And now, it’s time for… Winger Mail!

And lemme tell ya, last week’s bit brought truckloads of winger mail, most of which can be boiled down to: Sure, I dislike the dangerous negro Barack Obama who wants to turn America Muslim, but how dare you call me racist!

And in fact, one particular piece of winger mail was just so good (i.e. bad), I can’t resist sharing. Though you’ll wish I did.

A few truths, or perhaps truthful questions you may dare to ask yourself, if you truly be a “journalist” Sir; why does your article continually refer to “white” people but not “black” people, only blacks can be African-Americans, can we not be Euro-Americans also?

Sure. The Aryan Nations makes that argument all the time.

And you rant on and on about the “racist, evil, whites” not voting for poor Mr. Obama because he is a half-black, now I do wonder why no sorrow was felt for Senator Clinton when Mr. Obama gathered at times 92% of black voters in heavy black populated areas, do you possibly suppose there are BLACK RACISTS TOO?

There is, of course, a difference between voting for someone - for whatever purpose - and specifically voting against someone on the basis of race or gender or nationality. If black voters vote for a black candidate, and female voters vote for a female candidate, that’s perhaps an example of identity politics. But there’s a difference in supporting someone on the basis of real or perceived solidarity and specifically voting against the black guy because he’s black.

Just to let you know, my wife & I, along with other family members and friends were very proud to have switched our Republican Party voter registration prior to the Pennsylvania Primary for the sole purpose of keeping Mr. Obama out, and pray he gets the beating he deserves in Kentucky also.  But not for the reasons you want to believe; we dislike Mr. Obama because he is un-American in our opinion, dislike his wife, vehemently dislike his “mentor” Mr. Wright, and do not wish to turn this country into the likes of inner-city Chicago, or any other large American inner-city society,———-one that is run by, and for minority culture, we have all seen how they have turned-out to be.

See, Obama is going to ghetto-ize America. And that’s not racist!

Except that it is.

Mr. Obama is a black person running to be president, not a person running to be president who happens to be black or any other color.  Whether you believe it or not, we would openly support and vote for persons such as Condolezza Rice, Justice Clarance Thomas, Mayor Michael Nutter, and many others, who just happen to be black,——-but then they are not your liberal, “rapp’en” dudes.

Sadly! No has a hilarious series of graphics it runs in response to such things. Like this:

So, whether we vote for President Clinton or President McCain remains to be seen, not really in love with either, only certain it cannot be Mr. Obama.  Oops, sorry, that must have been a racist remark again from this somewhat educated elitist.

“Somewhat” being a relative term.

See, though, I expected this. There’s nothing a racist hates worse than being called on his racism - because this kind of racist’s racism is legitimately held, or so he thinks. Unless, of course, they’ve pledged fealty to the Republican Party, and then they’re all right.

But this letter basically boils down to: I ain’t voting for Obama because he’s black. Every protestation by this writer that it’s about something else always gets back to this touchstone. And I imagine the writer, down deep, is very very afraid at what he sees happening to his white American.

And all I have to say about that is: Good.