We’re losing – quick, break the Racism glass!

How can you ensure your entry into Asshat Hall of Fame? Well, how about artificially darkening the skin of your political opponent in advertisements? Yes, that’s right – evidently Republican Erik Paulson of Minnesota is getting help for his congressional seat run from the Republican Party by taking his Democratic opponent – Ashwin Madia (Gulf War Vet) – advertisements, then darkening up the skin to make him appear even darker than the guy already is.

Stay classy, Republicans!

Pair of racist skinheads idiots caught being – racist skinhead idiots

Two men actually were planning to kill up to 88 African-American people, behead children, and end it all with attempting to assassinate Senator Obama.

Luckily, the ATF caught onto their plan. And odds are, they’re nothing more than a pair of racist idiots with bigger dreams than ability. Still – with one week before the election, some people are already getting too excited.

Just – stay safe, people. Deep breaths. We’re all in this together.

I didn’t mean to offend you by calling you Hitler!

Seriously – how can you not know this? How can you think that saying that someone is like a young, black Hitler isn’t going to be offensive to people?

Oh, yeah – they’re probably lying. Because almost everybody would find it offensive to be compared to Hitler.

Want running water? Be white.

This is the sickest thing I’ve read in some time. For 50 years, the Coal Run neighborhood in Zanesville, OH didn’t have running water. The neighborhoods all around them did – but the water main was literally built to the neighborhood limits, then stopped there.

The difference between Coal Run and the other neighborhood? Coal Run was composed entirely of African-American people – and once a white family moved in, that house got running water.

The story is really a horrific tale of people denied a basic service for the lamest of reasons. And when people finally stood up, what was the response by the water officials about the uproar and eventual lawsuit?

Columbus attorney Landes, however, isn’t so sanguine about the case’s result. “This is a bad day for taxpayers and a bad day for race relations,” he says. He believes the plaintiffs sued solely for the money and blames “out-of-state lawyers” for coming in and whipping up a “frenzy” that the residents of Muskingum County will now have to fund. Attorneys for the city and county say they plan to appeal.

Wait – there was a “frenzy” because people waited 50 fracking years for running water? And “out of state lawyers”? Isn’t that the same excuses we heard during the civil rights era for why kids wanted to go to schools?

Just what is in that water?

Zero to Racist in Nothing Flat!

So how long did it take horrible awful people (HAPs) to decide that the only reason that Colin Powell was endorsing Obama was because they were both black?

I mean, it couldn’t have been all of those things he said about how he didn’t like how Senator McCain handled the economic crisis, or McCain’s reaction to the Russian actions against Georgia, or how McCain was using pretty dirty tactics trying to tie Obama to Ayers.

Nope – it’s got to be because he’s black. You’ve got Ms. Michelle Malkin saying the Powell was just an affirmative action candidate:

The ONLY reason Powell is voting for Obama is color… period. The fact that Obama is going to follow anti-white, liberation theology is just icing on the cake. Most blacks hate whites… it is axiomatic, and the liberals are opening up the chicken coop and maybe the prisons and definately my wallet.

Ms. Malkin isn’t the only HAP out there. You’ve got Rush Limbaugh who says Powell’s only doing it for the race reasons:

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.

Well, if he had endorsed Governor Palin, then maybe you’d have something. Of course, you can’t forget one of the biggest HAP’s out there, Mr. Pat Buchanan’s

Buchanan: Alright, we gotta ask a question, look would Colin Powell be endorsing Obama if he were a white liberal democrat…

Yes, it’s the same reason why other conservatives like Buckley and Chuck Hagel and Hitchens support Obama. Secretly, they must all be black too – they’re just covering it up better with makeup or something.

Yeah. That’s got to be it.

Ohio man hanging Obama effigy from Noose. Stay classy, dude.

I have nothing more to say than this:

CA Republican Group. Racism. You get the picture.

The Republican group of San Bernardino County, stating they had no racist intent, put this picture out.

DO I NEED TO SAY ANY MORE?

The Race Card leads to Republican Apocalypse

Lately, it seems that the campaign has taken a blatantly racist tone. You’ve got scumbags shouting “kill him” and “terrorist” when Obama’s name is mentioned at McCain/Palin rallies – and even worse, these charges are left without repudiation by the candidates.

You have complete and utter asshats who thinks its funny to have monkey with the Obama label on it.

