Back in 2008, as Election Day approached, Republican racism really kicked into overdrive. Republicans were calling Obama a Muslim terrorist, they were obsessing over Michelle Obama’s nonexistent “whitey” tape, and videos of Republicans spewing crazy racist things became a blogging trend. Thankfully, because we as a nation have grown and had an important conversation about race, that’s not going to happen during this election cycle.
HA HA HA just kidding! Over the weekend a Romney rally attendee wearing a “Put the white back in the White House” t-shirt went viral. And this video of Tommy Thompson’s son in a meeting of Wisconsin Republicans saying that they have a chance to send Obama “back to Chicago, or Kenya” is another sign that the gloves are coming off.
Thompson has since apologized. So everything is fine! The end.
So what? Jay Z said he’s voting for Obama “because he’s black.” Voting for someone because of their color is as racist as voting against someone, because of their color. There are idiots of every political stripe.
And, I didn’t notice you talking about blacks threatening to riot if Obama loses – (It’s all over Twitter.)
Are you a newspaper, or a political flyer for the DNC?