Sorry honey, but truth trumps the race card

American Thinker ^ | 9-18-09 | Kyle-Anne Shiver

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September 18, 2009

Sorry honey, but truth trumps the race card

By Kyle-Anne Shiver

It takes a bit of real grit these days for a white Southerner to talk publicly about the race card. But there are some things so egregiously off the mark that only a coward would remain silent in the face of them. So, count me in. I'm a Southerner. I'm white. And I'm about as riled as I've ever been.

It took me a whole bottle of Pepto Bismol last weekend to ease my nauseated response to Maureen Dowd's little Yankee-female-dog screed about Joe Wilson's blatant-only-to-her racism. But then I realized, upon further viewing and reading, that she wasn't even alone in her un-American rampage against the First Amendment. Politico's Jonathan Martin did a whole column on the various highly positioned Democrats who see racism behind every tree of Obama dissent. The TV folks tread a bit more lightly, sticking to the coward's refuge of innuendo and suggestion.

Now, did I miss something extremely important in the fine print on our presidential ballots last year?  Was there some fishy legalese in there specifying that if Barack Obama were elected, then I as a citizen, would thereby give up my right to free speech and would have to walk barefoot over hot coals if I criticized any of his policies? Did I miss some dictate down there on the ballot in my Southern state that notified me of my loss of U.S. citizenship in the event that Barack Obama became the first black president? I don't think so.

Could these white, liberal, poppycock-spewing media folks possibly be more genuinely racist. Protecting a black president like he's some kind of child, unable to take up for himself, is the most reprehensible form of racism and every single black voter in these United States ought to be absolutely outraged by it.

Purely as a public service, let me state the obvious unequivocally. Real Americans of my own generation fought long and arduously to topple Jim Crow, bury the sinful legacy of our past and some even died so that President Barack Obama could be elected and not only elected, but so that he would also have the rightful honor of being just as publicly scorned, ridiculed, disliked and embattled as every single white-male president who has preceded him. In absolutely equal fashion he must be treated or else the whole civil rights movement was for nothing and MLK spoke his valiant words in vain. Affirmative action favoritism -- a white-liberal-racist invention -- does not extend to the presidency of the United States of America. Period.

The establishment media needs to understand once and for all that if they're not willing to be colorblind protectors of the people's right to know, then they will be -- in perfect capitalistic fashion -- moved right off the stage posthaste.

Which brings us back to the matter of Joe Wilson and whether or not he was speaking truth to power when he claimed the president was lying about coverage for illegal aliens in HR 3200. President Obama may not have been telling a bald-faced lie, but he was definitely lurking too close to the liars' den. Within hours of the president's speech before Congress, the White House made a formal announcement that provision for checking citizenship status indeed needed to be added. Furthermore, two such amendments had already been offered by Republicans and both were roundly rejected by Democrats. That's entirely too much circumstantial evidence on the side of Joe Wilson for the likes of Maureen Dowd to be casting such inflammatory stones down this side of the Mason-Dixon.

Now, down to a little more turkey-talking on the President's speechified claims about the governmentalization of our healthcare system. A number of establishment-media big-leaguers have taken on the truly colorblind role with which the fourth estate is commissioned. And their factual assessments of the President's claims are not terribly favorable to Barack Obama's credibility.

All the while casting his foes as those who "smear," "spread falsehoods," "use scare tactics," and otherwise "bear false witness," President Obama himself smeared, spread falsehoods, used scare tactics and otherwise bore quite a bit of false witness.

Investors Business Daily enumerated 15 distinct, quite problematic instances of misinformation uttered by the President in his speech before Congress. Whether one chooses to call these "lies" or "misinformation" probably depends upon one's own proclivity for candor.

The Heritage Foundation debunked 10 false claims in the speech. Reason Magazine, a fierce supporter of the President's election, published a column calling it like it is, "Obama's Lies Matter, Too." The not-known-for-racism group, FactCheck.org listed six big areas where the President fudged the truth in very carefully worded ways that seemed intentionally misleading.

So, the next time some insanely condescending liberal tries to pull the race card from his hand and lay it on the table like it's some kind of cockamamie trump card, be ready and armed with the truth.  Because, honey, truth trumps the race card every single day of the week. 

And that's exactly how MLK envisioned it.  It's all about character.  It ain't about race.

Don't you media elitists dare rob MLK and all of us who fought alongside him of that victory by shielding the first black president like he was some kind of boy. He's a man.  Equal to his white-male predecessors in every single respect.  And if he can't take the heat in the hottest darned kitchen on the planet, he needs to get the heck out and take his nanny press with him.

Copyright Creators Syndicate 2009.   

This column appears via special arrangement with Creators Syndicate.

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Sorry honey, but truth trumps the race card

This itself could be considered a racist statement, by using the term, "race card".

[sourcery]

Excellent points: To characterize criticism of Obama’s policies as racist is a rather vile, evil and insidious manifestation of racism. It makes race more important than the debate over the merits of policy, it assumes that the President is inferior to any of his prececessors, and it assumes that criticism is insincere based solely on the color of the critic’s skin.

