-
Alan O’Day, R.I.P.
May 20, 2013 | 1 comment
-
Elijah Harper, R.I.P.
May 18, 2013 | 1 comment
-
That’s a Lot of Caca in Caracas
May 16, 2013 | 7 comments
-
Canadian PM: Keystone XL Pipeline “Absolutely Needs To Go Ahead.”
May 16, 2013 | 2 comments
-
Has Obama Done Sufficient Damage Control With The IRS?
May 15, 2013 | 8 comments
The Spectacle Blog
With regard to the comments from Jim and Quin on this matter, is anybody really surprised that Jonathan Chait would assert that Mitt Romney’s criticism of President Obama’s infamous “You Didn’t Build That” remark is racist?
Let us not forget that it was Chait who in 2003 began an article with, “I hate President George W. Bush. There, I said it.” Of course, if any conservative writer were to include a sentence which read “I hate President Barack Obama,” Chait would be the first amongst a legion of liberals to denounce the conservative writer in question as racist.
As with many liberals, Chait does not approach conservatism and its adherents rationally. He looks upon both conservatism and conservatives with hatred in both his mind and heart. So when Chait makes his latest charge we have to consider the source. With that now let’s consider these two sentences:
Watch Obama’s delivery in the snippet put together by this Republican ad. The key thing is that Obama is angry, and he’s talking not in his normal voice but in a “black dialect.”
But it is President Obama who chose to be angry in that moment. It is President Obama who chose not to talk, as Chait puts it, “in his normal voice.” It is President Obama who chose to stray from the teleprompter. No Republican made Obama do that. President Obama is responsible for what he says and does. Thus President Obama has only himself to blame for striking the wrong chord with the American people during his speech in Roanoke, Virginia.
Now as long as there are liberal politicians and liberal writers who insist any criticism of President Obama is an act of racism, conservatives have an obligation to call them out on it. We have an obligation to tell the Jonathan Chaits of the world that they cheapen the meaning of racism and therefore cheapen themselves. We also have an obligation to tell liberals that there going to have to better than that. Because as long as Jonathan Chait is considered a leading light amongst liberals, it tells you how much the intellectual foundations of American liberalism have flickered out.
View all comments (16) | Leave a comment
More Blog Posts by Aaron Goldstein
http://spectator.org/blog/2012/07/27/chait-hate
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
Current Issue
- Ailes: A Voice for the Silent Majority
- The Vast and the Tiny
- Her Unrequited Letter
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
ADVERTISEMENT
BD57| 7.27.12 @ 5:54PM
"President Obama is responsible for what he says and does."
Racist. ;)
Dan Abrams| 7.27.12 @ 5:57PM
Chait is right about one thing. The tone of that speech is more damaging to Obama than the precise words. Nothing racial about it, though -- the anger in his voice betrays an dogma which is at odds with the way most Americans think.
Occam's Tool| 7.27.12 @ 7:30PM
The election should be won by Romney in a landslide, which is my prediction.
Bob Grant| 7.27.12 @ 9:54PM
Just another form of racial intimidation in the form of "analysis".
By "explaining" why racism (of the unconscious variety) is unavoidable vis-a-vis discussing Barack Obama, the first black president, he gets to set the ground rules on what crosses the line...which, by his logic, is everything out of the mouths of Caucasians.
The days - hopefully - of cowing people into thinking a certain way about race is over.
The cratering of our economy will do that. People have more important things on their mind than worrying about race, like economic survival.
Mr. cHAiTE, the kid gloves are off!!!
Bob K| 7.27.12 @ 11:26PM
Antle's blog on Chait-see below. No comments on it.
Hillyer's blog on Chait-see below. No comments on it.
Aaron's blog on Chait-here. 5 comments. 3rd time is a charm. Chait, whoever he is, will thank you for the publicity!
Bob S| 7.28.12 @ 1:51AM
Do we really have to post every time a liberal calls a conservative racist? This President has allowed unrestricted use of the race card. It's almost a joke now.
"Wow, Obama has raised the deficit more in his one term than all other presidents combined."
"RACIST"
Jack of Spades| 7.28.12 @ 11:40AM
Yes we do, even if the only response is "Chait [or whoever] is full of it!" Liberals will keep using this tactic as long as they think they can get away with it.
JimH| 7.28.12 @ 7:30AM
Are we allowed to assert that criticism of Romney is anti Mormon?
Ralphie| 7.28.12 @ 9:26AM
How does Chait define a "black dialect"? I read the remark before I heard Obama's speech, and I didn't like what I read without hearing his cadence. Did those who reported in writing change anything?
Tom Kyba| 7.28.12 @ 10:26AM
Since virtually all old moral tales that many learned as children are now considered to be every "ist" imaginable, Chait and his elementary school friends never heard the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
JGW| 7.28.12 @ 10:54AM
As someone recently said: Racism to liberals is like catsup, you can put it on anything!
mike 3/505| 7.28.12 @ 3:27PM
+1
Oldefarte| 7.28.12 @ 11:56AM
Criticism of him is not racism but instead is simply what's known as TRUTH, and further truth will be revealed on 11/6/12 when he's defeated!!!!!!!!
Butch| 7.28.12 @ 3:29PM
Olde One, you have a way about you, sir. ALL political correctness is a war against the truth, or at least the truth being spoken. There is no other reason for it to exist. If rational argument and analysis could refute the truth, it would be used. Because it can't, they just try to pretend that it doesn't exist, and try to coerce you into doing the same.
spike59| 7.30.12 @ 5:53AM
Watch Obama's delivery in the snippet put together by this Republican ad. The key thing is that Obama is angry, and he's talking not in his normal voice but in a "black dialect."
---------------------------------------------------
is that 'black dialect' different than Harry Reid's famous 'Negro dialect?'
why, Mr Chait, that quote makes you sound...well, a bit racist...at least by your own standards