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cali

(114,904 posts) Thu Jan 5, 2012, 05:22 PM Jan 2012

R is for Racist. R is for Republican.

No one in the MSM has the guts to say what many know: The Republican Party is now, more than ever, the party of institutionalized racism. The candidates for President regularly make racist comments and racist proposals that are skated over. Not to mention Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate and those inhabiting statehouses across the country.

A black President has put this into stark relief, but it's something that people find uncomfortable to talk about. Some of the MSM want to believe we live in a post-racial society. Some of them are just gutless wonders, etc,

So the repugnant and racist comments and proposals get made and though they may be commented it's rarely a comment that points out the all too obvious racism.

But it couldn't be clearer:

The Republicans are the party of ugly institutionalized racism.

And that's not playing any damn "card".