Thread: White president would never hear 'You lie!'

White president would never hear 'You lie!'

Jimmy Carter is right: Racism behind the attacks on Obama

September 17, 2009

BY MARY MITCHELL Sun-Times Columnist
Say what you will, but former president Jimmy Carter is too old to lie. At 85, he's seen the best and worst of human nature.

So, when he says the "You lie!" shouted at President Obama during his address to Congress last week was "based on racism," he is speaking with wisdom.

The heckler, Rep. Joe Wilson, has apologized to the president, and the South Carolina Republican was formally rebuked by the U.S. House on Tuesday.

However, Carter's comments echoed what a lot of African Americans are thinking.

Would Wilson have heckled a Reagan, or a Bush or a Clinton while these white men were delivering a speech before Congress?

A lot of people believe that Wilson would have bit his tongue before he hurled an insult at a white president.

Really, it was an unbelievable moment.

Wilson shouted that the president of the United States was a liar before the entire Congress and the millions of people who watched the speech on television.

Think about that.

President George Bush was so wrong about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction, he should have been impeached.

Thousands of young lives were at stake, and not one elected official ever got angry enough to call Bush a liar during a public speech.

No matter how bad things were going in this country, Bush was respected as the president of the United States.

A clear double standard
Carter is daring to suggest that Wilson's behavior was steeped in the old Southern creed that says a black man is not equal to a white man.

During a critical address to the Congress, Obama was not given the same level of respect his predecessors were given.

Some of his Republican opponents twittered. Some waved signs and booklets. Some sat stone-faced.

Wilson shouted, "You lie!"

"It [racism] has bubbled up to the surface," Carter said, and pointed out that many white people "not just in the South" believed that African Americans are not qualified to lead.

Only Wilson knows what prompted him to act the way he did.

But given the rancor that led up to the president's speech, I'm not surprised that this Southerner lost control of himself.

After all, the South did not go for Obama.

In fact, an expert with the Washington-based Pew Research Center put it this way: The South has seceded a second time.

But the Obama White House will have nothing to do with a debate involving race.

"The president does not believe that criticism comes based on the color of his skin," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters.

That response doesn't take into account that when Obama ran for the White House, he was dispatched a security detail earlier than any other candidate.

Or that near the end of the campaign, racists started showing up at his opponent's rallies.

Unfortunately, the passionate debate over health care has also provided a platform for people who cling to a white supremacy doctrine.

These people show up at so-called Tea Parties with racist signs that depict Obama as a Nazi and a witch doctor.

Hate disguised as partisanship
Recently, I was driving home and inadvertently tuned to a conservative talk radio program.

The vitriolic attacks on the president's health care plan were unnerving. Callers referred to Obama as everything but president.

Still, Carter's truthfulness will get him nowhere.

In kinder circles, the former president will be characterized as an aging man who sees America as it was, not as it is.

Conservative talk show hosts and GOP leaders will show no mercy.

But Obama knows there are still a lot of white folks who are having a difficult time accepting that there is a black family in the White House. These people condemn everything from the color of his dog to first lady Michelle Obama's shorts.

Because Obama chooses to ignore the racism shown toward him, that doesn't mean racism doesn't exist.

As a people, we pay a heavy price when we do not confront racism.

And it becomes harder for someone like Carter to have an honest conversation about race.

The old man told a painful and unpopular truth.

I hope the White House doesn't turn this truth into a lie.

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Enough with the cries of racism at every corner, when the majority of Americans disagree with the road now traveled by the liberals, the progressives, and the socialists. It is about principles, freedom, rule of law, and protecting the rights of the American people.

A great deal of this outrage, and fast run to cry racism, is to simply silence the voices of opposition. The mainstream media is always quick to pick up any story that gives fuel to the fire for those who want to use this tactic.

Revelation 3:20

I was on the fence about posting this, but the root cause of it is due to illegal aliens getting healthcare. Moderators should feel free to delete or move it.

This kind of article drives me nuts! It’s the same as us being called racists because we’re against illegal aliens.

The author, in my opinion, is extremely biased in many of her posts and a tool. Judge for yourself.

There are tons of comments at the bottom. It works last-in-first-out, so you may want to start at the “lastâ€

In fact, an expert with the Washington-based Pew Research Center put it this way: The South has seceded a second time.

How I wish that were true.

Yawn. Let them continue to hurl this racist crap. Americans aren't buying it. These are the cries of a dying bottom dweller.

As far as I am concerned all they do is lie and it is on both sides of the fence...

Kathyet

I wasnt for him but bush was called a liar on several occasions and rarely treated with respect by congress,the senate or the msm.

Here is a 1993 video of Al Gore showing how they lie this is kind of funny if it wasn't so serious..in this video he is talking about NAFTA... ha "such a good deal for our Country"..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvJYWp1Msc4

Please also be aware we are having a problem right now with tires coming from China!!!!!

Kathyet

Obama TECHNICALLY didn't lie. They made the language in the bill to make it seem like no illegals would be covered, even though Wilson and other people that know better can clearly see the loopholes in the language that will be used to give illegals heatlhcare. I used to be a crew scheduler for an airline, and it was my job whenever a new pilot or flight attendant contract came up to find the loopholes that we could use to benefit us. It's the same here. Until there is language in the bill that not only denies healthcare for illegals, but supports their deportation. We can't have a serious debate about anything until illegals are GONE!!

Grinnin' Jimmy C is a stupid fool who should be so ashamed of how he miserably FAILED as president that he should go and hide himself far, far away from the public eye until he is planted in the ground.