During the 2008 presidential campaign, those who dared to warn the world about the real Barrack Obama were dubbed racists. Since the president’s swearing in, those who have taken this president to task for his radical, socialist, anti-American agenda, have been diagnosed as "having a problem with a black man sitting in the White House." If you oppose the health-care takeover, you are a racist. The same is true if you: oppose the government takeover of the auto industry, oppose the stimulus bill, speak out against the civilian trials being given to terrorists, disapprove of our relaxed efforts on the War on Terror and the plans to tax this economy into disaster, or take part in a Tea Party. If you do, according to some liberals, you might as well be a card-carrying member of the Klu Klux Klan.

But who are the folks that have the real race problems? Let's start with Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from Nevada. In 2008, good old Harry described then-candidate Obama as, "light skinned and with no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one." Mr. Reid has apologized and since he has a "D" next to his name this incident will be swept under the rug. But if Mr. Reid was a Republican, what would happen to him? Let's look at the past.

On December 20, 2002, then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi was forced to resign from his position for remarks he made at the 100th birthday party for South Carolina Republican, Senator Strom Thurmond. Mr. Lott said that Thurmond would have made a good president and indicated that he had voted for Thurmond. He then added, "And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over the years." Mr. Lott quickly became public enemy number one in the liberal media.

In fact, it was none other than Illinois State Senator Barack Obama who told a radio audience at the time, "The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott. If they want to stand for something they have to stand up and say this is not the person we want representing our party." And Mr. Reid himself said of Mr. Lott's resignation, "He had no alternative. If you tell ethnic jokes in the backroom, it's that much easier to say ethnic things publicly." So why isn’t the same standard applicable to Mr. Reid? The answer is simple: Mr. Lott has an "R" next to his name.

Vice President Joe Biden also has a history of racist remarks. In February 2007, then-presidential candidate Senator Biden went after his rival, Mr. Obama. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean. A nice looking guy." This is a dreadful gaffe—but no problem for Mr. Biden who blamed it on his mother:"My mother has an expression, 'clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." In July 2006, he also said that in his home state of Delaware, "you cannot go into a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. Oh I'm not kidding!"

Add to all this, in 2007 Mr. Biden provided a shocking analysis of why the schools in Iowa perform better than those in Washington D.C. He told the Washington Post: "There's less than 1% of the population in Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than 4 or 5% that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with."  Is this not starkly racist? Not if you are a Democrat. After all, he did go on to become Mr. Obama's vice president.

Moreover, there is another kind of racism to consider: black racism against whites.

In March 2008, candidate Obama called his grandmother a "typical white person," while explaining that she harbored fears of blacks based on racial prejudice. Can you imagine the public furor if a white senator, especially a white Republican senator who was running for the presidency had called anyone a "typical black person"?

In addition, in the recent book written by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Game Change, a friend of Ted Kennedy reveals a conversation that the late Democrat Massachusetts senator had with Bill Clinton regarding Mr. Obama. Mr. Clinton is reported to have told Kennedy, "A few years ago, this guy would have been bringing us coffee." Also, consider Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who for years was majority leader for the Democrats. It was well known that he was a card-carrying member of the Ku Klux Klan and possibly a Klan recruiter. This mattered little to the Democratic Party.

It is high time to end these double standards. Enough with throwing around the racist label every time a proud, brave, patriotic American expresses his or her outrage and fear over Mr. Obama’s and his party’s liberal agenda. Let the media and the Democrats look at who the real racists are. And while they're at it, they can take a look in the mirror.