We cats hope that nobody was truly shocked that an Obama impersonator hired to "perform" at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans was racially, religiously and personally offensive. What else would anyone expect? That he'd just make a few harmless jokes about healthcare reform, Elizabeth Warren and this weekend's "golf summit"?
Nope. It's pretty tough to be surprised that there's racism at a gathering of lily-white Southern Republicans raised in the traditions, beliefs and tactics of Lee Atwater.
In case you think we're going slightly over the top on this subject ourselves, just remember that this New Orleans story broke the same week as the indictment of two Republican campaign operatives in Maryland — for their attempts last year to suppress the black vote against GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Ehrlich.
Overt, passionate and uncompromising racism is so rampant in today's Republican Party that we're waiting for the Southern Poverty Law Center to put the GOP on its list of American hate groups. Until then, we cats HISS.
UPDATE: Well! The Republican Leadership Conference says it officially "regrets" the offensive Obama impersonator. We cats are unimpressed. This is just another example of the GOP going over the top to drive home a nudge-nudge, wink-wink message to its rabid base, then following it up with a lame apology well after the fact — and after most of the world has moved on. When will journalists wake up and stop buying the insincerity? We cats still HISS.
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