Or pundits referring to voting for Obama as the Jihad vote, accusing the Obama was born in Kenya (which he wasn’t – he was born in Hawaii. It’s an American state.). Which helps people like this woman tell McCain that Obama’s “an Arab”, to which McCain gets to respond “No, he’s a decent family man” (as if being of middle eastern descent means you can’t be a good father?). And to reinforce it, the Sacramento GOP puts up a web site calling to Waterboard Obama and ties Obama to Osama bin Laden. While the head of the Florida GOP again tries to tie Obama to bin Laden as people who are friends with terrorists. And then compound that with a conservative leaning group sending out a hate filled DVD about Muslims that portrays them all as evil people.

You have the biggest voice in conservative talk show Rush Limbaugh who first put together a song about “Barack the Magic Negro”, and now is telling listeners that black children are part of a 30 year indoctrination process to be militants and hate America.

People have warned McCain about playing the race card, and so far, his negatives have risen and his poll numbers have dropped. People don’t like it, but perhaps there’s a base that likes these clearly racist assaults upon Senator Obama. Maybe there’s a base of people who will buy these, and will be motivated to vote for McCain and give him just enough of an edge to win some key states.

Only problem? Even the people who you’d think would respond to these racist attacks just aren’t biting:

Reagan Dems and Independents. Call them blue-collar plus. Slightly more Target than Walmart.

Yes, the spot worked. Yes, they believed the charges against Obama. Yes, they actually think he’s too liberal, consorts with bad people and WON’T BE A GOOD PRESIDENT…but they STILL don’t give a f***. They said right out, “He won’t do anything better than McCain” but they’re STILL voting for Obama.

The two most unreal moments of my professional life of watching focus groups:

54 year-old white male, voted Kerry ‘04, Bush ‘00, Dole ‘96, hunter, NASCAR fan…hard for Obama said: “I’m gonna hate him the minute I vote for him. He’s gonna be a bad president. But I won’t ever vote for another god-damn Republican. I want the government to take over all of Wall Street and bankers and the car companies and Wal-Mart run this county like we used to when Reagan was President.”

The next was a woman, late 50s, Democrat but strongly pro-life. Loved B. and H. Clinton, loved Bush in 2000. “Well, I don’t know much about this terrorist group Barack used to be in with that Weather guy but I’m sick of paying for health insurance at work and that’s why I’m supporting Barack.”

I felt like I was taking crazy pills. I sat on the other side of the glass and realized…this really is the Apocalypse. The Seventh Seal is broken and its time for eight years of pure, delicious crazy….

No matter how much some Republicans – obviously not a majority, or even a significant number, but some who are so desperate to put a check in the “win” column they’ll stoke racial anger – are finding that right now, you can’t afford to be a racist.

People want solutions to problems. They want health care they can rely on, not be told “Oh, the market will fix it.” They want to see Wall Street punished for their job losses, and golden parachutes solved. They want to see their 401k’s be useful to them in their retirement years. They want to see their sons and daughters come home safe from Iraq, and having achieved victory by finding bin Laden, killing him and his followers, and then working to build up the country. They want to see their family graduate from college so they can get better jobs. They want to see their roads rebuilt, their government be noble and honest, and for there to be decency and solutions for their lives from the people they elect.

The McCain campaign and the Republicans thought that the race card might lead them to some hope of victory. Instead, it has lead to utter Republican Apocalypse. Maybe from the ashes the old fashioned, conservative values will return to kick out the religious extremist government spying corporate enriching version of the Republican Party has evolved into since the 1970’s. A party that I can respect again, and while I might not always agree, a party that I can have a meaningful debate with and not be called a traitor just for disagreeing.

Until then, the GOP can pay the price for playing with the fire of racism – and I’ll stick a marshmallow on a stick to roast while they burn.

Racists bastards live!

Just when you think that the idea of deep south racists is something that Hollywood kicks up to make villains of, the real world reminds you that racist bastards still exist:

“He’s going to tear up the rose bushes and plant a watermelon patch,” said James Halsey, chuckling, while standing in the Wal-Mart parking lot with fellow workers in the environmental cleanup business. “I just don’t think we’ll ever have a black president.”

Seriously – what the hell is it with the racist notion that black people are crazy for watermelon? I’ve never seen anybody – black or white – that crazy for watermelon.