Posted on 09/13/2009 8:30:55 AM PDT by maggief
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Dowd wrote in her column that Wilson's outburst Wednesday -- when he shouted, You lie," at the president for claiming his health care reform plan would not cover illegal immigrants -- convinced her that racial angst is the underlying motive among Obama critics like Wilson.
"I've been loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer ... had much to do with race," she wrote. "But Wilson's shocking disrespect for the office of the president -- no Democrat ever shouted 'liar' at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq -- convinced me: Some people just can't believe a black man is president and will never accept it."
Dowd wrote that Wilson "clearly did not like being lectured and even rebuked by the brainy black president presiding over the majestic chamber."
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Asked about the claim, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said race is not the factor.
"I don't think the president believes that people are upset because of the color of his skin," he said on CNN's "State of the Union." "I think people are upset because on Monday we celebrate the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse that caused a financial catastrophe unlike anything we've ever seen."
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Has anyone on the Left complained that John McCain gave the President a “thumbs-up” during the speech?
Really Gibbs?
“”I think people are upset because on Monday we celebrate the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse that caused a financial catastrophe unlike anything we’ve ever seen.””
We celebrate it? Moron.
FOX has the two brave reporters who cracked the ACORN NUT - on NOW!
Definitely a curious turn of phrase. Personally I see little to “celebrate” until O’Bozo is out of office and nothing more than an unpleasant memory...
Oh yes we “celebrate” it. Let’s see, what do we call it? Happy Financial Catastrophe kickoff Day?
Mo lies!
Harry Reid called Bush a liar twice.
Yes way to go,must be sad to be a middle aged woman with little more than a paper wine cup for consolation.
They celebrate it because it is the crisis that brought team obama victory—as Rohm said, a crisis should not be wasted....:(
That was my first thought as well - “celebrate?” - WTF is with that - Gibbs just gets stupider and stupider every day....I truly believe he’s going to be the first to go for his incompetence....
Hey Mo Do is that paper or plastic?
“I’ve been loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer ... had much to do with race,”
.."this week, but when he can't past ANY socialistic program next year...then it's racism"
I’d like to know more about Tax Cheat Timmy Geithner’s role in Lehman’s collapse.
Celebrate, indeed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/business/13rescue.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
DUMBER:
DUMBERER:
It’s the pocketbook issue, Maureen, you ignorant s- er, you uninformed little bubblehead.
The suggested health insurance “reform” is just going to cost too much right out of the box, and there is NO mechanism for cost containment other than to pay medical personnel less for their services. A similar plan is in wait for pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply sources, with a great deal of the production moved overseas and beyond the reach of regulatory agencies like FDA.
This hs nothing to do with “racism”, either real or imagined. It has everything to do with access to medical services.
Soon, “medical tourists” may be leaving the US and going to some offshore location where they may get the necessary services at somewhat reasonable costs, because of the extraordinary wait times for similar medical procedures in this country.
Great Britain and Canada already have “medical tourists”, but for now, their destination is right here in the US.
Even Mexico has some degree of “medical tourism”, but a lot of that is driven by the absense of any number of adequate facilities within their own country.
Regardless of what happens, when it happens, why it happens.....Democrats will try and tie it to racism. It’s gettig a little old......don’t ya think? But ......the media doesn’t realize how stupid they make themselves look.
How about Dumb, Dumber, and Dunker?
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