Pres Carter Says, Yes, Racism is Alive and Well

[rayboyusmc]

I know the right hates Jimmy Peanut, but he's right on this issue. Some Americans don't like the fact a Black man is president.

A lot of the shit being slung at Obama is racist hate and the inability to accept him as the lawful president of the US of A. Why else would they call it the White House?

This country is afraid to honestly discuss race. We have no problem, nothing to see here, keep moving folks.

 

[del]

I know the right hates Jimmy Peanut, but he's right on this issue. Some Americans don't like the fact a Black man is president.

A lot of the shit being slung at Obama is racist hate and the inability to accept him as the lawful president of the US of A. Why else would they call it the White House?

This country is afraid to honestly discuss race. We have no problem, nothing to see here, keep moving folks.

will you go out on a limb and predict the sun will rise in the east tomorrow, raybo?

tremendous insight, ace, just tremendous.
next you'll be telling me there's trouble with the economy.

windowlicker

 

[William Joyce]

This country is afraid to honestly discuss race. We have no problem, nothing to see here, keep moving folks.

Let's make some clarifications here.

First of all, whites are rightly afraid to discuss race BECAUSE ANYTHING THEY SAY WILL GET THEM SLAPPED DOWN AS A RACIST.

Blacks aren't afraid to discuss a fucking THING because ANYTHING THEY SAY WILL BE LAUDED AS RIGHTEOUS TRUTH.

Second of all, the "problem" of which you complain is that white people dare to exist without constantly apologizing to everyone else. The "solution" you seek is get rid of whites.

No can do, hombre.

What YOU are afraid of is a white race ready to stand up for itself. Be afraid!

 

[Zona]

This country is afraid to honestly discuss race. We have no problem, nothing to see here, keep moving folks.

Let's make some clarifications here.

First of all, whites are rightly afraid to discuss race BECAUSE ANYTHING THEY SAY WILL GET THEM SLAPPED DOWN AS A RACIST.

Blacks aren't afraid to discuss a fucking THING because ANYTHING THEY SAY WILL BE LAUDED AS RIGHTEOUS TRUTH.

Second of all, the "problem" of which you complain is that white people dare to exist without constantly apologizing to everyone else. The "solution" you seek is get rid of whites.

No can do, hombre.

What YOU are afraid of is a white race ready to stand up for itself. Be afraid!

I say be armed, be very armed.

 

[rayboyusmc]

First of all, whites are rightly afraid to discuss race BECAUSE ANYTHING THEY SAY WILL GET THEM SLAPPED DOWN AS A RACIST.

Blacks aren't afraid to discuss a fucking THING because ANYTHING THEY SAY WILL BE LAUDED AS RIGHTEOUS TRUTH.

Hosrse shit pure and simple. Nice cop out.

That makes as much sense as the Republican congresswoman who recently pointed out that Thomas Sowell was against Obama's health care plan...................

 

[Gem]

Actually, I find the recent development of calling anyone who disagrees with the President a racist incredibly worrisome for a couple of reasons...

Either non-racist people who oppose Obama are going to get so fed up with the media, politicians, etc. telling them they are racist every time that they open their mouths against the President that they will start shrugging off the term, "Oh sure...I'm racist...yep, thats me...you've called me it 800 times because I had the audacity to say I didn't want a single-payer option in healthcare, so I guess I am." which will minimize the negative stigma that TRUE RACISM should receive. When you call EVERYONE a racist...the true racists will just look like one more part of the norm, rather than being pointed out as the close-minded a-holes they really are...

OR

Average people who oppose Obama's policies are going to become afraid of being called a racist...which is, afterall, one of the worst things you can be called in our society today and almost impossible to refute. In fact, when someone tries to "prove" they aren't racist they almost always come across looking more racist than when they started (i.e. the "I have black friends." defense). With more and more people being unwilling to say "I think the President is wrong about this," for fear of being unfairly labeled "racist," the moderate opposition (you know, the ones that everyone says they WANT to come to the table with their ideas) will leave the debate, leaving only the crazy fringe behind.


In my opinion, the race card is being RIDICULOUSLY overplayed for the Obama Administration. Most of the signs at the rally were not racist...they were rude...there's a difference. Shouting out at our President in the Senate is not racist. The action is childish, unprofessional, and pathetic...but not racist. Is Wilson a racist? I have no clue...but I'm going to err on the side of calling out REAL racism and giving it the proper stigma it should receive...rather that harping on every possible instance of "implied" or "covert" racism until anyone who has the audacity to do anything other than bow when Obama walks by is labeled as such.

