The GOP has made it OK to be openly racist again

[blueinindiana]

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Any particular gesture you can cite?

[bamacrat]

2. "Barack the Magic Negro" is ok to sing now I guess.

[etherealtruth]

3. Reagan made it OK ...

... to be openly racist, to despise the poor ... hate for the "other" became open. "These" republicans made it OK to act on that hatred.

[blueinindiana]

4. true your very much correct ...

[etherealtruth]

5. Makes me ill

:puke:

[Colobo]

6. Yep.

[Jax]

7. kick

great post. So true.

[zanne]

8. You are so right.

I noticed during the Reagan administration that people were openly saying they were racist. They'd follow by saying things like "everybody's racist" or "At least I admit it". Some very ugly things come out of the closet when Republicans are in the White House.

[etherealtruth]

9. With all of my heart ...

I wish I wasn't right.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Rush Limbaugh is playing this "tune" over and over.

It's time he was drummed off the airwaves.

[DURHAM D]

11. I have assumed for the past 25 years (thanks to Reagan lovers)

that the Civil Rights Act (1964) would not pass again.

Do you think it would pass the House and Senate today?

Do you think Bush would sign if it did?

[AtomicKitten]

12. The GOP will take ugly to a new level in this election.

Their overt racism will not be tolerated by most Americans. Many, yes, but sometimes it takes something this insidiously nasty to wake people up to that which they've just taken in stride for too long.

[damntexdem]

13. No, only for Republicans to be openly racist.

And even then, only some Republicans.