The_AT role_NN1 of_IO racism_NN1 in_II health_NN1 care_NN1 debate_NN1 David_NP1 Scott_NP1 is_VBZ hardly_RR a_AT1 racial_JJ rabble-rouser_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 veteran_JJ Georgia_NP1 lawmaker_NN1 before_CS he_PPHS1 won_VVD a_AT1 Congressional_JJ seat_NN1 six_MC years_NNT2 ago_RA ,_, he_PPHS1 represents_VVZ a_AT1 working-class_JJ district_NN1 in_II the_AT Atlanta_NP1 suburbs_NN2 ,_, where_CS he_PPHS1 has_VHZ established_VVN himself_PPX1 as_II a_AT1 cautious_JJ legislator_NN1 who_PNQS works_VVZ hard_RR to_TO hew_VVI to_II his_APPGE district_NN1 's_GE moderate_JJ values_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB Scott_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS is_VBZ black_JJ ,_, is_VBZ convinced_VVN that_DD1 racism_NN1 plays_VVZ a_AT1 part_NN1 in_II the_AT hysterical_JJ opposition_NN1 to_II President_NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE health_NN1 care_NN1 reform_NN1 proposals_NN2 ._. 
"_" Racism_NN1 is_VBZ playing_VVG an_AT1 extraordinarily_RR unfortunate_JJ role_NN1 in_II this_DD1 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD in_II an_AT1 interview_NN1 Monday_NPD1 ._. 
Many_DA2 commentators_NN2 ,_, political_JJ analysts_NN2 and_CC fellow_JJ Democrats_NN2 share_VV0 Scott_NP1 's_GE view_NN1 that_CST some_DD part_NN1 --_NN1 perhaps_RR just_RR a_AT1 sliver_NN1 ,_, perhaps_RR more_DAR --_NN1 of_IO the_AT right-wing_JJ assault_NN1 on_II President_NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE health_NN1 care_NN1 reform_NN1 plans_VVZ stems_NN2 from_II a_AT1 deep-seated_JJ racial_JJ antagonism_NN1 toward_II the_AT president_NN1 ._. 
Count_VV0 me_PPIO1 among_II them_PPHO2 ._. 
Obama_NP1 's_GE election_NN1 was_VBDZ dramatic_JJ confirmation_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 nation_NN1 moving_VVG rapidly_RR away_II21 from_II22 its_APPGE racist_JJ past_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB some_DD Americans_NN2 are_VBR obviously_RR not_XX happy_JJ about_II the_AT more_RGR progressive_JJ country_NN1 we_PPIS2 've_VH0 become_VVN ._. 
The_AT element_NN1 of_IO pure_JJ racial_JJ animus_NN1 can_VM not_XX be_VBI measured_VVN by_II polls_NN2 or_CC parsed_VVN in_II focus_NN1 groups_NN2 ._. 
It_PPH1 ca_VM n't_XX be_VBI separated_VVN neatly_RR from_II all_DB the_AT other_JJ fringe_NN1 lunacy_NN1 that_CST has_VHZ bubbled_VVN to_II the_AT surface_NN1 with_IW the_AT election_NN1 of_IO the_AT first_MD Democratic_JJ president_NN1 since_CS Bill_NP1 Clinton_NP1 --_NN1 claims_VVZ that_CST include_VV0 internment_NN1 camps_NN2 for_IF political_JJ dissidents_NN2 ,_, the_AT end_NN1 of_IO private_JJ enterprise_NN1 and_CC the_AT confiscation_NN1 of_IO all_DB privately-owned_JJ weapons_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB it_PPH1 's_VBZ impossible_JJ to_TO overlook_VVI the_AT virulent_JJ racism_NN1 in_II e-mails_NN2 and_CC faxes_NN2 sent_VVN to_II Scott_NP1 's_GE office_NN1 ,_, ostensibly_RR on_II the_AT subject_NN1 of_IO health_NN1 care_NN1 ._. 
