Once again, the Republicans have gotten all twisted-knickery when called on what they do. It's amazing what thin skins they have.
"Racists? We're not racists!" they cry, after two conventioneers pelted a black CNN camerawoman with peanuts. (Note to CNN: We think this is a good enough reason for you to stop covering this particular event. Go to New Orleans, where something is actually happening.)
But the bottom line, folks, is that you'd never see that at a Democratic Convention. Because the Democratic Party is way, way less than 90 percent white. Like America is.
The Republicans are so white, in fact, and their policies toward people of color are so hostile, that we cats continue to marvel and would like to ask: Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Tim Scott, et. al, what are you doing in that party?
Except for Allen West — they can keep him.
(IMAGE: Frederick Douglass, who belonged to the GOP when it truly was the Party of Lincoln, and who today would be... you know.)
UPDATE, August 30: Here we go again, with a subsequent news item that has surfaced to prove our earlier point. A federal court has smacked down a Texas voter-photo-ID law, saying it would impose too great a burden on minorities and the poor. In case we need to remind anyone, Texas is run by Republicans.
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