That is the phrase the Rude Pundit uses in his latest post on his blog after witnessing the false modesty of John McCain at the Republican Party hate fest in St.Paul.Evoking his own torture at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors and not mentioning his capitulation to the tortures of Iraqi civilians by their American wardens at Abu Ghraib, McCain proceeded to parade his self flagellation in front of the all white crowd.
That brings me to my observation of why the Republican Party has become a latter day reincarnation of the KKK in suits and ties.From the very beginning of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,the objective of white racists in this country was to disenfranchise black and other minorities to second class citizenship with every available means.During the Nixon administration it gave birth to the Southren Strategy and voter intimidation tactics presided over by none other than William Rehnquist.As the years rolled by,Katharine Harris and Antonin Scalia appeared on the scene stealing an election from Al Gore.Now we see the injection of the white woman,Sara Palin against Barack Obama, evoking another primal fear in the hearts of white men,the raping of white women by the big black beast.
I am sure that Rick Davis, the manager of the McCain campaign had all these things figured out when he launched his new product,Sara Palin, at this crucial moment in the cammpaign.He is also right that this campaign is not about issues anymore.It is about personalities and their world views.
Their world view of course involves the images of castration of the black man by a gun toting bible thumping woman.
No wonder McCain has seen a big bounce in his poll numbers.