RAGE, RACE AND THE RISING RIGHT

“I live in the south, and I've seen the south come a long way, and I've seen the rest of the country that shared the south's attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly African Americans. And that racism inclination still exists. And I think it's bubbled up to the surface because of the belief among many white people, not just in the south but around the country, that African Americans are not qualified to lead this great country.” Those provocative words made Former President Jimmy Carter the most prominent liberal to express the 'Obama's opponents are motivated by race theory'. It's tired and lazy liberalism. When The Left wants to silence or smear political opponents, calling them 'racist' is the easiest way to accomplish that goal.

On September 9, when President Obama addressed a Joint Session of Congress to make another desperate appeal for health care reform, one of Obama's dishonest platitudes was interrupted by South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson shouting “You lie!” The liberal reaction to a white male Southern Christian Conservative interrupting America's first black president was predictable. 'He must be racist' the liberals responded. Immediately black elected officials brought up the worst racial images from America's past. Black Georgia Democratic Congressman Hank Johnson said, “I guess we'll probably have folks putting on white hoods and white uniforms again and riding through the countryside.” Didn't angry disaffected Democrats start the Ku Klux Klan? I'm sure Congressman Johnson knows that, he's just intellectually dishonest. His party had guys riding through the countryside in white hoods. The reaction to Joe Wilson reached it's peak when the House of Representatives voted to rebuke the South Carolina Congressman for his outburst.

During the emotional town hall meetings and tea party protests this summer liberals responded by accusing citizens concerned about government spending of being motivated by racism, because only racists oppose big government. If opponents of President Obama aren't motivated by racism then what drives the opposition? Concern about the direction of the country. It started during the Clinton years and now it's reached the boiling point. Massive government spending, tax increases, bailouts of failed corporations, record deficits, government violating civil liberties, restricting the second amendment and unelected judges making law are fueling the backlash against the government. This tidal wave against bureaucracy can't be solved by liberalism, that's why liberals are troubled by the uprising. The solution is a return to the Constitution. Liberals view the Constitution as a living document to be molded to fit the latest political fad. Unwilling to defend their real positions they accuse their opponents of being motivated by race. This fight is bigger than one man's race.