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posted by Chris Oliver at 7:51 PM
My name is Chris Oliver. I'm a stand up comic, writer and English (ESL) teacher living in Los Angeles. With my wife, comic Bobbie Oliver, I am the co-proprietor of Tao Comedy Studio. I direct the web series Saving Face (starring Bobbie Oliver and Sally Mullins), host the comedy/talk show podcast Psychedelicatessen Radio (with Bobbie) and host the music podcast Sleestak Lightnin!!!. I was born and raised in Stuart, Fla. (Jensen Beach, to be more precise), a small, beachy suburb north of Palm Beach on the Atlantic coast. Went to LaGrange College in GA. Got married after graduating and moved to Athens, GA. In '97, we moved to L.A. Psychedelicatessen is the name of a band I was in in high school and college. You can find links to my comedy videos, podcasts, web series and more right below.
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The scenario that I always bring up to people is, what if Colin Powell, Shelby Steele, Alan Keyes, or any other black conservative had run for president? Republicans, as a party, are not racist I don't believe...........they just genuinely don't agree with Obama's politics. If Hillary would have won, would they not be having the same outraged town hall meetings and protests? They would.
Are there racists in the republican ranks? Of course! But I think it's silly for Jimmy Carter and others to paint all opposition of Obama as racism.
But let's be clear...Carter is not saying anyone who is opposed to the President is a racist. I'm willing to engage anyone in an honest political debate. But when I see a mob of Southern, white conservatives making utterly incoherent rants about the president, it's pretty hard to avoid the conclusion that race is a part of this. And the arguments are incoherent. They aren't out there making clear, reasoned arguments about policy. Most of these people are die-hard Bush supporters who never said anything when he drove us billions of dollars into debt, but suddenly, the moment a democrat is in charge, they find our deficit problems to be a threat to their very way of life. I find it suspicious. And when someone demands that a white guy prove that he was born in the U.S., I'll be a bit more convinced. So I don't think what Carter said is at all outrageous.
But ultimately, I agree with you. If it had been Hillary, or even John Edwards, we'd be seeing the same thing. I'm sure race is a factor, but I don't think it's the primary factor.
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