One_MC1 fax_NN1 uses_VVZ the_AT much-copied_JJ image_NN1 of_IO Obama_NP1 as_II the_AT joker_NN1 ,_, this_DD1 time_NNT1 with_IW the_AT hammer_NN1 and_CC sickle_NN1 stamped_VVN across_II his_APPGE forehead_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT message_NN1 ,_, "_" Death_NN1 to_II Marxists_NN2 !_! 
Foreign_JJ and_CC Domestic_JJ !_! "_" 
Below_II that_DD1 ,_, it_PPH1 addresses_VVZ the_AT congressman_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 variation_NN1 on_II the_AT "_" n_ZZ1 "_" word_NN1 before_II beginning_VVG a_AT1 lengthy_JJ diatribe_NN1 which_DDQ includes_VVZ this_DD1 declaration_NN1 :_: "_" The_AT folks_NN2 are_VBR not_XX going_VVGK to_TO stand_VVI for_IF socialized_JJ medicine_NN1 even_CS21 though_CS22 most_DAT Negros_NN2 (_( sic_RR )_) refuse_VV0 to_TO stand_VVI on_II their_APPGE own_DA two_MC feet_NN2 ._. "_" 
Nor_CC is_VBZ it_PPH1 difficult_JJ to_TO see_VVI the_AT blatant_JJ racism_NN1 in_II a_AT1 handmade_JJ sign_NN1 ,_, held_VVD aloft_RL by_II one_MC1 of_IO the_AT protestors_NN2 at_II Saturday_NPD1 's_GE huge_JJ gathering_NN1 of_IO anti-Obama_JJ tea-partiers_NN2 ,_, that_DD1 insists_VVZ :_: "_" The_AT zoo_NN1 has_VHZ an_AT1 African_JJ (_( picture_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 lion_NN1 )_) and_CC the_AT White_NP1 House_NN1 has_VHZ a_AT1 lyin'_NN1 African_NN1 ._. "_" 
Clearly_RR ,_, it_PPH1 would_VM be_VBI unfair_JJ to_TO characterize_VVI any_DD and_CC all_DB opposition_NN1 to_II Obama_NP1 's_GE health_NN1 care_NN1 plans_VVZ as_RG racially_RR motivated_VVN ._. 
There_EX are_VBR millions_NNO2 of_IO conservatives_NN2 who_PNQS simply_RR insist_VV0 on_II private_JJ market_NN1 solutions_NN2 (_( though_CS those_DD2 have_VH0 never_RR worked_VVN )_) and_CC who_PNQS worry_VV0 about_II the_AT costs_NN2 of_IO the_AT plan_NN1 (_( though_CS they_PPHS2 raised_VVD no_AT such_DA objections_NN2 to_II President_NNB Bush_NP1 's_GE expensive_JJ Medicare_NP1 prescription_NN1 drug_NN1 plan_NN1 )_) ._. 
They_PPHS2 may_VM lack_VVI ideological_JJ consistency_NN1 ,_, but_CCB they_PPHS2 would_VM raise_VVI similar_JJ objections_NN2 to_II any_DD health_NN1 care_NN1 reform_NN1 proposed_VVN by_II a_AT1 Democrat_NN1 ,_, regardless_RR of_IO race_NN1 ,_, gender_NN1 or_CC sartorial_JJ preferences_NN2 ._. 
For_IF the_AT sake_NN1 of_IO perspective_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 's_VBZ also_RR helpful_JJ to_TO remember_VVI the_AT wildly_RR unhinged_VVN accusations_NN2 that_CST greeted_VVD the_AT last_MD Democrats_NN2 who_PNQS tried_VVD to_TO reform_VVI the_AT health_NN1 care_NN1 system_NN1 ,_, Clinton_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE wife_NN1 ,_, Hillary_NP1 ._. 
