Racism?? Are you kidding me!!

     A Louisiana state legislator, Karen Carter Peterson, recently made national headlines talking about opposition to ObamaCare by stating, “It’s about race. No, nobody wants to talk about that. It’s about the race of this African-American president.”
   
   
   

      Honestly I was wondering when it was going to come down to this.  This ignorant, manipulative rhetoric has been a staple of Obama supporters ever since he burst onto the national scene.  It is the fallacious argument that if you object to any policy or program it has nothing to do with the absurdity of the legislation, it is only because it is being pushed by a black man.  This is not only evil but insulting as it assumes that race is the only factor people consider when judging the benefits or downsides of an action.  Really?? Does this petty bureaucrat think so little of her president’s agenda that she has to ignore the substance and resort to a logical fallacy in defending the plan?  If I was to recommend to a patient that she have a hysterectomy, would her first inclination be to wonder about the validity of my advice due to my terminal Caucasian persuasion.  That’s absurd of course.  She would judge my advice based on the merits of the argument itself, pros and cons, benefits and risks.  So the American people are judging Obamacare based on the structure of the arguments not the fact that Barak Obama happens to posses an excess of melanin pigment. 
    
     When a policy is bad or failing, when logical arguments to defend it are proving illogical, when even supporters are horrified at how bad things are going, what is left is sycophants grasping for anything to bolster a crumbling building.  If the president was a woman, I’m sure there would be cries of sexism.  If the president was a Republican, there would be cries of wealthy elitism.  Let’s be honest, both sides can play this despicable game; however, we all acknowledge our revulsion at being labeled a “racist” and these Obamatons understand and exploit this political correctness with the fervor of a dog in heat. 
   
     I for one will not tolerate being accused of opposing this piece of legislation because of racism.  I oppose it because it is bad...pure and simple.  It will forevermore damage health care delivery in this country, bankrupt the national government, and hurt patients.  The president could be a troglodyte from Venus and I would feel the same way.