Obama: Health care anger not race-based

By: Bobby Reese

President Obama has said this past week that he believes the people who have spoken out against his plan for health care are outraged by "the proper role of government," and not by racism. This is a big deal because for the first time in the history of our country we have to worry about people being against the President's agenda's and policies because of his race. Obama knows that is how things work as well. "Absolutely. Sometimes they vote for me for that reason, sometimes they vote against me for that reason." Obama's Presidency has been very unique so far because of his race, but he still tries to stick to the political side of things.

However, President Obama thinks that more people are starting to concentrate more on the issue instead of skin color. I also believe that over time more people are starting to put race aside and starting to find their true feelings about Obama because of the way he wants to run the country. Earlier this week when Obama was addressing congress Republican representative Joe Wilson shouted "you lie!" to the president. And it is always interesting to wonder if race is a key reason for such outbursts. Never has a representative had such an outburst against a president before Obama. Former President Jimmy Carter believes that the comment against Obama was because of race. Obama still believes that it is all about the politics at this point, and all he can do is keep moving forward and trying to push his policies through.