My First Racism Charge of the Obama Regime

It all began innocently enough. I wrote a little light piece suggesting alternatives to the tired canard of, “Which Presidential Candidate would you rather have a beer with?” To come up with questions that suggested some character traits such as trustworthiness, honesty, and courage. It was a light post and most people have fun with, though some lady suggested that I wrote the question as they make Huckabee and Palin look better. To which, I must say, “Sometimes, a meme is just a meme.” I actually don’t think either Governor Palin or Governor Huckabee need puffing.

However, others took offense to these questions, which are below:

1. Which candidate would you trust more to babysit young children or to look after your teenage daughter?
2. Which candidate would you trust more to sell you a used car?
3. Which candidate could you most easily imagine washing your car?
4. Which candidate would you rather be trapped in a building with if you were surrounded by an armed gang of criminals and you each had a shotgun?

At Idaho’s most popular blog, a commenter writes:

Sorry, Adam, but this is thinly veiled racist claptrap, about what one would expect from a sore Idaho wingnut loser. You’re a mental pipsqueak Adam and this sort of increasingly common snide hatred from the right is getting old Yes, America elected a black man, no he won’t rape our daughters or wash our cars for us or lead us into a gang of his criminal homies. Your stereotypical hate mongering is race baiting the angry white men to rise up and be counted. Fortunately, because of Obama’s resounding win we know just how little angry white men count anymore.

The commenter could be joking, but I fear not.  Sadly, I think this type of absurdity is going to become more common, as any perceived criticism of Obama becomes racisim. Of course, I wasn’t thinking of Obama when I wrote this, but I doubt that matters all that much to the, “It’s racism” brigade!