On a daily basis we see Charles Johnson calling any opposition to Obama racist. If he was the only one doing this it would be a laughing matter. Unfortunately, it is very prevalent among the left to blame Obama’s decline on racism. The Left views Obama as a semi divine Sun King who can not be questioned. Any mention of his failures leads to accusations of racism.
Michael Barone makes the case that the racism charge is a way to distract from Obama’s policy failures. Let’s not forget Obama’s most loyal and fanatical followers are young, white, progressive hipsters. They also tend to be the ones to use the racism charge.
As Barack Obama’s lead over Mitt Romney in the polls narrows, and his presumed fundraising advantage seems about to become a disadvantage, it’s alibi time for some of his backers.
His problem, they say, is that some voters don’t like him because he’s black. Or they don’t like his policies because they don’t like having a black president.
o, you see, if you don’t like Obamacare, it’s not because it threatens to take away your health insurance, or to deny coverage for some treatments. It’s because you don’t like black people.
This sort of thing seems to be getting more frequent, or at least more open. As White House Dossier writer Keith Koffler notes, HBO host Bill Maher accused Internet tyro Matt Drudge of being animated by racism because he highlights anti-Obama stories.
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews asked former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown if House Chairman Darrell Issa’s treatment of Attorney General Eric Holder was “ethnic.” Brown agreed, and Matthews said some Republicans “talk down to the president and his friends.”
There’s an obvious problem with the racism alibi. Barack Obama has run for president before, and he won. Voters in 2008 knew he was black. Most of them voted for him. He carried 28 states and won 365 electoral votes.
Nationwide, he won 53 percent of the popular vote. That may not sound like a landslide, but it’s a higher percentage than any Democratic nominee except Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.
The racism charge is a sign of desperation. The Sun King’s policies have failed and the Left knows if Obama loses it will be a defeat for their ideas. At this point they are left flinging poo. Hopefully American voters see through this and vote out the false Messiah.
Tags: Michael Barone
Racism = Heretic.
Well the racist card is being flown a whole lot more than it was in 2008. So an ‘unknown’ obama (to most people that is not all) was voted in during 2008 elections but now a ‘known’ obama who can’t scrub away his past 3 1/2 years in the White House people are racist now because they don’t like what he is doing to this country, but people weren’t racist in 2008. Am I getting this right? Seems to me you can’t have it both ways.
Under Obama the country has become more divided than under Bush. Under Bush it was Democrats vs Reps but now the country is also divided along race lines and this new racism comes from the blacks against whites.
@ Guggi:
There was always Black racism. The people using the racist charges tend to be Young White Hipsters.
@ Guggi:
Under obama this country is very divided and not just along race lines, war on religion, class warfare, racial warfare, food warfare, warfare on coal plants, basically war on everything that is what American is all about.
If you say anything about it…then you are surely a racist.
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@ Lily:
Yeah its convulsed thinking.
this shit is already pretty old…people like me that dislike BO for a variety of reasons, non of which are racial…are just starting laugh off the accusation…it’s just more partisan hysteria….hoopla from a stranger that does not know my character or intention is just an irritant…I’m into leadership and solutions…the rest is irrelevant to me…if a guy has pointed green ears from planet X, it’s fine with me if he gets our ass out of Astan….I was long ago burned out on deceit, deflection, excuses and blame…I want leadership and don’t give a shit what color it is…
@ Lily:
In all honesty, the Republicans are not innocent with the politics of division either. But Obama has taken it to a new level.
Rodan wrote:
But now it has become official policy.
@ heysoos:
Charles Johnson is an example of people throwing the racist term.
Rodan wrote:
Those hipsters live no where around me at all. The young people I have come encountered with are either disgusted with what is going on in D.C. or basically living their lives and refuse to get caught up in all the propaganda that is going on. These types are not for obama either. They are just tired of everything and everyday obama’s (supposedly) greatness while everything is going to crap.
@ Guggi:
If you are referring to Eric Holder yes.
The sad part is that Mitt Romney is not an inspirational leader who can unite the nation. This is the time America needs a candidate who runs on national unity and a better tomorrow. Instead we have a President who thinks he’s the Sun King and a Liberal Republican technocrat.
I fear for America’s future.
Rodan wrote:
I don’t disagree there. There has always been some sort of division in Washington. But this is on a whole new level that I haven’t seen before.
@ Lily:
The Hipsters are probably located near LSU.
@ Lily:
This could have been the year a candidate running on national unity and a better tomorrow could have run. Instead people are voting against Obama, but not for someone.
