The GOP is in the wilderness, and looking for new leadership -- hopefully from younger, presumably more tolerant pols. But the July 4th holiday weekend saw yet another example of the tired formula: GOP + new media = racism on display.
The Daily Beast has an article which highlights the latest racist "humor" of this tired GOP tribe. This time Audra Shay, the leading candidate for Chair of the Young Republicans -- an election slated to take place this weekend -- has spewed bile on her Facebook page:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/...
It looks like Michael Steele, RNC Chair, isn't having it. But other young GOPers who called out these latest racist Facebook exchanges were quickly "de-friended." Apparently leading GOPers don't want to be "friends" with folks who'll call out their racism.