Posted by
Patriot Pastor on Friday, September 18, 2009 3:16:48 PM
Source: Family Research Council
Yesterday, the House voted 240 to 179 to censure Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) for saying the President was lying about aspects of his health care reform plan. What was more telling than the vote was the rhetoric that surrounded it. Those pushing to publicly flog Wilson avoided the subject at hand, the health care reform plan and whether or not the President's statements were false.
Rather, House members like Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) used the opportunity to say Wilson’s actions were motivated by racial animus. In an interview with CNN, Johnson said "I guess we'll probably have folks putting on white hoods and white uniforms again and riding through the countryside, intimidating people. That's the logical conclusion if this kind of attitude is not rebuked." On ABC's World News, referring to Wilson's comments, Lee said "Hate speech can turn into hate crimes."
Working out of the Left's classic playbook, former President Jimmy Carter, interviewed on NBC Nightly News, chimed in not only on Wilson's comments but on the public opposition to the President's liberal plans saying, "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American." This is a classic move by the Left when they can't win the policy debate; they try to marginalize their opponents by calling them racist.
COMMENT: It is interesting to see the RACE card played out by the Obama administration since he was elected with over 90% of the black vote and a large percentage of white votes assured his election. The Mormons cried the same thing with Romney when it looked like he would not be the Republican man. Race cards seem to pop up randomly or actually on purpose. When your position starts to fall apart then it is time to try and manipulate the system to guilt trip people into submission. Well this time WE ARE NOT BUYING IT. I am not a racist nor are the vast majority of Americans and we deeply resent being labeled this by weaklings of any color. Those who have labeled conservatives as anything negative will find that we will vote against them in the next election where they run for reelection. We don't want children running our government and this is purely childishness.