Tingles Call Obama Opponents "Crackers on the Right"

Chris Matthews accuses Obama's critics of "ad hominem" attacks, then launches an "ad hominem" attack on them by calling them "crackers."

From the video:

“So much of this attack on Obama has been ad hominem — directed at the person, the president. Whether it’s somebody, some cracker out there on the right calling him — some birther type that he’s not an American or it is someone a little more sophisticated, but basically saying he’s a socialist”

Matthews calls Obama critics 'crackers'

Unbelievable! CNN Compared Ground Zero Protesters to Nazi Sympathizers

The screen capture says it all. Yesterday, al CNN compared Ground Zero mosque opponents to those who defended Nazi violence. I am speechless.

Via NewsBusters: (click image for larger view)

Classy: Obama Promotes Civility By Calling His Opponents "Tea-baggers"

Calling for civility: Free. Deriding your political opponents with a homosexual sex term: Priceless Crude.

Three days after he decried the lack of civility in American politics, President Obama is quoted in a new book about his presidency referring to the Tea Party movement using a derogatory term with sexual connotations.

In Jonathan Alter’s “The Promise: President Obama, Year One,” President Obama is quoted in an interview saying that the unanimous vote of House Republicans vote against the stimulus bills “set the tenor for the whole year ... That helped to create the tea-baggers...

Tea Party activists loath the term “tea baggers,” which has emerged in liberal media outlets and elsewhere as a method of mocking the activists and their concerns.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright thinks Obamacare opponents are motivated by racism

Of course, Reverend Wright thinks everything he disagrees with is motivated by racism.

From Breitbart:

Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Health Care Law Opposition Based on Hatred for ‘People of Color’

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): Oppose Obamacare and You Are A Racist (video)

According to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), those opposed to President Obama and health care reform are "birthers," right wing militia members, fanatics and Aryan Nation support groups. There are a few choice names we could call Sen. Whitehouse too, but this isn't that kind of blog.

Chris Matthews just can't believe Obama's Opponents Aren't Racists

Chris Matthews was discussing this poll that found opposition to President Obama wasn't racially based with David Corn and he was having a really hard time believing Obama's opponents aren't racially motivated.

From the 3:10 mark in the video:

MATTHEWS: I‘m not sure. David Corn, I want to ask you this question: Why is it that all the liberals we know, every liberal we know was thrilled that this country was capable of electing an African American president? And you did not hear that thrill exciting the body or the soul of conservatives. They were not thrilled by the idea that this country was capable getting beyond its race past—it‘s racial past, not racist, but racial past.

Why is it that liberals liked that idea and conservatives didn‘t like were not thrilled by it? They just didn‘t have the same reaction.

Democratic Study Finds racism is not Behind Conservative Opposition to Obama

Good news. Americans opposed to the direction President Obama is leading America are not racists. A special bonus is the group that determined this is a Democratic organization.

Politico reported:

Racism is not a factor driving conservative opposition to President Barack Obama, according to the results of focus groups conducted by Democracy Corps, a Democratic organization, released on Friday.

Nevertheless, members of the conservative base of the GOP said they believe the president is pursuing a “secret agenda” designed to push the country toward socialism.

Jimmy Carter Accuses Obama Opponents of Being Racist (video)

Race baiting by Democrats is reaching a fever pitch. In an MSNBC interview, former President Jimmy Carter expressed concern that the “overwhelming” portion of animosity towards Obama is racist. Meanwhile, Osama Bin Laden has plugged Carter's book.

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MSNBC Analyst Explains Obamacare Opponents are Considered Racist BY WH Advisers

Chuck Todd explained on Hardball that the White House is afraid to publicly call their opponents racist, but there is plenty of mumbling behind the curtain. Why does the race card always have to be played? President Obama's policies are bad enough to fail on their own merit.