Posted on 06/04/2013 7:26:48 AM PDT by Kaslin
Here is a contemporary political truth: Every time you think that the left and its political party have hit moral bottom, they will eventually prove you wrong.
The most recent example occurred last week in Louisiana. The head of the Louisiana Democratic Party, State Senator Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, stood before her colleagues in the state Senate and announced the reason people oppose Obamacare.
"You ready?" she asked three times.
It is President Obama's color.
"It isn't about the administration, and it should not be about the administration of the state nor federal level when it comes to Obamacare," she said. "But in fact it is. And why is that? I have talked to so many members in the House and Senate and you know what it comes down to? Are you ready for this? It is not about how many federal dollars we can receive. You ready? You want to know what it's about? It's about race. Now nobody wants to talk about that. It's about the race of this African-American president. ... It comes down to the race of the president of the U.S. which causes people to disconnect and step away from the substance of the bill."
Now why would the head of a state Democratic Party -- and a state senator -- say something that is equally vile and moronic?
There are two possible explanations, and one is worse than the other.
One is that Peterson doesn't believe what she said; that she said it solely in order to intimidate opponents of Obamacare. When a prominent black accuses anyone -- even if it is most white people in America -- of racism, it usually ends all debate.
This would, of course, reflect poorly on Peterson's character, but it would actually be the more positive of the two possible explanations. Because the other possible explanation is that she really believes what she said. And if she really believes that the more than one hundred million Americans who oppose Obamacare -- a CNN poll last week found that 54 percent of Americans oppose Obamacare -- do so because Obama is black, America is in trouble.
America is in real trouble if Peterson represents a large majority of black Americans. And we have every reason to believe that she does. She represents a 48-percent black district. And virtually every black leader routinely charges whites with racism.
We simply need to be honest. Either the great majority of American whites are racist -- indeed profoundly racist if they oppose Obamacare solely because the president is black -- or the great majority of blacks wrongly perceive reality when it comes to their perceptions of whites. In either case, blacks and whites are living in parallel universes. And one of them is both factually and morally very wrong.
In my view, the idea that whites that oppose Obamacare do so because the president is black is one of those terrible lies that shape a society for ill.
But this is not only a commentary on present-day black America. It is even more so a commentary on the left. Blacks have memories of genuine oppression that have left deep psychological scars. While we wish that reality would trump psychology here, we can understand -- though not agree with -- black anger at white America.
But the non-black left -- which routinely accuses whites who oppose the president of racism -- has no such excuse. Paul Krugman of the New York Times, Chris Matthews of MSNBC, former president Jimmy Carter, Frank Rich of New York Magazine, and so many others on the left have no psychological excuse for saying white opposition to Obama is racist. Their charge is just malicious.
This is just one more example of the societal destruction wrought by the left. Ironically, in this instance its primary victims are ... blacks.
I guess if that is the only argument left against it ...well ya gotta do whatcha gotta do if you are a Democeat.
What else do they have?
No, most don’t actually believe it this day.
Many use it as a tool to offput a logical complaint or argument. Some use it because they can, comforted in the fact their claims of racism will actually have an effect on that cracker whiteboy or girl.
And, for this woman who calls herself black to use it, is just another salvo fired in a long line of meaningless blather. If I were to meet her face-to-face, I’d tell her that her ‘words’ don’t work on me anymore. That neither me, my family or friends owe her squat because she uses a meaningless outdated, useless word.
Okay, two.
This woman would sh!t Twinkies if she really met a racist.
She is nothing but an angry ideologue with a morally bankrupt belief structure.
I pity her the anger she carries with her every day; it must be truly miserable for her.
Judging from what I see posted on facebook, yes, they really do believe that, and a lot worse.
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Unless Obama is green it is not about his color. We simply do not have enough green to pay for the delusional dude’s pipe dream.
We don’t have a choice, he’s half black and he’s president—if we don’t like his politics we get to complain no matter his color. I am dam* sick of this argument.
Blacks probably do believe it. After all they have beeen told how racist white people are since the cradle.
No, they (the party elites) don’t believe that, but they know their constituents and party base will. It gets them riled up and and angry.............
What was so creepy about her performance was her affect. Calm, almost amused.
Conservative blacks don’t
They are all oreos and Uncle Toms. /sarc.
It’s not just “since the cradle”, it’s generational.
Their great grandfathers were taught this since the cradle.
Even idiots can have web pages: http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Peterson/
I’m just so frustrated over this STUPID claim, over and over and over.
Why in the L do they think Romney needed to change his book, defend himself in the debates.
Why did Hillarycare not happen?
Is it because Obama is black, Romney is Morman and because Hillary is a female with cankles?
Or could it possibly frickin’ be because the people DO NOT want socialized medicine?! Sick of these jackazzes and their racism whine.
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