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Jimmy Carter continues to remind us why he presided over the most lackluster, embarrassing single term of any modern President. Why anyone listens to him or finds him newsworthy is beyond me, but his nutty comments this week have the main stream media buzzing. I guess race pandering, especially when dished by an ex-president is simply too delicious to pass by, so the major networks gave it more time than deserved. In doing so, they largely ignored real news about illegal ACORN activity, the war in Afghanistan going badly, medical professionals overwhelmingly opposing the Government health care plan, or the estimated costs of Cap and Trade being many times more than the White House was admitting. At any rate, the favorite pastime of Liberals, name calling, has taken center stage and the American people are becoming weary of this worn out tactic.
Ex-President Carter asserted in an interview, that anyone in America who disagrees with Obama's policies, does so because they are racists and don't believe a black man should be running this Country. This comment is so patently stupid, it doesn't really deserve acknowledgment. However, it has started a mini-avalanche of similar sentiments from other officials trying to defend this administration by ignoring the true issues and redirecting criticisms of substance into the straw man of racial discrimination.
I get a sense that the impact of such language is waning with the American people. After all, we've been called Nazis, hate-mongers, flat earthers, obstructionists, mobs and so on. The words of racial hatred, a powerful weapon for so long, are losing their ability to shock, intimidate and coerce. Increasingly, the purveyors of verbal terrorism are finding their rhetoric is losing its power to control, and they must confront the facts and argue the actual issues.
Ironically the people in this Country who clamor the most for a level playing field, aren't interested in playing the game if they don't have a trump card ready to toss in when their arguments fail. I believe that Jimmy Carter is wrong. I believe that the majority of citizens who disagree with President Obama's policies, do so because they don't agree with the intent or consequences of those policies. I also believe it is time for Liberals like Carter to stop using race as an excuse, and hatred as a defense for lousy policy. It is time for them to join the rest of us, and judge President Obama by his ability, political philosophy and content of character... Not the color of his skin.
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