If we don't recognize the danger in using the racism card over and over and over again...we're going to end up with an even bigger chasm between us and Obama will not have been the President who helped us come together...but rather the President who sat and watched and allowed his supporters to use his race to tear us apart.

 

[Zona]

First of all, whites are rightly afraid to discuss race BECAUSE ANYTHING THEY SAY WILL GET THEM SLAPPED DOWN AS A RACIST.

Blacks aren't afraid to discuss a fucking THING because ANYTHING THEY SAY WILL BE LAUDED AS RIGHTEOUS TRUTH.

Hosrse shit pure and simple. Nice cop out.

That makes as much sense as the Republican congresswoman who recently pointed out that Thomas Sowell was against Obama's health care plan...................

Looking at that right now....wow.

 

[eagleseven]

Why else would they call it the White House?

*facepalm*

Perhaps, just perhaps, because it is painted white?

 

[probus]

what about "racism"?-- who commits more crime and who pays more and why?-- we have an African-American President but that seems to be not good enough, that a black man has made it to the pinnacle of power in this nation-- why is it "racist" to question his policies?-- he comes from where he comes and he is what he is-- why can't the "people" question him?-- just because he's won the election doesn't mean he can spend the peoples' money any way he wants-- no one needs to talk about what this administration has all ready "spent" as we all know-- enough is enough-- u wanna talk about racism, I'm right here-- Regards, probus

 

[Gunny]

I know the right hates Jimmy Peanut, but he's right on this issue. Some Americans don't like the fact a Black man is president.

A lot of the shit being slung at Obama is racist hate and the inability to accept him as the lawful president of the US of A. Why else would they call it the White House?

This country is afraid to honestly discuss race. We have no problem, nothing to see here, keep moving folks.

Fuck Carter. He was a piece of shit President, and 30 years later is STILL a piece of shit. WHo gives a fuck what he has to say besides morons like you?

 

[driveby]

 

[MarcATL]

Actually, I find the recent development of calling anyone who disagrees with the President a racist incredibly worrisome for a couple of reasons...

Either non-racist people who oppose Obama are going to get so fed up with the media, politicians, etc. telling them they are racist every time that they open their mouths against the President that they will start shrugging off the term, "Oh sure...I'm racist...yep, thats me...you've called me it 800 times because I had the audacity to say I didn't want a single-payer option in healthcare, so I guess I am." which will minimize the negative stigma that TRUE RACISM should receive. When you call EVERYONE a racist...the true racists will just look like one more part of the norm, rather than being pointed out as the close-minded a-holes they really are...

OR

Average people who oppose Obama's policies are going to become afraid of being called a racist...which is, afterall, one of the worst things you can be called in our society today and almost impossible to refute. In fact, when someone tries to "prove" they aren't racist they almost always come across looking more racist than when they started (i.e. the "I have black friends." defense). With more and more people being unwilling to say "I think the President is wrong about this," for fear of being unfairly labeled "racist," the moderate opposition (you know, the ones that everyone says they WANT to come to the table with their ideas) will leave the debate, leaving only the crazy fringe behind.


In my opinion, the race card is being RIDICULOUSLY overplayed for the Obama Administration. Most of the signs at the rally were not racist...they were rude...there's a difference. Shouting out at our President in the Senate is not racist. The action is childish, unprofessional, and pathetic...but not racist. Is Wilson a racist? I have no clue...but I'm going to err on the side of calling out REAL racism and giving it the proper stigma it should receive...rather that harping on every possible instance of "implied" or "covert" racism until anyone who has the audacity to do anything other than bow when Obama walks by is labeled as such.

If we don't recognize the danger in using the racism card over and over and over again...we're going to end up with an even bigger chasm between us and Obama will not have been the President who helped us come together...but rather the President who sat and watched and allowed his supporters to use his race to tear us apart.

What you people don't get is the context.

The speed. He just stepped into office. They were already seething before he did actually. (see Right America Feeling Wronged)

The hypocrisy. Bush did many of the same things, STARTED the damn bailouts, etc.

The foricity. The forehead-vein and neck-vein bulging while spit-flecked screaming.

The vitriol. "We're real America." "I want my country back." "This is not the America I know." "You lie!", etc.

When has an individual EVER during an official address to Congress ever usurped the President's authority like that before? Ever?

The signs. "Fascist" "Anti-Christ" "Obamanation" "The trees will drip with blood of tyrants" etc. It's ridiculous, to put it mildly.

