Carter’s criticism hurts Obama

Former President Jimmy Carter told NBC’s Brian Williams he believes the criticisms of President Barack Obama, particularly those made by Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., are racially motivated.

“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,” Carter said. Unfortunately, however, Carter gave nothing to back up his claims, much like many Democrats who attempt to refute the criticism of Obama.

In case you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, Wilson, who is opposed to Obama’s health care reform, shouted, “You lie!” during Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress earlier this month. You can think Wilson was wrong to shout at Obama like that, and let the record show I personally believe he was out of line, but to say that he’s a racist is a desperate act. Shouting at someone is one thing. Blasting the man’s motivations with ridiculous accusations of racism is another thing entirely.

I find it laughable that when the far left hated former President George W. Bush, when they booed him during his addresses to Congress and when they used horrible language against him it wasn’t inappropriate. The amount of anger and hostility against Bush was vastly greater than anything that Obama has endured in office.

It’s even more interesting, however, because none of the Obama officials – Obama included – believe any of the criticism has anything to do with race. So, why is Carter pulling the race card here? Why are Obama’s supporters causing him more harm than good? Obama needs to do more to refute these comments if he does in fact believe the criticism isn’t racially motivated. His poll numbers are suffering because of his lack of addressing the issue.

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, John Legend said he believes the opponents of the president’s agenda want it to be a race war because blacks would lose a race war. “We’re only 12 percent of the country.”

How can his claim be accurate? Americans are fed up with Obama’s plans to push government-run health care without even listening to the majority opposition heard at tea parties and town hall meetings. Unless someone comes out and says a racial slur when talking about health care there is no legitimate argument to compare the two together. None.

At least we can call the president a “half-baked nitwit,” according to the newly revised House rules when criticizing the president from inside the House doors. If you ask me, the Obama supporters, especially Carter, should apologize to Wilson and the American people.

Posted by Colonnade Archives on Sep 25 2009. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry