Why are Cries of Racism So Quickly Scoffed At?

By: Deborah Mathis

Last week brought a couple of surprises, followed by sad predictability.

One day, it was Maureen Dowd, the celebrated New York Times columnist, diagnosing Rep. Joe Wilson’s “you lie” outburst against President Obama as a symptom of racism. “You lie, boy” is what he really wanted to say, Dowd divined.

Shortly thereafter, former President Jimmy Carter told a television interviewer that the recent epidemic of name-calling, lie-telling and implied threats – the gun toting at town halls and the like – was, in part, due to racism. Some folks simply won’t accept a black man as president, said Carter.

 

Why are Cries of Racism So Quickly Scoffed At?....

Wilson Rebuked by House for ‘You Lie’ Outburst

By: Michael H. Cottman

In an unprecedented session on Capitol Hill, Democrats on Tuesday officially reprimanded South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson for his outburst Wednesday night, when he shouted “You lie!” during President Barack Obama’s speech about health care reform before a joint session of Congress.
 
The contentious question being asked privately – from the halls of the U.S. Capitol to black neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. - is this: Was Wilson’s heckling of President Barack Obama a blatant act of racism?

 

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GOP Congressman's 'Disrespectful' Crack Blasted

By: Frederick Cosby

Members of Congress expressed anger, dismay and disgust over a South Carolina Republican lawmaker shouting “You lie” at President Barack Obama as he delivered a nationally-televised speech on health care reform in the hallowed House of Representatives chamber.

Several House and Senate members - some of whom have sat through presidential addresses dating back to the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration - said they had never heard or seen such an outburst in a place that prides itself on decorum and rules of conduct during formal speeches.

 

GOP Congressman's 'Disrespectful' Crack Blasted....