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Limbaugh: Obama and Holder Should Put the Race Card back in the Deck
By David Limbaugh December 20, 2011 7:30 am
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President Obama led us to believe that he would be a post-racial president who would bring the races together, but it's gotten to where you can't criticize this most leftist administration in American history without someone accusing you of racism.

The most recent example involves criticism of Attorney General Eric Holder over Fast and Furious, an operation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which was overseen by the Justice Department. It involved the indirect sale of weapons to Mexican drug cartels, which resulted in some 300 killings in Mexico, including the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. Throughout, despite having received detailed memos from DOJ officials about it, Holder has denied he was aware of it.

The scandal and Holder's stonewalling have led to some 60 congressmen demanding his resignation, and 75 cosponsoring a House resolution calling for a "no-confidence" vote on his performance as attorney general.

Holder has defiantly denied culpability, and President Obama, without betraying the slightest concern, has proclaimed his complete confidence in Holder. In a New York Times interview, Holder suggested race was partially driving a "more extreme segment" against him and Obama.

Holder said, "This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him, both due to the nature of our relationship, and, you know, the fact that we're both African-American." When pressed for some proof to support Holder's allegation, the Justice Department did not respond. Nor has the White House distanced itself from Holder's comments.

Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson had earlier played the race card regarding Fast and Furious, calling it "another manufactured controversy by the Second Amendment, NRA Republican tea party movement." He said, "Now, how many firearms are sold to al-Qaida terrorists, to other convicted felons, to domestic violence perpetrators, to convicted felons, to white supremacists?"

Nor was this the first time Holder had invoked the issue of race. During a speech commemorating Black History Month shortly after he became attorney general, Holder said the American people are "essentially a nation of cowards when it comes to racial matters."

This seemed to many a curious way to celebrate the election of an African-American president, not to mention reflecting Holder's sizable preoccupation with race and his apparent perception of societal problems through a racial lens. It could also help to explain his Justice Department's indefensible dismissal of an already won voter intimidation case against New Black Panther Party members using the specious excuse that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute.

None of this comes as any surprise, however, because President Obama had telegraphed his race-oriented mindset in his book, in his church association and in his projecting statement that small-town people "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them." He has worn race on his sleeve numerous times as president.

When a white police officer in Cambridge, Mass., arrested Harvard professor Henry Gates, an African-American, Obama, without having heard both sides of the case, publicly injected himself into the local matter and gratuitously smeared the entire police department as having "acted stupidly." In addition, Obama told guests at a private dinner at the White House that race was probably a key component in the rising opposition to his presidency, especially among tea party members.

Not only has Obama made these viscerally charged racial statements, he has also consciously appealed to minority groups with specific reference to their race. In a Democratic National Committee video in April 2010, he urged "young people, African-Americans, Latinos and women ... to stand together once again." Shortly before the November 2010 congressional elections, he told an audience that Republicans "are counting on black folks staying home." Separately, he appealed to Latino voters not to stay home at election time but to "punish our enemies" and not go along with the Republicans' "cynical attempt to discourage Latinos from voting."

These developments are most disturbing and discouraging. There exists a great ideological divide in this nation over which of two primary sets of policy prescriptions ought to be adopted to rescue America from its economic malaise, its bankrupting debt and a host of other major issues.

Conservative opposition to Obama isn't about race, and I'm confident this administration is well aware of that but is using the race card anyway, out of political desperation, to the destruction of the nation, and to racial relations. It's disgraceful and unconscionable.

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David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book, "Crimes Against Liberty," was No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction for its first two weeks. Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and his website at www.davidlimbaugh.com.

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Comment by jb80538
December 20, 2011 @ 9:29 am
Frankly the race card should be thrown away. obama and his admin have done more to destroy race relations than anyone could have imagined.

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Comment by unbelievable
December 20, 2011 @ 10:17 am
He is the MOST divisive president this country has seen in decades… he is a coward who hinds behind the race card.

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Comment by inluminatuo
December 20, 2011 @ 10:23 am

When Obama told us he would be a post-racial president who would bring the races together, He was OBVIOUSLY joking, which makes him the Joker of the Deck. What he fails to realize that strong people who win by talent alone do not need to stack the deck with wild card jokers to pull out a last minute win to save their poorly played political games. Most players of talent who play according to the rules throw out the Jokers, so everyone knows up front what the odds are, so the game is fair and the same odds apply to all who compete.

This Joker Obama with his Socialist stacked deck and under handed dealing will be cut from the deck and permanently discarded in 2012 and the American Game of life, will again become fair play, and we won’t have to bet the farm and our futures on his misguided Socialism.