The death-threats. He's the FIRST presidential CANDIDATE, mind you, to get SS protection from so early. The threats are 400% greater than ANY president before.

Its not even a full year into his presidency. Not ONE year.

The questioning of his citizenship. He's not MY president, etc. He wasn't even born here.

All these things and more combined...it leads to one LOGICAL conclusion. And that its more than just he's a liberal, because so-far he's been pretty Bush-like with his actions and policies, like it or not.

You people want to use association to label him as a racist and socialist with associating him with Van Jones, Rev. Wright, Ayers, etc. that's perfectly acceptable and logical for you to do that for him, but when it comes to the racism...the logical conclusions are verbooten.

Are you people HONESTLY trying to sell us the cow dung that there ISN'T a large number of Americans that are simply uncomfortable with a black man as President of the United States of America and never will be? (half-black, whatever)

Bull. Shat.

 

[del]

Actually, I find the recent development of calling anyone who disagrees with the President a racist incredibly worrisome for a couple of reasons...

Either non-racist people who oppose Obama are going to get so fed up with the media, politicians, etc. telling them they are racist every time that they open their mouths against the President that they will start shrugging off the term, "Oh sure...I'm racist...yep, thats me...you've called me it 800 times because I had the audacity to say I didn't want a single-payer option in healthcare, so I guess I am." which will minimize the negative stigma that TRUE RACISM should receive. When you call EVERYONE a racist...the true racists will just look like one more part of the norm, rather than being pointed out as the close-minded a-holes they really are...

OR

Average people who oppose Obama's policies are going to become afraid of being called a racist...which is, afterall, one of the worst things you can be called in our society today and almost impossible to refute. In fact, when someone tries to "prove" they aren't racist they almost always come across looking more racist than when they started (i.e. the "I have black friends." defense). With more and more people being unwilling to say "I think the President is wrong about this," for fear of being unfairly labeled "racist," the moderate opposition (you know, the ones that everyone says they WANT to come to the table with their ideas) will leave the debate, leaving only the crazy fringe behind.


In my opinion, the race card is being RIDICULOUSLY overplayed for the Obama Administration. Most of the signs at the rally were not racist...they were rude...there's a difference. Shouting out at our President in the Senate is not racist. The action is childish, unprofessional, and pathetic...but not racist. Is Wilson a racist? I have no clue...but I'm going to err on the side of calling out REAL racism and giving it the proper stigma it should receive...rather that harping on every possible instance of "implied" or "covert" racism until anyone who has the audacity to do anything other than bow when Obama walks by is labeled as such.

If we don't recognize the danger in using the racism card over and over and over again...we're going to end up with an even bigger chasm between us and Obama will not have been the President who helped us come together...but rather the President who sat and watched and allowed his supporters to use his race to tear us apart.

What you people don't get is the context.

The speed. He just stepped into office. They were already seething before he did actually. (see Right America Feeling Wronged)

The hypocrisy. Bush did many of the same things, STARTED the damn bailouts, etc.

The foricity. The forehead veign and neck vein bulging while spit-flecked screaming.

The vitriol. "We're real America." "I want my country back." "This is not the America I know." "You lie!", etc.

When has an individual EVER during an official address to Congress ever usurped the President's authority like that before? Ever?

The signs. "Fascist" "Anti-Christ" "Obamanation" "The trees will drip with blood of tyrants" etc. It's ridiculous, to put it mildly.

The death-threats. He's the FIRST presidential CANDIDATE, mind you, to get SS protection from so early. The threats are 400% greater than ANY president before.

Its not even a full year into his presidency. Not ONE year.

The questioning of his citizenship. He's not MY president, etc. He wasn't even born here.

All these things and more combined...it leads to one LOGICAL conclusion. And that its more than just he's a liberal, because so-far he's been pretty Bush-like with his actions and policies, like it or not.

You people want to use association to label him as a racist and socialist with associating him with Van Jones, Rev. Wright, Ayers, etc. that's perfectly acceptable and logical for you to do that for him, but when it comes to the racism...the logical conclusions are verbooten.

Bull. Shat.

tissue?

 

[Gunny]

This needs to go in totally uncurrent events. Jimmy Carter has been neither current not relevant since 1976. He destroyed the Democratic Party just as Obama is doing, The both are idiots and pussies and both would destroy this nation being the total spineless pussies they are.

Go down to cash Sales and purchase a brain, 1 ea, huh?

 

[Gunny]

Actually, I find the recent development of calling anyone who disagrees with the President a racist incredibly worrisome for a couple of reasons...

