More Racism, Please

Race-baiting and anti-Muslim bigotry on the campaign trail are vile and loathsome. Let's hope they never go away.

What went wrong with McCain’s attacks? The audience’s shouted slurs ruined the classical Republican approach of plausibly deniable racism. Imagine if at the old boy's country club someone said, “Well, I’m not sure the Cohens would fit in here.” Wink wink. And his buddy responded, “Oh yeah. You mean because they’re Jews, right?” It ruins the ruse, like the sitcom stooge who asks “Hey, why are you kicking me under the table?” Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 17, 2008

A shrewd, simple, but effective point. The hysterics of McCain-Palin campaign stops are worth bringing up bluntly in an op-ed like this. I have a hard time stomaching the author's calls for people to keep on being racist -- that is, essentially, what he's asking -- but I understand the exaggeration. Clever, but nothing groundbreaking.

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