From Pine View Farm

By Their Followers Shall Ye Know Them 0

The nasty underbelly of Republicanism comes to the fore. The Booman asks the question (follow the link to see the video to which he is referring, as well as the rest of the post–it’s a long one).

Let’s say that you’re a regular Republican that doesn’t hold any racial animus, doesn’t think Barack Obama is a terrorist or even a Muslim. Would you stand in that line with all those other people? Wouldn’t you pretty much be forced to conclude that there’s something fundamentally wrong with the McCain-Palin movement and the people it attracts? There are cameras there. Do you want you and your family to be caught on film in the middle of that crowd? What would your employer think? What about your friends? Your mom?

This is the heritage of the Southern Strategy, the odious choice by the Republican Party’s decision to become the Party of Racism.

As someone once said about the Hoover presidency, the Republican Party has gone from being the party that freed the slaves to being the party that frayed the sleeves.

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