Either non-racist people who oppose Obama are going to get so fed up with the media, politicians, etc. telling them they are racist every time that they open their mouths against the President that they will start shrugging off the term, "Oh sure...I'm racist...yep, thats me...you've called me it 800 times because I had the audacity to say I didn't want a single-payer option in healthcare, so I guess I am." which will minimize the negative stigma that TRUE RACISM should receive. When you call EVERYONE a racist...the true racists will just look like one more part of the norm, rather than being pointed out as the close-minded a-holes they really are...

OR

Average people who oppose Obama's policies are going to become afraid of being called a racist...which is, afterall, one of the worst things you can be called in our society today and almost impossible to refute. In fact, when someone tries to "prove" they aren't racist they almost always come across looking more racist than when they started (i.e. the "I have black friends." defense). With more and more people being unwilling to say "I think the President is wrong about this," for fear of being unfairly labeled "racist," the moderate opposition (you know, the ones that everyone says they WANT to come to the table with their ideas) will leave the debate, leaving only the crazy fringe behind.


In my opinion, the race card is being RIDICULOUSLY overplayed for the Obama Administration. Most of the signs at the rally were not racist...they were rude...there's a difference. Shouting out at our President in the Senate is not racist. The action is childish, unprofessional, and pathetic...but not racist. Is Wilson a racist? I have no clue...but I'm going to err on the side of calling out REAL racism and giving it the proper stigma it should receive...rather that harping on every possible instance of "implied" or "covert" racism until anyone who has the audacity to do anything other than bow when Obama walks by is labeled as such.

If we don't recognize the danger in using the racism card over and over and over again...we're going to end up with an even bigger chasm between us and Obama will not have been the President who helped us come together...but rather the President who sat and watched and allowed his supporters to use his race to tear us apart.

What you people don't get is the context.

The speed. He just stepped into office. They were already seething before he did actually. (see Right America Feeling Wronged)

The hypocrisy. Bush did many of the same things, STARTED the damn bailouts, etc.

The foricity. The forehead veign and neck vein bulging while spit-flecked screaming.

The vitriol. "We're real America." "I want my country back." "This is not the America I know." "You lie!", etc.

When has an individual EVER during an official address to Congress ever usurped the President's authority like that before? Ever?

The signs. "Fascist" "Anti-Christ" "Obamanation" "The trees will drip with blood of tyrants" etc. It's ridiculous, to put it mildly.

The death-threats. He's the FIRST presidential CANDIDATE, mind you, to get SS protection from so early. The threats are 400% greater than ANY president before.

Its not even a full year into his presidency. Not ONE year.

The questioning of his citizenship. He's not MY president, etc. He wasn't even born here.

All these things and more combined...it leads to one LOGICAL conclusion. And that its more than just he's a liberal, because so-far he's been pretty Bush-like with his actions and policies, like it or not.

You people want to use association to label him as a racist and socialist with associating him with Van Jones, Rev. Wright, Ayers, etc. that's perfectly acceptable and logical for you to do that for him, but when it comes to the racism...the logical conclusions are verbooten.

Are you people HONESTLY trying to sell of the cow dung that there ISN'T a large number of Americans that are simply uncomfortable with a black man as President of the United States of America and never will be? (half-black, whatever)
Bull. Shat.

Yeah, we get it. I was a registered Democrat and voted for that used toilet paper, Carter. Tell me again ....

 

[Luissa]

This needs to go in totally uncurrent events. Jimmy Carter has been neither current not relevant since 1976. He destroyed the Democratic Party just as Obama is doing, The both are idiots and pussies and both would destroy this nation being the total spineless pussies they are.

Go down to cash Sales and purchase a brain, 1 ea, huh?

so therefore he shouldn't have an opinion on anything.

 

[MarcATL]

Lets not forget the gun-toters.

As if the Birthers. Tea-Baggers and even Deathers weren't enough.

I just don't see it happening if it were a white liberal in office.

Sorry.

 

[Annie]

I know the right hates Jimmy Peanut, but he's right on this issue. Some Americans don't like the fact a Black man is president.

A lot of the shit being slung at Obama is racist hate and the inability to accept him as the lawful president of the US of A. Why else would they call it the White House?

This country is afraid to honestly discuss race. We have no problem, nothing to see here, keep moving folks.

Your point being that Jimmy C is rascist? I agree.

 

[Luissa]

I guess all white liberals are racist against other white people.

 

[Gem]

What you people don't get is the context.

