Diana West: Political opposition isn't racism

South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson may have unexpectedly ignited an explosion of race rhetoric with two words in the House chamber — “You lie” — but I can snuff it out with two words in a newspaper — “Jimmy Carter.”

The former president threw rhetorical kerosene on the political flames this week when he advanced the low-down argument that political opposition to President Obama — in town halls, faltering presidential poll numbers, the colossal anti-Obama demonstration in Washington — boils down to “racism.”