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When Obama won the 2008 election we heard that he had transcended race.   A black man had been elected president and the highest of glass ceilings had been broken.  Race, it seemed, was no longer a major issue in our country.  A new era had been ushered in.  What the heck happened?  It seems like people are being called racists by a myriad of public figures on a daily basis.  Why isn’t anyone talking about all that transcending race stuff anymore?

Racism seems to have been redefined in recent months. It no longer means judging someone by the color of their skin.  It now means disagreeing with Obama and the Democrats.  If you support Obama you are a virtuous, enlightened, knowledgeable soul.  If you disagree with him, you are a racist, Nazi, brown shirt, member of a mob, and (insert your favorite liberal insult here).

Jonah Goldberg, the author of Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change, wrote a piece for National Review Online where he disused the racism claims.  According to Goldberg,

In our great nation, we believe we have certain God given, unalienable rights. One of these rights was put down on paper in the form of the first amendment to our Constitution.  We believe we have the right to free speech, to assemble, to protest, and to petition our government.  This God given right is apparently annoying President Obama and the Democrats.

We have seen an amazing grassroots response to the policies of this new administration in the form of ordinary Americans rising up and saying enough is enough.  Senior citizens and stay at home moms who have never protested anything before are showing up at their Congressman’s town hall meetings and giving them an earful about the course our government is taking.  However, the President and the Democrats in Congress don’t want to hear from these Americans.  We have all heard Obama say many times that he wants to hear from everybody.  We’ve heard him say he wants everyone to have a voice.  We’ve heard him say he wants to have input from everyone on health care.  We’ve heard him say he wants to unite the country.  In reality, he doesn’t want any of this.  It’s evident by his actions.  For the last few months, Obama has been saying one thing and doing another, hiding his true feelings on issues.  Now, he is verbalizing his true desires instead of hiding them.  In a speech to help energize the  democratic base for the Virginia governor’s race, he finally said out loud what he has wanted all along.  He doesn’t want to unite people and listen to all sides.  He wants those of us who disagree with him to get out of his way.  Here is a video of the speech where you can see both Obamas.  The fake Obama, who talks about unity and listening to the opinions of all Americans, and the real Obama who wants to tear down those he disagrees with…