Slate: Charlie Crist Thinks Opposition To Obama Might Be A Little Bit Racist

[Playinghardball]

The closest Crist gets to controversy, something I left out of the review, comes in a collection of musings about the rise of the Tea Party. Crist has trouble understanding the alacrity with which anti-Obama anger became so mainstream.

“Sometimes,” he says, “the public’s feelings seemed partly racial. Sometimes, I’m sure they were not. But Barack Obama was the first African American in the White House. Florida had helped to put him there. And it was impossible to imagine an equal measure of virulence for any politician whose skin was white.”

More here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/02/07/charlie_crist_thinks_opposition_to_obama_might_be_a_little_bit_racist.html

Found on the Obama Diary

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Might be? MIGHT be??

There is no ifs, ands, or buts. No one can deny, be it openly or in private, that this unprecedented opposition to President Obama is all about racism no matter how they try to excuse it (unconvincingly) using the weakest arguments around that just ring hollow.

Charlie Crist hit the nail on the head, and I'm happy to read that he's unafraid to call it like it is.

[joeybee12]

4. Also..."A little bit"???

In his defense, the nutjobs opposed everything Clinton did, too, so there's craziness in this without the racism, but there's definitely a lot of racims in this particular craziness.

[Gothmog]

2. Water is also wet

Crist is correct about a large portion of the opposition to President Obama

[JaneyVee]

3. Gee, ya think?

[liberal N proud]

5. Nevermind

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A little bit racist? WOW!

[Jefferson23]

7. No, Charlie Crist. I read it as Christie too, at first glance. n/t

[liberal N proud]

11. DUH

[Jefferson23]

12. Chris, then Christie..it's easy to confuse them. n/t

[Rex]

6. I would never expect a RWing idiot to 'get' racism.

It would require common understanding of simple notions.

[TheMathieu]

8. A little bit? Hell, the only thing that's missing is a burning cross on the White House lawn. nt

[Behind the Aegis]

10. Now, that is a truly upsetting image.

I have to say, I wouldn't be one bit surprised though.

[bemildred]

9. With regard to what, Charlie? nt

[Jamaal510]

13. Damn,

where has he been the past 5 years? This is the type of stuff most of us found out back in January 2009 and before.