re: #940 Gus 802

If Rush Limbaugh is going to rant off “we need segregated buses” he better expect to catch a great deal of heat regarding that comment. Standing on its own can cause even more damage to his already damaged reputation with most of the American public.

I have not read Carter’s comments but I understand that his comments were that “an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man.” Now, look at that sentence. He technically he is saying an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity. If he meant “of the intensely demonstrated animosity” then he is specifying a single group — those that go to extremes. If meant all I would disagree with that. However, he is correct in that there is a significant racist element.

President Obama refuted Carter’s comments in a television interview. I would think that in many cases racism is not the reasoning behind the criticism but a symptom. Other than the Skip Gates incident, Obama has been relatively low key regarding racism. This is apparent in his refuting of Carter’s comments. Incidents like the one covered in this thread are widespread and people like Rush Limbaugh are exploiting and creating a situation to argue their political ideas much to the detriment of the nation. Most importantly it will result in the social regression of his listeners, and the desensitizing of his political allies in Washington, DC.

All in all, you’re pretty much on the mark, except for the part about Jimmy Carter.
Pres. Carter was not right. I don’t think he’s right very often about much of anything.
I do not think that you are right that there is a “significant racist element” in the objections to President Obama’s policies.
I suppose it depends on what you mean by significant.