Hey Grayson, you are an ass.

There, now ‘m a racist too, right?

I thought there were only 52 cards to a deck. The Democrats play the race card so often, they must be using a trick deck.

Grayson is correct. This doctor is the shame of the nations.

What if he gets in a car accident, needs urgent care and a jewish surgeon who voted for Obama refuses to operate on him because he supports Palin in 2012?

I simply can not believe the sad unprofessional mentality some conservatives seem to have.

“Fully 96 percent of black voters supported Obama and constituted 13 percent of the electorate, a 2-percentage-point rise in their national turnout.”

“The Illinois senator won 43 percent of white voters, 4 percentage points below Carter’s performance in 1976 and equal to what Bill Clinton won in the three-man race of 1996. Republican John McCain won 55 percent of the white vote.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15297.html

In other words, Drew…this quack is suggesting that his doors are open to only 1 out of every 20 African-American voters and a little more than half the White ones.

–Cobra

Cobra, you are telling me that 96% of black voters refused to vote for the white candidate in the last presidential election? Why isn’t that an even more blatant sign of racism than what this doctor is doing?

If you want to play the race card — which Democrats do in every political discussion these days — get ready to get it played right back at you. Or you can take my advice, and debate matters on their merits, not on the skin color of the people expressing their views.

@Felix Very valid point.

What the doctor was stating is that “people” who supported a legislation that would cause his practice much harm were not preferred. Grayson introduced the racial component to the argument. He was not turning anyone away — that would violate the hippocratic oath — he was urging them to go elsewhere. That is a distinction I would not expect a race-baiter like Grayson to glean.

It’s a hyperbolic statement but this is the norm for Grayson. He shoots from the hip and loves the controversy his incendiary comments generate.

Typical Democrat.
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Hot Air — House Democrat: All that’s missing from the tea party are the robes and hoods
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/03/house-democrat-all-thats-missing-from-the-tea-party-are-the-robes-and-hoods/

oh felixw, I’m not sure by 96% of African American voting for the first ever viable African American candidate to be president is racist, what it is now 43-1!

On this issue, Grayson is spot on! Y’all chuckleheads don’t have a clue what it means to take the Hypocratic Oath.

er….Hippocratic.

1) I live in south florida and the dr was interviewed by the local news. He said that he would/nor could he EVER turn away a patient. He put up the sign to make a point. He wanted a reaction and I guess that he got one.

2) Do people who over use the word “racist” not realize that the have diminished the meaning of the word? There would have been a time that I would have been insulted if called a racist. Now I know that its just because what ever liberal that I happen to be speaking with at the moment had no argument.

StewartIII so you are saying the KKK is not attending these Tea Party rallies in TN and other southern states? You think they are staying home?

WRONG.

You are delusional if you think the KKK and other racists don’t see the Tea Party as the best opportunity they have ever had to recruit new members and to spread their message of hate.

Just the truth. Deal with it.

I’m not saying all Tea Partiers are racist, mind you, but these rallies are oddly reminiscent of the robes and hoods rallies of yore.

First of all, I have to say that Anderson did a good job calling the Congressman out for his hyperbole and to be fair, Grayson is a bit calmer than we’ve seen him in the past.

Still, I wonder if the Rep has hopes for an opinion show after his stint in Congress has ended. Is that why he’s out there saying so many things, reducing everything down to a soundbite? And in a court of law, the Congressman wouldn’t have standing to file a suit against the doctor… are the rules the same for an ethics complaint to a medical licensing board? Does one have to wronged to take action or is he just blowing smoke?

I’m not saying all Tea Partiers are racist, mind you, but these rallies are oddly reminiscent of the robes and hoods rallies of yore.
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Shoot:
That is such an ignorant statement. Liberals would just love it if it were true, but its not. The recent that people were called “N” and spat on. Funny thing is that there were cameras all over the place……yet no one seemed to get a video of it. Now am I saying that out of there tens of thousands that attent, there isnt ONE racist in the crowd? Of course not. Get a group that large and there will be some of everything. Im also sure that there has to be some liberals in there posing as a TP trying to stir cr*p up. Correct? Now talking about the KKK. Would you please tell me what party ADMITTED former KKK Senator Robert Byrd is from? I’ll give you a hint. It starts with a “D”. So using your logic, are ALL democratic senators racists?

