Race Card 101

I am beginning to wonder if some liberals and Democrats who supported the “historic” presidency of Barack Obama did so not because they thought he would heal wounds for past sins, but because they could use the president’s race as cover. What do I mean? When things get difficult or his policies get questioned…you can call his opponents racist. People who opposed the stimulus and attended Tea Party’s- liberals called them racist. And now people who oppose Obamacare- they are racist too.

From the Clarion-Ledger:

Dr. Aaron Shirley, a pioneering African-American physician in Jackson, said the forums are obscuring the fact that real health care reform is needed to make sure that insurance remains affordable.

“Under current legislation, which includes a strong public health insurance option, 457,000 people in Mississippi – and 37 million Americans nationwide – will gain coverage by 2019,” he said.

The “lying and screaming disruptions” he has seen in these public forums reminds him of the scare tactics he saw during the early days of integration, where people shouted things like “Do you want your daughter to marry a n—–?”

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have uttered similar comments. If Hillary Clinton or John Edwards or John Kerry had become president, Dems would not be able to use race as cover. However, with Barack Obama- they can and do. What makes that interesting is that they are accusing people of lies and disruptions with their own lies and disruption. I’m afraid we are going to have to get use to hearing it though.