergate scandal. Jimmy Carter presided over the worst recession this nation has seen since the great depression. Today’s recession is nothing compared to what was experienced during the Carter administration. There were lines for gasoline that wrapped around the block. It’s during the Carter administration that Iran became a household word in America. Iranian students stormed our embassy and took Americans hostage. They were held hostage for over a year for the duration of the Carter presidency. The nightly news kept the tally of how long American citizens had been held. The hostages weren’t released until Ronald Reagan was elected and prepared to take his oath of office. No other President has ever allowed the United States to be so disgraced as Jimmy Carter did. In recent years Jimmy Carter has written a book critical of Israel and sympathetic to the Palestinians. Remember, the Palestinians keep sending suicide bombers into Israel to blow up the civilian population. I believe that Jimmy Carter still harbors some guilt for what he put our nation through when he was our President. I think that’s why he was so involved with Habitat For Humanity and why he has recently gone rogue and tried to make himself a mediator in foreign affairs. He has done this on his own and against the advice of current Presidents. It could be argued that Jimmy Carter has been on the wrong side of every issue he’s spoken out on for over 30 years. So, it should come as no surprise that when Representative Joe Wilson yelled “You Lie!” during President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress Jimmy Carter interpreted this to be “You Lie, boy!” and yelled “racism!” The term “boy” is still considered a racist term when used by a white person towards a black man.

Since Democrats seem to pay so much attention to skin color rather than a person’s words and actions it could reasonably be argued that Democrats look at Americans and see color. This could easily lead to the conclusion that Democrats are racists. I’ve spent enough time in family courts to realize a common pattern of human behavior. That pattern is this; the first person to make an allegation of cheating is usually the guilty party. Given my previous examples I think the Democrats regarding charges of racism have established the same pattern.

I grew up in a military family and retired from the military myself. The military is probably the best institution for combating racism. It wasn’t always that way, but we’ve come a long way since WWII. These days it doesn’t matter what gender or race an individual is they can still reach the top of their profession in the military. I don’t care what race or color our president is. I simply disagree with his philosophy. If he were a conservative I might consider having a beer with him

I dislike President Obama because he seems to believe just the opposite of everything I believe. I think that teaching a man to be self-sufficient teaches him to provide for himself everyday, but Barack Obama would prefer to take money from those who have it and simply give it to those who don’t without regard for who earned it or even considering how the poor man would get more money when his stimulus, welfare or unemployment check ran out. To me, this victimizes the poor man by interrupting his efforts to better his life and by providing him with false hope. I dislike Obama’s policies because he doesn’t care to fix our nation’s problems in the long term. He seems content to just pass out money and put off the problems for another day. It’s my belief that our government can’t sustain these handouts without increasing its own revenue. The way a government collects revenue is through taxes. The huge deficits that Obama is racking up will have to be reconciled someday and by that time they’ll have accrued large amounts of interest. The Democrats show no signs of slowing down either. They’ve been pushing their version of health care reform despite protests and rallies in opposition. This past weekend saw a huge rally in the National Mall in Washington D.C. that opposed Obama’s healthcare reform. Some estimates were as high 1 million people in attendance. Add in the smaller protests at the same time that took place at state capitols all around the country and there’s a huge movement that opposes Obama’s policies. Are we to believe all of these people are simply racist and don’t like a good idea just because it’s being pushed by a black man?

Obama has also made it known that he’s going to pursue his cap & trade bill right after healthcare reform is over. With millions of jobs having been lost since Obama took office how does he intend to pay for any of this? Even China has declined to loan us more money.
The Democrats, Jeneane Garofalos and Jimmy Carters of the world need to look at themselves in the mirror and come up with a better argument than “racist” because from what I hear Americans are tired of this over-used trump card being thrown out to stifle debate. In the end their party is the one that keeps reminding us that our president is black and it will be that constant reminder that will cause American voters to think twice the next time a minority runs for President because they’ll be reminded of not just the failures of the current administration, but the ugly false allegations being levied against those who oppose his ideas. Americans will not want to return to such a racially charged political atmosphere again. While Democrats claim to be the party of the common man, minorities, the poor, etc. they have a history of being the last to concede equal rights to minorities. Few people remember that Bull Connor was a Democrat and so were the founders of the Ku Klux Klan. The Democrats aren’t as open about it these days, but they’re doing just as much damage as those idiots wearing the bed sheets and dunce caps did so many generations ago.