Rodan wrote:
If there are any yeah they would be around there. Haven’t heard though of ramblings going on around LSU, re.. protests and such.
If there is any protests going on it isn’t making the news or the newspapers..so they are so small it isn’t even registaring anywhere that I know of.
@ Lily:
Maybe they are too bust using bath salts!
Rodan wrote:
I understand that and I still hope that Romney will govern better than we think. That is possible especially if both the Senate and House goes Republican. Right now I would rather see Romney than another 4 years of an unfettered obama.
@ Lily:
I want Obama gone, but I am not under any illusions.
Rodan wrote:
I hope not! Good grief those bath salts seem like they were made in hell! I have never seen a drug that makes you want to eat another human being and knowing that WHY IN THE HELL WOULD ANYONE WANT THAT TYPE OF FEELING???? Mad-dog and weed isn’t cutting it for them anymore? Geez.
@ 7 heysoos: you need that ‘don’t be stuck on stupid” general. What was his name? he’s probably retired now.
OK, turnabout is fair play. Any criticism
of Romney by Obama & his band of cretins is anti-
Moorman bigotry. Religious intolerance & hate
speech, straigbt up!
@ RIX:
Yes, I agree use that line against the Left.
Rodan wrote:
In neither party I see anyone near who would be fit for your dream
@ Rodan:
You won’t get a national unity candidate. The country is too divided for that. I’m not sure that is a bad thing. A candidate that is all things to all men, isn’t that more or less what Obama ran as? That worked out pretty badly.
This should not be a surprise to anyone.
Homeland Security suspends immigration agreements with Arizona police
Baby Doc Baraq is not going to let anyone stop him from running this Country his way.
The beatings will continue until moral improves…
Rodan wrote:
I know …but you know I’m optimistic…anyone (well just about) is better for this country than obama. I know Romney isn’t the perfect candidate but compared to obama it is like night and day. For one he at least believe’s in our constitution and that right there is a giant plus, second he knows that country is broke and that is a second giant plus. Third he doesn’t hate the United States a third giant plus. It is a sad terrible day that a candidate that doesn’t hate the United States makes a giant plus for them.
This was amusing She is a twit.
darkwords wrote:
He is retired, General Russel Honoré. He is from Louisiana.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
So bascially obama is going to ignore the Supreme Courts decision? What is obama going to do…re-report Arizona to the U.N. for human rights violations? Has any president ever reported one of our states to the U.N. for human rights violations besides obama????
Rodan wrote:
And they hate when that happens.
Iron Fist wrote:
Yeah that worked real well…all that hopey-changey really was a huge bummer for our country.
darkwords wrote:
That is one coyote ugly chick.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
The real beating is coming in November. AZ is still shown as a tossup state. I can’t see where this latest outburst from Big Sis (home state AZ) is going to help Zer0′s case for re-election in AZ.
@ Da_Beerfreak:
Wow! I wonder if that gives pause in the minds of any of the Supreme Court Justice’s minds
@ Iron Fist:
Obama’s vision of national unity was Marxist national Unity.All people being taken care of by an all powerful regime. That was National Serfdom.
This is funny. Libturd Cher see raaaaacism in opposition to Obama.
I love Zip’s comment: “Don’t worry Cher, we don’t like his white half either”.
Lily wrote:
the illegal immigration ‘situation’ in this country has never been properly and legally dealt with…it goes back all the very to the beginning…it’s a very rich and colorful story of success and heartbreak both….but one thing has always been constant, using Mexicans to make money and the feds have never secured the border or reformed immigration in a fair manner…laws change but enforcement has always been a bipartisan fucked up mess….what should disgust most Americans is the glaring fact that money trumps principle
@ Lily:
Don’t drink the Romney Koolaid.
Baby Dock Baraq, 50% Black, 50% White, and 100% Red.
darkwords wrote:
OmG this woman has ugly knees.
@ Lily:
He will no doubt instruct ICE to let anyone from Arizona go when the police turn them over. Good enough. The Super Pace can have a field day with Open Borders Hussein. The average American wants immigration law enforced.
@ heysoos:
Plus its good politics for both parties. The Republicans get a bogeyman and the Democrats a victim group. Its a win, win for both parties.
Rodan wrote:
I haven’t…but I honestly don’t think he is anti-American. Plus I do think he will do better than obama. That is the only thing I have focused on … not to mention he is a lot better than obama. I am not going to bash him yet….right now we need to get the obama’s out of the White House and their merry band of communists.