Not_XX including_II the_AT semi-legitimate_JJ questions_NN2 over_II such_DA things_NN2 as_CSA their_APPGE Whitewater_JJR investments_NN2 ,_, Clinton_NP1 was_VBDZ accused_VVN of_IO being_VBG a_AT1 rapist_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 drug_NN1 runner_NN1 ,_, and_CC ,_, along_II21 with_II22 the_AT First_MD Lady_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 murderer_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 still_RR remember_VV0 when_RRQ U.S._NP1 Rep._NNB Dan_NP1 Burton_NP1 (_( R-Indiana_NP1 )_) shot_VVD a_AT1 watermelon_NN1 to_TO try_VVI to_TO prove_VVI that_CST Vince_NP1 Foster_NP1 could_VM not_XX have_VHI committed_VVN suicide_NN1 ._. 
(_( No_UH ,_, I_PPIS1 have_VH0 no_AT idea_NN1 how_RRQ that_DD1 demonstration_NN1 ostensibly_RR worked_VVN ._. )_) 
Yet_RR ,_, I_PPIS1 do_VD0 n't_XX remember_VVI that_CST there_EX were_VBDR ordained_JJ ministers_NN2 standing_VVG in_II their_APPGE pulpits_NN2 praying_VVG for_IF the_AT deaths_NN2 of_IO the_AT Clintons_NP2 ,_, as_CSA at_RR21 least_RR22 two_MC have_VH0 done_VDN with_IW Obama_NP1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 do_VD0 n't_XX recall_VVI that_CST Clinton_NP1 's_GE American_JJ citizenship_NN1 was_VBDZ questioned_VVN ._. 
Nor_CC did_VDD his_APPGE presidency_NN1 provoke_VVI the_AT sort_NN1 of_IO demonstrations_NN2 and_CC protests_NN2 that_CST have_VH0 boiled_VVN over_RP among_II the_AT fervid_JJ right_NN1 ._. 
(_( If_CS the_AT tea-partiers_NN2 were_VBDR so_RG angry_JJ about_II deficits_NN2 ,_, surely_RR they_PPHS2 would_VM have_VHI marched_VVN on_II President_NNB Bush_NP1 ,_, whose_DDQGE policies_NN2 not_XX only_RR erased_VVN a_AT1 surplus_JJ but_CCB also_RR created_VVN a_AT1 sea_NN1 of_IO red_JJ ink_NN1 ._. )_) 
As_CSA president_NN1 ,_, Obama_NP1 has_VHZ usually_RR avoided_VVN the_AT subject_NN1 of_IO race_NN1 ,_, as_CSA he_PPHS1 did_VDD when_CS he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 candidate_NN1 ._. 
White_NP1 House_NN1 Press_NN1 Secretary_NN1 Robert_NP1 Gibbs_NP1 told_VVD CNN_NP1 on_II Sunday_NPD1 that_CST "_" I_PPIS1 do_VD0 n't_XX think_VVI the_AT president_NN1 believes_VVZ that_CST people_NN are_VBR upset_VVN because_II21 of_II22 the_AT color_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE skin_NN1 ._. "_" 
But_CCB Scott_NP1 believes_VVZ it_PPH1 would_VM be_VBI a_AT1 mistake_NN1 not_XX to_TO acknowledge_VVI the_AT racism_NN1 swirling_VVG around_II the_AT health_NN1 care_NN1 debate_NN1 because_CS its_APPGE potency_NN1 could_VM derail_VVI efforts_NN2 at_II reform_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 acknowledges_VVZ that_CST bigots_NN2 represent_VV0 a_AT1 small_JJ minority_NN1 --_NN1 "_" What_DDQ speaks_VVZ for_IF America_NP1 is_VBZ what_DDQ happened_VVD last_MD November_NPM1 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD --_JJ but_CCB he_PPHS1 thinks_VVZ ignoring_VVG them_PPHO2 would_VM be_VBI "_" a_AT1 disservice_NN1 ._. "_" 
"_" Nothing_PN1 is_VBZ more_RGR important_JJ than_CSN health_NN1 care_NN1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 're_VBR this_RG close_RR to_II getting_VVG something_PN1 that_CST will_VM lift_VVI this_DD1 nation_NN1 to_II another_DD1 level_NN1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 must_VM not_XX let_VVI the_AT hate_NN1 win_NN1 ._. "_" 