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Comment by onewildman
December 20, 2011 @ 10:45 am
Look people Obama is a racist and has always been. He refers to himself as a black man in the traditions of the Jim Crow laws the Democrats gave America. He uses the race card because Holder was right in the fact the American people are cowards when it comes to race but not in the way he meant it.
The American people tend to curl up and hide when they use the race card. It’s time to stand up to the slanderers way in which they use the race card. We know that the race card is used to silence us. NO MORE SILENCE! Turn the tables they are the racist and the true haters of the American dream.
Bill Clinton has been telling people Obama is a failure as President and is the worst ever. Obama confronted Bill while they were playing golf. Bill admitted to it and was promptly called a racist. So as you see disagree with Obama then you are a racist. NOT!
I also herd that Michele is having an affair with a Secret service agent. If true I hope the guy is white so Obama hits the ceiling. He is nothing more than a little man in a big mans job.

IMPEACH OBAMA NOW! ! ! ! ! !

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Comment by georgiapatriot
December 20, 2011 @ 9:47 am
That is the truth. I, for one, quit seeing race years ago. However, now whenever I see BO and Holder, their remarks come to mind and make me revisit old prejudices. Yep, they are responsible for the setback. Rev.Martin Luther King, Jr. would be appalled to see how far they have turned back time. I was so proud of our country the night he was elected. Didn’t know he would be so despicable! and that renegade Holder? Egad!

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Comment by inluminatuo
December 20, 2011 @ 10:30 am
When it comes to politics, it is the race called STUPID that needs to be discriminated against and many a member off ANY race who becomes stupid, qualifies them to end up LAST in the very race of life.

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Comment by peddlar06
December 20, 2011 @ 9:52 am
In my 75 years, with 1st presidential vote for Ike,I never recall any president using the racial terms Obama does. But then, that is one of his major goals, class warfare, divide & conquer, us against them, my way or the hightway, etc., etc……

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Comment by newsjunky
December 20, 2011 @ 9:53 am
The race card is something they both have used more than once, and it has always been successful Obviously it will continue to serve them well, thanks to the progressives and the destruction of common sense being replaced with political correctness.

Holder’s enjoying his role as lord of law, and knows he has the complete support of Obama who has become his accomplice in arms. The race card has become very beneficial to both of them and will be used as often as necessary to achieve their goals.

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Comment by inluminatuo
December 20, 2011 @ 10:37 am

Maybe if Obama would embrace the habits of his cross-dressing military Liberal buddies and wear more sleeveless accoutrements Like Michelle we could see what cards he has up his sleeves.


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Comment by thedove
December 20, 2011 @ 10:21 am
The fact that the race card works so well for them, and for others, is a sad commentary on the lack of intelligence and reasoning ability of a large segment of the American public. Liberals, with the willing help of many in the media, exploit this at every opportunity. I suppose there are many who will find that a racist remark, or will find a way to make it seem so.

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Comment by Klaus
December 20, 2011 @ 10:33 am
Everytime a black liberal is criticized, race is brought into it. Obama and Holder are incompetent fools, or possibly even worse, Communists trying very hard to destoy the American way of life. So I don’t give a damn if someone wants to call me a racist for saying what is obvious. Obama should go back to Kenya or Indonesia or where ever he is more at home, and Holder should be in jail for perjury, or at the very least, impeached.

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Comment by inluminatuo
December 20, 2011 @ 10:44 am
Obama is a clever joker that never reveals the true corrupted power of the HOLDER card which he holds close to his vest, until he can surprise us with one more foolish Judicial gamble against all odds of fairness and sanity, betting with our money to once again blow the big pot of well earned American Gold that should have gone to our grandchildren. The Holder card is also a wild card Joker, used to change the odds and put the odds in favor of the odd ones who cheat at every turn to insure the outcome of the game.

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Comment by Gabrielle Syme
December 20, 2011 @ 10:56 am
This administration’s Justice Department has to be one of the biggest jokes. I never thought I’d see an AG who could make Janet Reno look almost sensible.

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Comment by AMVoter
December 20, 2011 @ 10:58 am
The race card has become nothing more than a Democrat political tool which no longer scares people. Obviously Holder is desperate and has nothing else left with which to defend his unconscionable acts.

The fact that Obama continues to support Holder demonstrates that Obama is complicit in Fast and Furious, as well as other questionable actions. Both must be held accountable.

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Comment by Bruce Feher
December 20, 2011 @ 11:05 am
They have to! It’s the only card they hold!

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Comment by AMVoter
December 20, 2011 @ 11:08 am
Just had to post this for my conservative friends. It’s priceless!
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Obama-Knows-Economy-Inside/dp/0980074231

As one reviewer stated, every point was fact checked and found to be completely accurate.

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Comment by OhioTony
December 20, 2011 @ 11:21 am
Frankly the race card has been used so much by the left that it doesn’t even register with me. If someone calls me racist because I disagree with this administration, my reply is whatever! Or as Herman Cain would say, “That dog won’t hunt.” It even makes them so apoplectic when I don’t raise to take the bait.

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