The Race Card Rules - Don't Leave Home Without Them

One day – probably too late - race-baiters are going to realise that if everything is racist, then nothing is. The race card has been so devalued during the Obama administration alone that one hopes that the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t actually a train.

But, until then, what are the rules of race card etiquette?

Obama does something wrong or lies?

It’s racist to criticise him.

Holder does something wrong or lies?

It’s racist to criticise him.

Cummings does something wrong or lies?

It’s racist to criticise him.

Sharpton does something wrong or lies?

It’s racist to criticise him.

Sheila Jackson-Lee does something wrong or lies?

It’s racist to criticise her.

Jesse Jackson does something wrong or lies?

It’s racist to criticise him.

If Justice Clarence Thomas, Sen Tim Scott, Alan West or Dr Ben Carson - like Nelson Mandela before them - support Voter ID laws?

It is NOT racist for the Left to criticise them, call them or even say they should 'go back to the plantation'... because they're evil or something.

But, if Justice Clarence Thomas, Sen Tim Scott, Alan West or Dr Ben Carson criticise Obama or Holder, then he is a racist, self-loathing 'Uncle Tom.

If Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Marco Rubio, Gov Susanna Martinez or Gov Brian Sandoval disapproves of Obamacare?

It is NOT racist for the Left to criticise them or claim that 'they hate the poor, especially black people' ... because they're evil or something.

But, if Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Marco Rubio, Gov Susanna Martinez or Gov Brian Sandoval criticises Justice Sandra Sotomayor, Sen Bob Menendez, Rep Luis Guiterrez, Secretary of Labour Thomas Perez, or La Raza, then s/he is a racist, self-loathing 'coconut'.

If Mark Levin, Jonah Goldberg, Charles Krauthammer, or David Horowitz condemns the executions of gays or the stoning of women by Islamists, refuse the idea of a '67 Borders Solution', vocally denounce Hamas, or disagree with J Street.

It is NOT racist for the Left to criticise them or call them 'Israel Firsters,' scream 'Death to the Jews,' or yell 'Israel-Firster!' ... because they're evil or something.

But, if Mark Levin, Jonah Goldberg, or David Horowitz criticises Justice Stephen Breyer, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Senator Chuck Schumer, Rep Jan Schakowsky or Jon Stewart, then he is a racist, self-loathing 'Neo-con!!! (wink, wink).'

If Rep Raúl Labrador, Charles Krauthammer, Dinesh D'Souza or Sophie Ro opposes ILLEGAL immigration?

It is NOT racist for the Left to criticise them, call them 'xenophobes,' or tell them to 'GTFHome!' ... because they're evil or something.

But, if Rep Raúl Labrador, Charles Krauthammer, Dinesh D'Souza or Sophie Ro criticises Sen Mazie Hirono, Rep Xavier Becerra, Ambassador to China Gary Locke, former Governor Jennifer Granholm, or Univision presenter Jorge Ramos, then s/he is a self-loathing naturalised American, who is also hypocritical and racist.

If Ayaan Hirsi Ali or Dr Zuhdi Jasser condemns the treatment of women by many Muslim countries, don't fall over themselves defending the Palestinians, or opposes CAIR?

It is NOT racist for the Left to criticise them, call them 'Islamophobes,' or fail to condemn Islamists, who demand their executions ... because they're evil or something.

But, if Ayaan Hirsi Ali or Dr Zuhdi Jasser criticises Rep Keith Ellison, CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Cooper, President Obama's official adviser on Muslim matters Farah Pandith, comedian Dean Obeidallah or journalist Fareed Zakaria, then s/he is a racist, self-loathing "apostate.'

If Doreen Borelli, Star Parker, or Stacey Dash is against welfare or higher taxes?

It is NOT racist for the Left to criticise them, claim that they are traitors to their gender and race, or assert that they are 'acting white' ... because they're evil or something.

But, if Doreen Borelli, Star Parker, or Stacey Dash criticises Michelle Obama, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Rep Maxine Waters, MSNBC presenter Melissa Harris-Perry or Oprah Winfrey, then she is a racist, self-loathing 'Auhntie Thomasina.'

Mr Republican says or does something...anything that doesn't square with Progressive orthodoxy, then he’s a racist.

Mrs Conservative believes in something...anything that doesn't square with Progressive orthodoxy, then she’s a racist.

Ms Libertarian opposes Obamacare just like she does the NHS (and would have HillaryCare, McCainCare, NixonCare, TrumanCare, TeddyRooseveltCare, etc), she’s a racist…for real, dude.

And, so on…

I know so many people – on both sides of the aisle – who now roll their eyes when someone whips out the race card.

'There is (a) class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. ... There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.'

- Booker T Washington, 1911