Obama's Poll Numbers Down, Imaginary Racism Up

[bobbyw24]

The Democrats are depressed about their collapsing poll numbers, so it's time to start calling conservatives "racist."

As we now know from the Journolist list-serv, where hundreds of liberal journalists chat with one another, and which was leaked to Daily Caller this week, journalists cry "racism" whenever they need to distract from bad news for Obama. (Ironically, this story did not make headlines.)

When the Rev. Jeremiah Wright scandal broke during the 2008 campaign, the first response of Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent was to demand that they start randomly picking conservatives -- "Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares -- and call them racists."

Ackerman, frequent guest on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show," continued on Journolist:

"What is necessary is to raise the cost on the right of going after the left. In other words, find a rightwinger's [sic] and smash it through a plate-glass window. Take a snapshot of the bleeding mess and send it out in a Christmas card to let the right know that it needs to live in a state of constant fear. Obviously I mean this rhetorically."

This is what "racism" has come to in America. Democrats are in trouble, so they say "let's call conservatives racists." We always knew it, but the Journolist postings gave us the smoking gun.

This explains why we've heard so much about Tea Partiers being "racists" lately.

But despite a frantic search, the media have been unable to produce any actual evidence of racism at the Tea Parties. Even the trace elements are either frauds or utterly trivial.

For example, there was blind terror last week over a Tea Party billboard in northern Iowa that showed a picture of Adolf Hitler, Obama and Vladimir Lenin under the headings: "National Socialism," "Democratic Socialism" and "Marxist Socialism."

Overheated? Perhaps. Racist? No. Unless liberals are about to break the news that Lenin and Hitler were black, what we have here, gentlemen, is not racism.

I'm not even sure why liberals are so testy: As an aficionado of liberal talk radio, I've heard both Ed Schultz and Randi Rhodes repeatedly say socialism is terrific. (Given their ratings, this is understandable.)

Most sickeningly, the mainstream media continue to spread the despicable lie that someone called civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis the "N-word" 15 times during the anti-ObamaCare rally in Washington. Fifteen times!

That turned out to be another lie. About a week after the protest, Andrew Breitbart offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who could produce a video of Lewis being called the N-word even once -- forget 15 times. (That's the most we can afford.

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http://townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2010/07/21/obamas_poll_numbers_down,_imaginary_racism_up

[stu2002]

Interesting title

[johngr]

"Imaginary racism" is an oxymoron.

[Elwar]

I can't believe how many more racists there are in America as Obama passes more crappy bills.

[johngr]

I can't believe how many more racists there are in America as Obama passes more crappy bills.

If you believe in racism, you'll probably see alot more of it as a result of his refusing to prosecuting the Black Panthers for voter intimidation. That woke up at least a few fence-sitters (pardon the mixed metaphor) who were content to mouth platitudes about diversity while white-fleeing from minority neighbourhoods.

That was a politically stupid decision, btw. Prosecuting the white-voter-intimidating Black Panthers would have alienated only the most extreme elements of his base while showing that he was even-handed in racial matters as regards civil rights. It could be seen as calculated to piss white people off, though I think its real purpose is to send white people a message. They'd should be careful about awakening a sleeping giant, though.

[michaelwise]

The race baiting card is the only thing the administration has left. I wouldn't be surprised if the firing of that woman was planned to get more race baiting in the new to distract from the real issues.

[michaelwise]

If you believe in racism, you'll probably see alot more of it as a result of his refusing to prosecuting the Black Panthers for voter intimidation. That woke up at least a few fence-sitters (pardon the mixed metaphor) who were content to mouth platitudes about diversity while white-fleeing from minority neighbourhoods.

That was a politically stupid decision, btw. Prosecuting the white-voter-intimidating Black Panthers would have alienated only the most extreme elements of his base while showing that he was even-handed in racial matters as regards civil rights. It could be seen as calculated to piss white people off, though I think its real purpose is to send white people a message. They'd should be careful about awakening a sleeping giant, though.I don't believe there is more racism in America. I believe there is less and less. There are no police reports to prove out more racism.

[sailingaway]

Here is more about Journo-list: http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2010/07/mainstream-medias-dirty-little-secret.html

[bobbyw24]

The race baiting card is the only thing the administration has left. I wouldn't be surprised if the firing of that woman was planned to get more race baiting in the new to distract from the real issues.

Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem.

Playing the race card takes many forms. Judge Charles Pickering, a federal judge in Mississippi who defended the civil rights of blacks for years and defied the Ku Klux Klan back when that was dangerous, was depicted as a racist when he was nominated for a federal appellate judgeship.

No one even mistakenly thought he was a racist. The point was simply to discredit him for political reasons-- and it worked.

This year's target is the Tea Party. When leading Democrats, led by a smirking Nancy Pelosi, made their triumphant walk on Capitol Hill, celebrating their passage of a bill in defiance of public opinion, Tea Party members on the scene protested.

All this was captured on camera and the scene was played on television. What was not captured on any of the cameras and other recording devices on the scene was anybody using racist language, as has been charged by those playing the race card.

When you realize how many media people were there, and how many ordinary citizens carry around recording devices of one sort or another, it is remarkable-- indeed, unbelievable-- that racist remarks were made and yet were not captured by anybody.

The latest attack on the Tea Party movement, by Ben Jealous of the NAACP, has once again played the race card. Like the proverbial lawyer who knows his case is weak, he shouts louder.

This is not the first time that an organization with an honorable and historic mission has eventually degenerated into a tawdry racket. But that an organization like the NAACP, after years of fighting against genuine racism, should now be playing the game of race card fraud is especially painful to see.

Some critics of the Tea Party have seized upon banners carried at one of its rallies that compared Obama with Hitler and Stalin. Extreme? Yes. But there was nothing racist about it, since extreme comparisons have been made about politicians of every race, color, creed, nationality, ideology and sexual preference.

Some Obama supporters have long regarded any criticism of him as racism. But that they should have to resort to such a banner to bolster their case shows how desperate they are for any evidence.

Among people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, those who are likely to be most disappointed are those who thought that they were voting for a new post-racial era. There was absolutely nothing in Obama's past to lead to any such expectation, and much to suggest the exact opposite. But the man's rhetoric and demeanor during the election campaign enabled this and many other illusions to flourish.

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http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/07/20/race_card_fraud