96% of Black voters voted for Obama because of the color of his skin, and not the content of his character. So you may call them racists.

The left playing the race card? This is a shocking new development.

Felix and Josh,

88% of African-American voters supported a White Man in 2004 named John Kerry.
90% of African-American voters supported a White Man in 2000 named Al Gore.

Your NONSENSICAL argument carries no water here, unless you want to follow its logical conclusion that 54% of White Americans in 2008 were racist when they refused to vote for a Black Man, and 100% of Racist America refused to elect a NON-WHITE President for 232 years.

Bring it all out in the sunlight, folks.

–Cobra

Isn’t it racist to assume that “Obama supporter = black person”?

Cobra, you love to dish out the race card, but have all sorts of “explanations” when it is played back at you. Well, guess what, the people who oppose Obama also voted Republican in 2000 and 2004. So using your own logic, you can’t accuse them of racism.

Face it, you can’t win this game, Cobra. You start dissing people on their skin color, and it will come right back at you. Take my advice and evaluate people’s opinions on their merits, and not by their race. And if you continually bring up skin color, don’t be surprised when people accuse you of racism.

Moose,

19 out of 20 African-Americans who voted, voted for Obama. There are pretty good odds that a Black person showing up at that Doctor’s office would have voted for Obama.

Felixw,

I can voice an opinion. It’s 2010. 1st Amendment applies to Black folks now. If that upsets you, I wouldn’t be surprised.

–Cobra

Cobra, I had no conception of your skin color until you mentioned it just now. And I’m not sure why you think I have any concern about such matters. My point is precisely that people’s opinions (and, needless to say, their freedom to express them) should not be evaluated on the basis of pigmentation.

Just to add this to the conversation. The doctor did NOT say he wouldn’t treat Obama voters.

“I’m not turning anybody away — that would be unethical,” Dr. Jack Cassell, 56, a Mount Dora urologist and a registered Republican opposed to the health plan, told the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday. “But if they read the sign and turn the other way, so be it.”

The sign reads: “If you voted for Obama … seek urologic care elsewhere. Changes to your healthcare begin right now, not in four years.”

I don’t think he said, NO BLACKS. The race card is becoming less and less effective. Better watch out, by the 2012 election you could be out of options. You may have to, God forbid, have to discuss the issues. As we saw in 2008, Obama does not want to do that.

Cobra, your argument on this is getting a bit convoluted.

I didn’t support those two bozo white guys that you mentioned, Gore and Kerry, but I did support their white opponent and reluctantly supported that old white guy and white gal.

So exactly how do I now score myself on the racism and sexism scale with that track record?

Is it racist of me to choose my candidate by ideological compatibility and voting record or did I doom myself forever in your eyes b/c I opposed the black guy on the flimsy excuse that our politics are diametrically opposed and his voting record appalled me? To redeem myself in your eyes will I have to always vote for the black guy and if the racist powers that be don’t nominate one decline to vote?

I didn’t vote for anyone in the Dem primaries, b/c I’m not a Dem, so does no vote for either the black guy or the white gal make me both racist and sexist or a little bit of both?

In short, am I required by your standards to go no further than the color and/ or sex of a candidate so that I meet with your stringent guidelines and can be declared “pure” ? In the case of a black guy and a black gal running against each other which way do I jump then or is it OK at that point to go back to my earlier depravity and vote based on the candidate’s ideology and record?

If all you see when you look at Obama is a black guy whose every opponent is racist you are hopeless. Sorry to disappoint you but if Jesus Christ had come down to earth and run on Obama’s platform I would not have changed my behavior one iota.

Grammie,

Why didn’t you respond to Josh’s statement:

“96% of Black voters voted for Obama because of the color of his skin, and not the content of his character. So you may call them racists.”

