Carter: Wilson's Outburst 'Based on Racism' - Political News - FOXNews.com

Carter: Wilson's Outburst 'Based on Racism' - Political News - FOXNews.com

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For any of us who grew up in the era of civil rights activism, the brand of racism is as serious and painful as the scarlet "A" in the time of the Puritans. Those of us who cared deeply about the cause of civil rights were careful not to use it indiscriminately because we knew that constant exposure to any word lessens its impact. And that was one word that we always wanted to have impact because it described a abhorrent preference based on ethnicity rather than character.

Now we are seeing the word trotted-out at every opportunity not as a description of an act of racial bias but as a description fitting anyone who opposes the political direction taken by the President. The Democrats are wittingly demeaning the true meaning of the word in order to gain political advantage as opposed to social justice. It makes you wonder, what actually does lie in the depth of their hearts? Could they be pandering to minorities in order to use them for political advantage? For support during elections? As cannon fodder for the advancement of their own political schemes and power?

The answer is clearly, yes.

In a country that offers freedom and opportunity for all to pursue their dreams through hard work, they have consistently intoned to minorities, "You need us to run the government otherwise the majority--the whites--won't let you advance." They sweeten their words with welfare to rob the individuals of self-pride and increase their dependency in exactly the same manner as drug dealers do with their poison. But instead of a poison for the body, the liberal progressives use a poison for the minds, spirit and soul. By constantly telling people that they are oppressed then doing little to help them truly advance, they perpetuate the poverty of the minorities and increase their perceived dependency on the "Big Government" espoused by the Democrats.

Instead of providing equal education opportunities for all children, Democrats kill the school voucher program to keep minorities in inner-city schools where they won't be able to learn in order to pander to the teacher's unions.

Instead of taking steps to solve the problem of illegal immigration and reform the immigration system, they allow illegal immigrants to enter the country almost at will as this provides another oppressed minority that they can use to enhance their political power.

Instead of helping minorities become successful, they keep them economically enslaved through poor education and racial indoctrination by telling them that they are oppressed by Big Corporations, Big Business, Big Oil and The Rich. The true oppressor is, of course, Big Government.

President Jimmy Carter, a not-so-distinguished former president adjudged the worst of the 20th Century, now manages to look into another man's heart and label his vocal opposition to ObamaCare embodied in two words shouted in the House Chamber as racism. That this label is ridiculous goes without saying. Former-President Carter has long been known for making outrageous statements and cannot be taken seriously by any observer. But his statement in this case is less the ramblings of an old man than a continuation of a pattern being used by the liberals to defend their president and advance their agenda by shutting-off or ignoring the opposition. They ignore when convenient as in the lack of serious news coverage of 1.5 to 2 million people descending on Washington on September 12 to protest the direction of the government; and, when inconvenient, they trot out the "racist" label. Their goal is not to stop racism, but to stop debate. They can't defend their position in the cold light of objective discourse so they result to labels, slogans and made-up "facts."

In 1775 Samuel Johnson intoned, "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Clearly he wasn't damning patriotism, but false patriotism used to cloak wrong doings.

In 2009 I am certain that Johnson would be saying, "An allegation of racism is the last refuge of scoundrels."