[Crim]

and I bet the suit was spades...

[TigersEye]

The race card is always thrown to avoid accountability. If you want accountability in government you can’t elect anyone who uses it.

[eyedigress]

That’s all they have. They cannot defend the thousands clinging to their homes after tons of money is flying out. I’m guessing the Soviet Union is promising no new runs on the money market in order to get control over missle defense.

[TigersEye]

Now, did I miss something extremely important in the fine print on our presidential ballots last year? Was there some fishy legalese in there specifying that if Barack Obama were elected, then I as a citizen, would thereby give up my right to free speech and would have to walk barefoot over hot coals if I criticized any of his policies? Did I miss some dictate down there on the ballot in my Southern state that notified me of my loss of U.S. citizenship in the event that Barack Obama became the first black president?

It wasn't on the ballot it was in the air. If you missed it you weren't paying any attention.

[milagro]

WHOA! I LOVE IT! Thanks for this post--it is a powerful thrust from a "steel magnolia" who eviscerates the "lily-liver" of the white liberal mentality and exposes the disgusting bile of condescension that flows from it.

And in the game of politics, when the nation's freedom and security are at stake, the Left may think we'll fold when they play the race card, but they better bring more to the table than a pair of jokers!

[wardaddy]

It takes a bit of real grit these days for a white Southerner to talk publicly about the race card.

you're telling me...I've been trying it here for ages...not exactly injun country ..and have the war wounds to prove it

[wardaddy]

handsome lady, does she post here?

[smoothsailing]

I don’t know, but I wouldn’t be surprised! She’s great with words.

[chasio649]

Pipe down cracker ass!....btw...been loving your rants lately...good stuff!

[wardaddy]

I feel like I'm battling windmills...it's impossible to reason with folks who ignore empirical evidence because it doesn't suit them and just try to shout down with the same race card Bro is using against us.

I have a wealth of living experience in this racial arena of 52 years and much at the epicenter but it's nigh impossible to try to explain that in just a few words in the shout down toxic environment of racial self righteous indignation.

Aside from the ignorant, willful or otherwise many of my foes here have a personal stake in ignoring the gorilla in the closet.

I really do think though that Bro and media's race card this time is not living up to the usual expectations and is having some blowback unanticipated. People seem more willing to endure race baiting taunts and stick to their guns.

The very first day I was here 9 years ago I got into it with Memphis Belle over her insistence that the only way to end discrimination was for whites to be bred out through "miscegenation" or interbreeding or whatever the acceptable PC word is now...I was astounded that someone would utter such anti-white nonsense on a right wing website...I had been mostly outside the US for 17 years and though ever more rightist I had no idea how the worm had turned in American culture....

and now here we are 9 years later and we have a rce baiting mixed race socialist in the white house and folks have to wonder why old crackers what old peckerwoods like me are worried about...lol...geez memphis belle got permabanned at some point down the road after meltdown in which she revealed she really was more suited to DU

[wastoute]

Beck was running with it the other day! He started out by pointing our that violence was the “last weapon” available to the Taliban and Al Queda because “no one would join willingly”. Who would volunteer for islam? No one. So they have to threaten people with violence to get them to sign up. Without even blinking or taking a breath he went straight to the libtards use of the Race Card. The Race Card is what libtards do when they haven’t got anything else to argue and they are losing. Whoa! I turned to the wife and asked, “Did Beck just call libtards Al Queda?” LOL. He did! Just like the muslims who can’t get support without violence, the libtards can’t persuade so they use black folks as human shields (hat tip to Horowitz, that one was good). Truly disgusting folks, the libtards.

[chasio649]

I don’t know if this whole site is battling windmills....for me to say that i agree with you on most everything doesn’t mean much because i’m the choir ;) You see most everything i see and can articulate it much better than me...i also appreciate that you have travelled more than me but i gather from you that it has hardened you more because it’s the same anywhere you go...get my drift?

I spend quite a bit of time on a UK site and it is so scary to know that we are going down the same path...those people have lost all will to fight...they truly are pussies....i can’t believe how the women run the households over there...they pride themselves in being battle axes...for the most part. We are getting closer to being as soft as them in many ways.

Being a southerner, you know how so many things are stacked against you from the get-go....i could type all night on that subject....i personally just want the world to leave me the hell alone...i’m sick of it all...i force myself to laugh at how far we have fallen...it’s better than staying angry...i get no where with that.

I don’t have freepmail and am wondering how to contact you...some things i’d like to tell you.

[ryan71]

The President had a 70% approval rating when he started out.

Are we to believe all those people became racists over night?

[wardaddy]

Why so no freepmail?

[chasio649]

work blocks it >:(

[highlander_UW]

Was there some fishy legalese in there specifying that if Barack Obama were elected, then I as a citizen, would thereby give up my right to free speech and would have to walk barefoot over hot coals if I criticized any of his policies?

That's what happens when America elects a dictator.

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