In Ohio, a racist has chosen to hang an effigy of Obama in front of his home.
The man refused to share his views on camera but the reporter said that he can't support a black man as President. His neighbors, however, came out and said that he was "anti-black." Also it's rather funny to see that he spelled Barack's middle name "Husain." Spelling is 4 librul eleets.
However, that wasn't the end of the racist bigotry from the right today. Our favorite comedian Rush had this to say about a Powell endorsement:
Secretary Powell says his endorsement is not about race... OK, fine. I am now researching his past endorsements to see if I can find all the inexperienced, very liberal, white candidates he has endorsed. I'll let you know what I come up with.
Will continued the sentiment
And I think this adds to my calculation -- this is very hard to measure -- but it seems to me if we had the tools to measure we'd find that Barack Obama gets two votes because he's black for every one he loses because he's black because so much of this country is so eager, a, to feel good about itself by doing this, but more than that to put paid to the whole Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson game of political rhetoric
As fun as it has been to watch the GOP really be Grand and Old the last months, they are now devolving into Nixon's Southern State strategy. They are now embracing Goldwater's hate. John McCain may keep telling himself he isn't George Wallace, but he sure is stirring that sentiment. But after all, McCain blamed the Vietnamese for his vote against a national MLK holiday.