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Joining Beck, Townhall's Shapiro calls Obama "a racist" in column titled, "Barack Obama: The Black Jimmy Carter"

September 23, 2009 10:02 am ET by Media Matters staff

From Ben Shapiro's September 23 column:

Carter was a racist back in his day. Upon his return to Georgia after serving in the Navy, Carter joined the Sumter County School Board, where he supported segregation. He called his segregationist Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox "the essence of the Democratic Party." When Carter campaigned for governor, he labeled himself a "redneck" -- surely a code word in early 1970s Georgia. Obama, too, is a racist -- his spiritual mentor was Jeremiah "United States of KKKA" Wright, he surrounds himself with folks like Van "White People Pollute Black Communities" Jones, and he is married to Michelle "I've Never Been Proud of My Country" Obama.

Previously: Beck: Obama "is, I believe, a racist"

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    • Author by Victor Colorado (September 23, 2009 10:31 am ET)
         
      Later today fellow Townhall columnist Michael Steele will leap to his feet, as the leader of the RNC and "flatly reject efforts by those in his Party to inject race into our civil discourse in ways that divide, not unite, Americans." Either that, or Steele will continue to say claim as he did Monday that MLK would be disappointed in President Obama.
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    • Author by political_left-religious_right (September 23, 2009 12:39 pm ET)
         
      and he is married to Michelle "I've Never Been Proud of My Country" Obama.

      There's all we need to see to discount this Shapiro bozo entirely. She said she'd never been so proud of her country before, which is a huge difference. The truncated quote was exposed in all its fraudulent majesty about a year ago. Anyone who continues to quote it now has no credibility at all.

      Shapiro's ship is sunk. We don't have to submerge ourselves to dismantle his other "points."
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    • Author by shaggles (September 23, 2009 1:10 pm ET)
         
      Michelle Obama never said that.
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    • Author by bilbo_dies (September 23, 2009 1:21 pm ET)
         
      Well, I guess I can list this guy under the heading:
      "Not a fan of Barak Obama."
      As well as:
      "Not a fan of Jimmy Carter."


      Obama, too, is a racist -- his spiritual mentor was Jeremiah "United States of KKKA" Wright, he surrounds himself with folks like Van "White People Pollute Black Communities" Jones, and he is married to Michelle "I've Never Been Proud of My Country" Obama.


      I am pretty sure most of these are "code words" for loyal, neo-con, right wing pundit/nut job.

      If any of these people really are concerned with what is "wrong" with America, all they have to do is read the invective that they are pushing on a daily basis.
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    • Author by bilbo_dies (September 23, 2009 1:24 pm ET)
         
      Oh, almost forgot.

      "White People Pollute Black Communities"

      This should probably be voiced more as:

      "Corporations only pollute poor and minoity commuties."

      And, I mean, really. Would you want a toxic waste dump spoiling the view, outside of your Vail vacation home? I know I wouldn't.
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    • Author by paul8616 (September 23, 2009 9:51 pm ET)
         
      Shapiro: "Obama is JUST LIKE Jimmy Carter!"

      Obama: "Thanks for the compliment."
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