"You people?!?!" What exactly are you implying there, sir? Are you a racist?

The speed. He just stepped into office. They were already seething before he did actually. (see Right America Feeling Wronged)

Was there anywhere in my post that I stated that Obama has NOT been on the receiving end of racist remarks or sentiments? Look back, you'll see that no where did I ever say that. What I said was...and I'll steal your phrase, "YOU PEOPLE" are going to end up downplaying the REAL racists OR make people afraid to speak out if you continue to call every complaint about Obama or his policies "racist."

The hypocrisy. Bush did many of the same things, STARTED the damn bailouts, etc.

This is a phony argument. First, it has nothing to do with the discussion of racism...second, it completely downplays or ignores the MASSIVE increase in spending that Obama did in his first months in office that DWARFS Bush's spending (that many Republicans, Independents and others objected to).

The foricity. The forehead veign and neck vein bulging while spit-flecked screaming.

The vitriol. "We're real America." "I want my country back." "This is not the America I know." "You lie!", etc.

Again, totally pathetic. Go back and watch any Bush protest. GO back and listen to some of the hateful, disgusting vitriol spewed and Bush and Cheney. This anger is nothing new...its just against YOUR guy...and your guy happens to be black.

When has an individual EVER during an official address to Congress ever usurped the President's authority like that before? Ever?

The President of the United States was booed at hissed at had people en masse making comments and noises of disagreement, disapproval, and disgust during the 2005 State of the Union address...the only difference was that it was a group of idiots (safety in numbers) rather than one lone idiot (Wilson).

You have a point if you want to discuss the way the office of the Presidency is not receiving the respect it deserves...you totally lose the point when you a) imply that Obama was the first president to be disrespected like this or b) that his race had something to do with it.

The signs. "Fascist" "Anti-Christ" "Obamanation" "The trees will drip with blood of tyrants" etc. It's ridiculous, to put it mildly.

Ridiculous? Maybe. RACIST? No. (And if we're going to play the "Bush wrecked the economy first" game...then I guess I can pull the "Go back and look at some of the absolutely obscene signs from YOUR SIDES protests for the past 8 years, you hypocrite" game. Right?)

The death-threats. He's the FIRST presidential CANDIDATE, mind you, to get SS protection from so early. The threats are 400% greater than ANY president before.

Gibbs stated that this was untrue.

Its not even a full year into his presidency. Not ONE year.

And hes been making A LOT of mistakes in one year, IMO...and apparently I'm not alone in that thought.

But again...you've sidetracked the issue...the issue isn't whether or not people are right to protest him...its that calling them ALL racist is a mistake for numerous reasons.

The questioning of his citizenship. He's not MY president, etc. He wasn't even born here.

Why is it that Code Pink and others like them were happily categorized as "fringe" elements of the Left...not to be taken seriously and completely off the table when it came to debate because they didn't "represent the left as a whole?" But suddenly "Birthers" are representative of anyone who dares disagree with Obama?

Birthers are a fringe, side group...treat them as such or expect to have your point negated as hypocritical.

All these things and more combined...it leads to one LOGICAL conclusion. And that its more than just he's a liberal, because so-far he's been pretty Bush-like with his actions and policies, like it or not.

The logical conclusion that anyone who dares disagree with him is racist? Nope, sorry. Doesn't hold water. But keep claiming it does...it really lends itself to positive communication.

You people want to use association to label him as a racist and socialist with associating him with Van Jones, Rev. Wright, Ayers, etc. that's perfectly acceptable and logical for you to do that for him, but when it comes to the racism...the logical conclusions are verbooten.

Once again with the "you people," sigh. Anyway...yes...I want the people who he kept closest to him, chose for important positions, considered mentors, etc. to be considered when I consider his character. Just as my mother told me that the people I was friends with mattered and said something about me. However...she didn't think that I was doing drugs just because some kid in my class that I never spoke to was...just like everyone at a protest of over 100,000 is not a racist because some other person in the group might be.

Bull. Shat.

I agree...your "point" is mostly bullshit. Calling racism is a political tactic used to minimize and effectively kill your opponents point. If your opponent is "racist" then his point doesn't matter...regardless of whether or not it is a good point or not. By calling hundreds of thousands of Americans who disagree with their President racist...you are effectively trying to stifle all of their opinions based on scant "evidence" of "implied" or "covert" claims of possible racism.

Its ridiculous and damaging and needs to stop. You can oppose this President and not be a racist....and you can support Obama and be racist. To paint all with the racist brush is political hackery and shouldn't be tolerated.