Bucco wrote: To anyone who still reads this forum, if you are not outraged by this stuff, you certainly should be.

Sorry. I'm not outraged. There is truth to what Carter says. If you listen to his actual comments, he was not saying that any criticism of Obama reflects racsim, and to represent otherwise is to distort the facts.

It is clear that there are elements that are exploiting the discontent of "conservatives" to advance racist views. Hey- let's call it as it is- on both sides. When you see posters that say, "Balack Obama" or hear that 47% of self-defined "conservatives" still think that the President was born in Kenya- duh- BLACK AFRICA, or you hear a congresswoman refer to a critic of Obama (Thomas Sowell) in terms of "Even a black man disagrees with his policies." Then you are talking forms of racism- you are basing your opinions and beliefs based primarily on race.

So, yes, many Americans will be offended by Jimmy Carter's placing so many white eggs in one basket. But he is a man of the deep south who grew up in a culture so steeped in segregation and discrimination that he can call a spade a spade (and NO that is not a racial slur- it refers to cards!). This might offend many who are lumped in the "right-wing" with avowed racists. But you know what they say..."If you lie down with dogs..."