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    • Carl Pope: Winner of the RACY

    John on September 7, 2009 at 9:08 am

    I think we need an award for the most convoluted attempt to interject a ‘Republicans are racist’ smear into a current news story. Because let’s face it, in the age of Obama, we’re getting hit with new ones every week. Some of them are pretty bland, but other are the rhetorical equivalent of a back dive with a full twist into the warm waters of moral superiority. Effort like that deserves recognition.

    Case in point. Writing at Huff Post, Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club tries to defend Van Jones after the fact. He has this to say about the Van Jones “crack-head” video:

    Calling Bush a “crack-head” is seen by a large part of America as worse than calling him “addict-in-chief” because crack is not just a drug — it is a drug used largely by black people. It reminds those Americans who are still uncomfortable with Barack Obama that we have a black president.

    Got it? Americans are offended that Van Jones called President Bush a crackhead because it reminds them President Obama is black. You in the pointy hats…ponder its genius.

    Sure it would be easier to accuse Republicans of hating Van Jones because he’s black. There’s a whole shortest-distance-between-two-klansman-is-a-straight-line problem with Carl’s theory. But ultimately you have to remember that to the left race-baiting isn’t math, it’s art. And it’s the flips and twists that make this such a special bit of work.

    So I hereby award the very first RACY to Carl Pope for outstanding achievements in the field of leftist race baiting for the month of September 2009.  Congratulations, Carl. Your trophy is in the mail.

    [HT: Read this on Hot Air headlines]

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    7 Comments

    1. Scott

      John,

      Thanks for that laugh this morning…

      “…shortest-distance-between-two-klansman-is-a-straight-line…”

      Now THAT is funny…and awesome…and awesomely funny!

      I don’t know why but suddenly all sorts of jokes are running through my head, jokes like:

      - How many klansmen does it take to change a lightbulb? At least twenty – 1 to do the work and 19 to get liquored up and cheer him on.

      - How many liberal Democrats does it take to gin up a racist scandal in D.C.? It depends on if Nancy Pelosi and Charles Rangel are in town and/or if Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton aren’t busy trying to stir up trouble with some lacrosse team somewhere.

      September 7, 2009 @ 9:42 am
    2. John

      The race card comes out pretty often these days. Hopefully it’s wearing thin to the point where people just laugh at it.

      September 7, 2009 @ 10:12 am
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      September 7, 2009 @ 2:51 pm
    4. inspectorudy

      Lets just cut to the chase on anything negative about Obama and his minions and declare ourselves racist. Then we can go ahead and talk in civil tones about the stupid things this administration does. That way they will be disarmed and have to address the real issues on their merits.

      September 7, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
    5. RSR

      Nice job guys. This blog is becoming a daily must-read for me.

      September 7, 2009 @ 4:21 pm
    6. Dr. Jimbo

      Umm . . . is Carl Pope also saying that Van Jones is psychic, because of course when Jones made the slander of Bush, Bush was still in office, and I’m not sure, but I don’t think Obama was even yet a candidate. Hmmmmm.

      September 7, 2009 @ 4:29 pm
    7. Jim

      Unfortunately folks, the race card will be played as long as Obamanure is in office. There is a lack of critical thinking that plagues liberalism, particularly when it comes to disagreeing with a leftist who has darker skin pigment than my own. I still discourse with individuals who are black and who still believe that any criticism of Obama is based on his race. They can’t think deep enough to understand that I just might not like the guy’s politics. I really get a “deer-in-the-headlights” look when I tell blacks that I voted for a black man for president – Alan Keys. They simply don’t know how to respond to that statement. I usually try to help them out at that point because I end up feeling sorry for their own stupidity.

      By the way, if I get caught on You Tube accusing blacks of acting studpidly, maybe the Messiah will invite me and my fellow debater over to the White House for a beer. I don’t drink but I could donate my portion to Professor Gates in an attempt to chill him out and calm him down some. It’s worth a shot.

      September 7, 2009 @ 5:00 pm

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