Gotta wonder.

We've come to know it as Obamacare. When really, the official title is the Affordable Care Act. But it became 'Obamacare' because that's initially what the opponents named it. Called it. Meaning it in a derogatory manner. As if Obama himself crafted the health care legislation. But it was really Congress. The Democrats in Congress. Because Republicans were virtually 100 percent against it. Because they're against Obama, period. Anything he does. Even if Obama proposes the very same policies that Republicans initially espoused. Often, the opposition is racist. They don't like Obama merely because he's black. Annoys them that a black man occupies the White House. That's why it's called the 'White' House. It's supposed to be reserved for white people. For white presidents. The most conservative Republicans were against Obama from the first day he got elected. They vowed to make him a one-term president. No matter what. They would oppose him at every step, every turn. They're racists. Bigots. Hateful people. Many of 'em grew up in racist families. Mothers, fathers grandparents -- all racists. After the Civil War, they were for the Jim Crow laws. That essentially denied blacks their civil rights. In the 1960s, they opposed civil rights legislation. They resisted equality for blacks. For minorities. Still do. But now in slightly more subtle ways. They'll deny it. When confronted. But still, deep down in their beings, they are racists. Yes, it's sad. But we'll always have racists with us. It's the way of America. The racists think that America was meant to be a white nation. And the irony of it all, many of these same racists proclaim to be Christians. My gawd! Gotta wonder what gawd thinks of it all. --Jim Broede