Last time, the complaint was that Mitt Romney’s slogan was formerly used by the Ku Klux Klan – a claim that turned out to be complete fiction. Now Romney’s latest slogan is being criticized for supposedly promoting racial stereotypes. The phrase? “Obama Isn’t Working.” How anyone sees racism in that is beyond me, but Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher somehow managed:
When I first saw the banner this afternoon, the multiple meanings were clear: President Obama‘s policies aren’t working, the Obama presidency isn’t working, President Obama…isn’t working, as in, doing any work. That’s not a nice thing to say about any president, but like it or not, it becomes a more loaded accusation when leveled at our first black president.
Just to be sure it wasn’t just me, though, I asked several friends about the banner, and four out of four pointed out, unprompted, the stereotype of the “lazy,” “shiftless” black man. One of the people I called was cable news fixture Goldie Taylor, who, upon hearing my description of the banner, said “Are you kidding me? You have got to be kidding me.”
Christopher backs up his thesis by talking to four friends who agree with him, for whatever that’s worth. I had sort of hoped we were past all these fallacious and unprovable hidden racism allegations, but obviously some people are anxious to revisit the lunacy of 2008 (remember McCain’s “Celebrity” ad, which was deemed racist because it featured pictures of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Obama – supposedly with some hidden message about interracial relationships? Every hack who called McCain a racist for that ad should be ashamed).
If there’s been any bigotry so far this election cycle, it’s been directed at Mitt Romney’s religion. But for whatever reason, liberal pundits seem far less concerned about real anti-Mormonism than they are about imagined racism.
Only someone with subconscious racist thoughts, would find racism in Romney's slogan.
The left wants to make everything about race. That's all that is left, I guess.
Wow! Guess those liberals have these racially bigoted stereotypes playing in their heads constantly. This is very revealing as a free-association psychological test. For liberals, "not working" = "lazy shiftless black man". n nSo if Romney said the Obama GSA is "not working", the liberals would presume the agency is stocked with lazy, shiftlkess black men? If the trillion dollar stimulus program was condemned as "not working", the liberals would picture the program as a bunch of lazy, shiftless black men? If Obama's "green energy" financing program is "not working", then we are to picture Energy Secretary Steven Chu as a lazy, shiftless black man? n n
Just yesterday Obama was shown hard "at work" congratulating the Alabama football team. But on the truly important things, Obama simply does not appear to be working hard. n nExamples? Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid did the heavy lifting on the stimulus and "Obamacare." For a reason: Obama phoned it in. n nThrow in the multiple vacations in lavish places, golf games, and campaign stops on the public dime, and "Obama isn't working" seems more than fair.
It’s outrageous, Obama gave the eulogy for Derrick Bell (the Marxist black supremist who thought of critical race theory and believed that the constitution is a “rascist document and affirmative action didn’t go far enough). There is also Obama’s more than 20 year association with jerimiah wright the foremost leader in “black liberation theology” who he refers to in his books as his “mentor” although he has now thrown under the bus. Wright’s sermons are all anti American, anti white, and anti semetic.
Let them have their fun. The reflexive, or contrived charge of "racism" leveled at anything and anyone is fast losing whatever currency it once had, and after the Zimmerman/ Martin case plays itself out, will have all the buying power of Confederate money after the Civil War.
Do not forget that these are the same racial demographics as the Duke Rape Hoax — evil white men preying on the innocent black single mother. We won't get into the fact that one doesn't get pregnant from sitting on a toilet, hence one can't truly *be* a "single mother", or the colorful legal history that particular woman had before the allegation — and afterwards — but it is the same thing. n nI have no doubt that Martin jumped Zimmerman and tried to kill him — when Alan Dershowitz is saying that the white guy with the gun isn't being treated fairly, that says a LOT. n nBut Zimmerman will be bullied into pleading guilty of something and thus at fault. n nAnd the social fabric will tear just a little bit more….
Actually — read into it what you will — I think it's a pretty clever slogan.
The left will use anything and everything to destroy Romney. They learn from their best friends the Muslims who use the lie as a WMD. It is called taqiyya.
Yes dear, that's right, everything is racist. Now go lie down and have your nap.
Surely you can't be serious. Two words? Two obvious words? n nAre you certain you're not thinking of Vice Dear Leader's wholesale plagiarism from Labour hack Neil Pillock?