Hardly a day goes by that someone of prominence, a politician, a talk show host, and entertainer

doesn't call some conservative or conservatives generally racist.

Here are typical examples.

The Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Congressman Steve Israel,

to a significant extent conservatives are animated by racism.

TV newscaster Ed Schultz, this is what the Republican Party stands for.

Racism.

Oprah Winfrey.

There's a level of disrespect for the office that occurs in some cases and maybe even

many cases because the president is African American.

There's no question about that.

To call someone a racist should be a very serious matter.

A racist is a person who believes that one race is inherently superior or inferior to

another.

It's not intelligence or goodness that determines an individual's worth.

It's his or her skin color.

To say that racism is foolish and stupid, not to mention evil, is to understate the case.

But according to many of their critics, conservatives are that stupid and that evil.

But with few exceptions, conservatives are neither.

So why is the charge even made?

The answer is primarily political, to maintain black support for liberals and liberal policies.

To back up this charge, the accusers point to conservative policies.

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