Racial Politics and the . . . Right? I Don't Think So.

When you don't have anything left to argue and don't have a leg to stand on . . . just pull the race card!

It seems that every day I keep hearing how people on the Right and Republicans are racists.  Just ignore the fact that there is never any evidence that this racism is occurring.  Also, ignore the fact that generally the only time you EVER hear anything about race in the media is when someone on the Left is making an accusation about how racist the Republican Right is.

Take for example the comments of Congressional Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX).  On one hand she makes comments about how the media on the Right and Conservative Bloggers (like myself) should "shut up" and "stop playing racial politics" while on the other hand moments later says that President Obama's "buy American" comment should be "buy African-American" and that if Obama's Jobs Bill passed that any contractors who "do not look like" her need to make sure that if they get federal money their employees "better be reflective of those suffering double-digit unemployment". (from The Blaze)

To me, not only does this sound like the words of a hypocrite and herself a racist, but it also sounded like a threat.  Besides the fact that no one, not even President Obama, think that his Jobs Bill is going to pass.  It has become patently obvious to all of us that he has only put this on the table in order to be shot down by a Republican House so that later, when the economy flushes further down the toilet, and he is in the heat of campaigning, he can bring it up again and blame Republicans for not passing it.  I'm sure the accusation of Republican racism will come into play then also . . . but I digress . . .

Then there are the accusations from my neck of the woods by Maxine Waters (D-CA) on 9/22/11 stating that Republicans "eat his food and drink his beer and leave, then they go and try to kill him [on Capitol Hill]".  What happened to stopping the negative rhetoric Maxine? (from The Blaze)

And on the flip side of the racist rhetoric you have the main stream media complicit in covering up acts of overt racism on the Left.  Take for instance the CBC event where Andre Carson (D-IN) stated that the Tea Party wanted to see him "hanging on a tree".  (the Blaze).  Not only were these comments despicable but it has also come to light that News Anchor Tamron Hall from the MSNBC program "NewsNation" was the moderator of this CBC event.  Why then wasn't this story broken and reported by MSNBC instead of The Blaze? (The Blaze)  Isn't it newsworthy to a reporter that a Congressman is accusing a huge organization like the Tea Party of wanting to lynch him?  It sounds newsworthy to me . . . but then again, I am a Tea Party supporter and member.

These things don't surprise me though.  In fact, they encourage me and are a constant reminder that we are winning the war of ideas, ideals, values and morals.  You see, it is only when you realize that you can't win the war of ideas that you resort to name calling.  Be encouraged.  Once the Left starts yelling "Racist! Racist! Racist!" you know you've won.  So the next time you are having one of those heated conversations with your favorite lefty friend and all they have in response to your facts and reasoning is that you are "uncaring" and you hear "racist" bigot" "homophobes", just relax and smile.