OR Felix’s—

“Cobra, you are telling me that 96% of black voters refused to vote for the white candidate in the last presidential election? Why isn’t that an even more blatant sign of racism than what this doctor is doing? “

My counter to that was that Blacks vote overwhelmingly for Democratic Candidates, since the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As evidenced by Gore and Kerry. Had Hillary Clinton been the candidate, do you honestly believe that more than 10% of African Americans would’ve voted for John McCain? A Republican who not only voted against the Martin Luther King Day Holiday but supported the Confederate Battle Flag flying at the South Carolina Statehouse?

You are taking ME to task for pointing out the outrageous statements by Josh and Felix; statements you didn’t feel compelled to respond to yourself. That’s why I said to Felix and Josh “YOUR nonsensical argument…”

Grammie writes:

“I didn’t vote for anyone in the Dem primaries, b/c I’m not a Dem, so does no vote for either the black guy or the white gal make me both racist and sexist or a little bit of both?”

Ask Josh and Felix.

Grammie writes:

“If all you see when you look at Obama is a black guy whose every opponent is racist you are hopeless. “

And if you think that some of Obama’s most strident opponents aren’t guided by race, then you’re hopelessly naive, IMHO.

–Cobra

Wowsers, the post racial President has really done wonders. Can you imagine what a relief it will be when Obama is no longer in office so we can go back that pre-racial status when 80% of the country was NOT racist instead of now when (it appears from these posters) 80% of the country are racists?

Kind of ironic isn’t it? We elected a black man, and now we’re all frickin’ racists. Somehow I didn’t think that was the way it was supposed to work.

How about this uncomfortable statistic for the race-baiters:

41% of white males voted for Obama.

Now how do we read this? Gracious, only 41%?! Those white males are a racist group of men! Except that is the second highest percentage of this demographic to vote for a Democratic Presidential candidate since the 60s. Oh, and that was for an African American candidate.

Percentage wise, a higher number of Republicans voted for the 1964 civil rights bill than did Democrats. The main opponents were southern Democrats. It was Republicans who helped break the southern democrats filibuster. But Cobra likes to point out only the Republicans who voted against the bill, then say that proves his point. He somehow forgives the Democratic party for any past misdeeds, but the grudge against Republicans stays in place.

writer,

The CRA of 1964 was NOT a “party line vote.” The Southern Democrats (Dixiecrats) switched to the GOP.
A Democratic President SIGNED THE BILL into law.

It’s as though you’re arguing that Black voters in South Carolina should’ve supported Strom Thurmond regardless of Party affiliation.

What’s your point?

–Cobra

>Isn’t it racist to assume that “Obama supporter = black person”?

Alan Grayson was explaining how his district looks like. His district = Democrat. District ethnicity = primarily black. This doctor = in his district. Not rocket science.

>The Southern Democrats (Dixiecrats) switched to the GOP.

Dixiecrats are the major reason we don’t have universal health care to begin with. FDR suggested implementing it, but they went “does this mean we have to also serve the negroes?” and basically gave up on it. America’s racism basically meant thousands or millions of Americans needlessly have died or gone bankrupt due to medical costs and lack of insurance. It’s absolutely insane.

So a handful of southerners controlled the entire nation, and that’s why we didn’t get universal healthcare. It must be nice to be on the far left, where absolutely everything has a racial explanation.

Cobra says:
April 4, 2010 at 2:50 pm

It’s as though you’re arguing that Black voters in South Carolina should’ve supported Strom Thurmond regardless of Party affiliation.

Huh?

Question for you… how do you explain Sen. Byrd’s long racist history, and his current position as “Democratic Party hero?” Obama wrote about how important and meaningful his interactions with Byrd were as a Senator.

Apparently… you’re wrong when you say Dixiecrats switched parties… and you’re wrong when you suggest that Democrats don’t have a strong racist past.

Byrd’s position and tenure in the Senate just goes to show how having a “D” after you name, means that some people will vote for your, regardless of what you say, have said, or have done.

I can’t think of anything polite to say about Mr. Grayson, or what he thinks.