@ Guggi:
Allen West is the only one I have total respect for. I would say Marco Rubio but he supports the Muslim Brotherhood. Bobby Jindal is good also. So there are people who are good in the GOP. The problem is the Republican elites will never let genuine American patriots get near the nomination. They like clowns like Bush, McCain or Romney.
Rodan wrote:
right, so the way you deal with that is to simply let it fester…
the feds suck…they couldn’t run a donut shop…too much money and power involved so it will never end
@ Lily:
I never said he’s anti-American. I think he will be slightly better than Obama, but that’s all.
heysoos wrote:
Oh it will end. The Union of 50 States will be no more
Wow if looks could kill….obama would be struck by lightning.
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/06/25/germany-rejects-obamas-calls-to-fight-euro-debt-crisis-mr-obama-should-take-care-of-reducing-americas-deficit-which-is-higher-than-the-eurozones/
huckfunn wrote:
I just checked RCP. While the electoral map still shows AZ as a toss-up state, the most recent polls show Romney leading by 4.7%
@ heysoos:
Charles Johnson and Spacejesus will save America.
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@ huckfunn:
Yeah they are dreaming its a swing state. Just like how North Carolina is still a toss up when Romney has a lead.
@ Lily:
Good for the Germans. They are right.
Rodan wrote:
Honestly I like West but he is NOT fit for president.
There’s no will to change anything in DC Town.
That’s why the Beltway Barnacles are scared shitless of the TEA party.
Rodan wrote:
Never said you did…the fact that he isn’t anti-American is sad to say a plus when running against obama. I was basically saying we have such a un-American president in office is how bad it is.
Rodan wrote:
Did you see the pic and how Merkel was looking at obama? It’s true a picture is worth a thousand words!
Rodan wrote:
I wish RCP would update their map. I think Iowa and Wisconsin are now leaning Romney.
Guggi wrote:
I wouldn’t go that far. He isn’t ready to be president and he even knows that. Allen West has just got into politic’s…
@ Guggi:
Allen West is more fit for President than Obama, Romney, Bush, Clinton and papa Bush combined. He’s a real Patriot who loves his country and believes in One American nation. He would be the first real president we had since Reagan.
But don’t worry, the GOP elites will never let him get near the nomination.
We need 400 Allen West’s
@ Lily:
I would take Allen West over the Marxist Obama and the Elitist Scumbag Romney any day. It would be a relief to have a real president who would stand up for the American people and our interest.
@ waldensianspirit:
Amen!
RIX wrote:
Point of Inquiry: Aren’t Moormans = Mohammedans?
Romney has a good shot at taking Wisconsin. Voter fraud in and around Milwaukee and Madison could be a problem.
Iowa is just plain weird. It’s the only corn field in the Country with its own State Capitol…
Jarrett pushing the race card…sure she used ‘coarseness’ but we all know what she means….yeah and I don’t believe this negativity towards obama “just rolls off his back”, he is too thin skinned..someone will pay.
@ Lily:
I wonder what she said when the Left made assassination movies about Bush and called him a chimp. Oh, that was free speech.
Rodan wrote:
Oh I agree but even West knows he needs to know the lay of the land before he wages war against all the communists. Re-Con!
Rodan wrote:
Bingo! Jarrett is a hypocrite to ninth degree.
@ Lily:
She’s all polished alright
@ Lily:
I sometimes wonder how VJ got to be such a close advisor to Обама. Did she frak him some time before he met Мишель?
Guggi wrote:
Fortunately, your opinion on that matter is utterly irrelevant.
Macker wrote:
In the article she is just a ***close friend*** yeah right.
/anyone disagreeing with the obama regime is just shows you how coarse American’s are!!!!!!
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Macker wrote:
Nope I don’t think that is what ties them together…more like partners in crime.
@ Lily:
Whew! Thanks for that reassuring statement. For a moment there I thought he was actually…Hetero! 8)
@ Lily:
Notice the not so subtle anti-American slam in that comment.
Macker wrote:
Wasn’t he on Broadway just a week or so ago..nuff said. :p
@ Rodan:
I’ll bet that Valarie jarrett was appaled the W’s
head was on a pike, in Game of Thrones./
If that was the head of Obama the show would be cancelled
and the producers would getting death threats.
@ Lily:
Valerie Jarret is his handler.
@ Rodan:
From Lily’s comment:
Check! Check! Check!
Not perfect by no means, but a helluva lot better than Obama.
ymmv
Iron Fist wrote:
Oh indeed I did. Americans are **coarse**!
