Disagree with me? Then you must be a racist!

I’ve noticed charges of racism all across the political landscape in the past week or so. Four times this week, I’ve indirectly been called a racist. I am sick and tired of people throwing around the race card at the first sign of disagreement. Racism is a serious issue. It should be treated as such. Throwing around the word “racist” when it fits a political need is irresponsible. There is a boy who cried wolf aspect to all this. It is cheapening the term and making it increasingly meaningless in our society. Enough is enough.

Have a problem with Gwen Ifil moderating a debate while she is promoting a book titled, “Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama”? You guessed it, you must be a racist,

Ifill questions why people assume that her book will be favorable toward Obama.

“Do you think they made the same assumptions about Lou Cannon (who is white) when he wrote his book about Reagan?” said Ifill, who is black. Asked if there were racial motives at play, she said, “I don’t know what it is. I find it curious.”

Upset about the mortgage mess, according to Barney Frank, you must be a racist

Frank says GOP housing attacks racially motivated

BOSTON (AP) — Rep. Barney Frank said Monday that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation’s housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that’s racially motivated…

…”They get to take things out on poor people,” Frank said at a mortgage foreclosure symposium in Boston. “Let’s be honest: The fact that some of the poor people are black doesn’t hurt them either, from their standpoint. This is an effort, I believe, to appeal to a kind of anger in people.”

What an arrogant oaf. Could he evade responsibility any more? Barney, here’s a refresher course of what people are angry about. For starters, you and your incompetence,

”These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ”The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”

Have a problem with Barack Obama consorting with unrepentant terrorists? Then you must be racist!

Analysis: Palin’s words may backfire on McCain

WASHINGTON (AP) — By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is “palling around with terrorists” and doesn’t see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign.

And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.

Planning on voting for someone other than Barack Obama? Then you must be a racist.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) — Racial backlash against Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama could make a difference if the election is close in November, analysts say.