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Jimmy's Crack Scorned

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: September 27, 2009

Why the former President misspoke…

Jimmy's crack scorned and white folks care
that a President would dare
to say Obama's health care woes
are just because he's black.

That which Carter claimed as true
insults the likes of me and you.
It fails to own how far we've come
since Martin shared his dream.

I believe our reticence
comes from bold "facts" that don't make sense
and from our fears that we'll become
like those in Canda.

Jimmy's crack scorned both black and white.
And such wisecracking isn't right.
The man from Plains is nuts to think
we're racist to object.



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