Why don’t they all move just to a more *enlightened* country…like Saudi Arabia..that is just one that jumps to mind.
Not the most prestigious source, but ‘Chicago’s Unreported Race War’ is interesting.
http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/chicagos-unreported-race-war/
Rodan wrote:
Valerie Jarrett calls a lot of the shots in the White House. The only woman Michelle *trusts* around obama…like obama is some dreamy guy some other woman would want. Right. The obama’s think they are the Kennedy’s. Not by a long shot.
I just love this one. Cops must take off shoes and wait until prayers are over to arrest anyone in a mosque. Obama diktat.
http://www.yourjewishnews.com/Pages/20958.aspx
@ Kafir:
My Dog is batter than Obama. But in this time of crisis, America needs a strong leader. Romney is not a strong leader. He’s technocrat who just wants to be President to put it on his resume. Hopefully Romney does us a favor, and just does one term. We need someone who can rally the nation and focus on a better tomorrow.
Ha ha ha ha, yeah he’s really going to fix our fiscal issues.
@ Lily:
The Obamas think they are the French Bourbons. Obama does see himself as the Sun King.
Lily wrote:
IIRC, Mooch was getting ready to dump Obama in 2000 before they got on the gravy train.
@ Rodan:
Laughing at what I post? He does know the country is broke.
@ yenta-fada:
Wow.
@ yenta-fada:
Yep because he lost a election.
Gotta go Doc appointment.
Rodan wrote:
Kerry tells Americans not to ‘pre-judge’ the Egyptian elections. Just what you always say, Rodan.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0612/kerry_muslim_brotherhood.php3
Lily wrote:
Later
@ Lily:
You’re talking about a man when he was Governor of Massachusetts implemented the precursor of Obamacare. He doubled the debt of of his state.
Yup, he’s really a Fiscal conservative!
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Not!
@ Lily:
Later!
Kafir wrote:
Oy veh.
@ Rodan:
You fight with they army you have and all that jazz… Dream Prezzy is not running. Romney is.
Again- i never said dude was perfect, but “slightly better” is an understatement.
imo
ymmv
all that shit
@ yenta-fada:
Yup, the Muslim Brotherhood are the elites favorite pets.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/303931/defining-characteristic-sovereignty-antonin-scalia#
ht wz
@ Kafir:
Yes Romney is awesome!
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Rodan wrote:
Won’t they be surprised when the Muslim Brotherhood bites them in the butt? Idiots.
@ darkwords:
She has a nice rack*, but her legs look like they were stolen from a retired soccer player.
*Well, discussing her brains is out; no material to work with.
waldensianspirit wrote:
Get that man a bodyguard.
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
Never mind politics. I want celebrities to start giving out medical advice and reduce the prog pool. *pissed off yenta*
Rodan wrote:
Don’t allow perfection to become the enemy of the good enough.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
I agree with you.
OK, as if there is not enough going on in Chicago,
yeterday was the Gay Pride Parade. Fabulous!
Well, the pridefull yoots partied into the night
& rioted when the bars closed.
One cop was seriously injured.
presidents are a wait and see paradigm, all of them…I do not like Romney at all, and like Rodan will vote against BO….I really hate that, but we have no choice….this bullshit worship, celebrity attention to politicians is just sick…you don’t know what your getting because the truth is so elusive, and dots cannot be connected during the campaign season…I see Romney as an elitist panderer, a two bit whore no different than BO, except for some minor economic points, who invariably dodges the issues except on his own terms….campaign blather is useless
stuff I want to know…
what’s the alternative to Yucca Mt and what are the feds doing about it?
what is the plan for withdrawing from Astan?
how does the US deal with a blue water Chinese Navy?
who and when will the mandates be rewritten for the EPA?
will the feds ever reveal how destructive their role in public ed?
why do the feds finance college loans and at the same time allow universities to abuse them with ungodly tuitions?
I don’t give a fuck about Pam Geller, the Tea Party, tv news or disco….they are all dead to me
the feds suck
BO sucks
Romney sucks
even I suck
heysoos wrote:
The question is: what?
Macker wrote:
I don’t know…we need some leadership that most (not 52%) Americans can rally around…we need to get out of Astan and get the economy going again…but there is so much money to be made, and power to wield in govt that I’m very skeptical…my standards in these matters is very high…this frantic two year election cycle and all it entails is killing us, turning voters into partisan zombies, and crushing our social ambition….I don’t have any answers
friction, discontent, aggression
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