What???
Lots of people who voted for Obama believed that his election would reflect the extent to which Americans had moved beyond racism. That was part of why some people voted for him. Little did we realize that it would turn every criticism of the President into an occasion to make an accusation of racism.
Little did you realize? Only if you existed in a vacuum and didn’t want to hear any dissent in the year leading up to the election. It was deemed racist far before the election to criticize Obama. And several folks made that exact point prior to November 2008 – that because of all the racial accusations being bandied about by not only Obama supporters but by Obama himself (remember the dollar bill comment??) it would quickly become racist to ever have a difference of opinion on his policies. Several of us made the point many times that we were in for 4-8 years of being called racist if we disagreed with Obama’s positions.
Imagine if, before last year’s election, someone had argued: If a black man becomes President, anyone who dares to criticize him will be called a racist.
Guess Ms. Althouse missed that exact argument going around before last year’s election.
Sigh. At least she’s got some umbrage going at Carter. Better late than never, maybe.
Via Hot Air
