Just as lawmakers prepared to take the final votes on health care reform, Democrats accused opponents of the overhaul plan of being racists and exaggerated stories from that weekend’s confrontations as evidence. Pajamas CEO Roger Simon says this latest episode just proved that Democrats are the party trying to win votes by dividing America along racial lines. Why does he say the charge of racism is just a distraction from the fact Democrats can’t win a debate on the merits? Why don’t Democrats get in trouble for lobbing allegations of racism? Will this tactic persist or is wearing thin in the public?
