in new york, the social commentator, nancy giles.lso in new york, se cup, the conservative columnist and author of "why you're wrong about the right." >> i would like to show due respect to the former president, so li will phrase it this way. what former president jimmy carter said, larry, was a crock. in 1993, there was broad opposition on the part of republicans against the intrusion of government into health care. that intrusion was led by a white man, bill clinton. republicans opposed the intrusion of government and health care for the same reason. >> larry: didn't call him hitler or talk about monkeys or anybody bring up -- did anyone make a racial incident about bill clinton? >> do you want to talk about disrespect, what people said about george w. bush, about signs being held up. >> larry: okay. so you're saying there was no racism in any of these protests or any of these people? >> you're always going to find wing nuts. the question is is the opposition to obamacare about race and racism? and it is not. >> larry: do you think

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much in the news these past few days and much in the thoughts of our sunday morning contributor nancy gileshis past week was big speech week for president obama. two in particular stand out. tuesday was the back-to-school speech to america's students. would it be an innocent, be cool stay in school chat or an evil socialist indoctrination by some guy with a faulty birth certificate? i watched the speech online and it seemed inspiring. but when i went back and read the text, the devil, as they say, was in the details. listen carefully. >> how is everybody doing today? >> sounds like an innocent salutation but that's none of the president's business. this is an invasion of the students' privacy and almost stalinesque question. >> you cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. you've got to train for it. and work for it. and learn for it. >> reporter: well, this is the president as dream killer. it's an attack on the young person who fantasies about winning the lottery, being paris hilton or america's next top model. you're not the boss of me, mr. president. >> i hope all of you