This may be over the line but...

So we have Trent “Strom Thurmond in ‘48” Lott, George “Macaca” Allen, and now Tramm “non-swimming Negroes” Hudson all running for election or re-election this year. Hudson’s idiotic remark:

"I grew up In Alabama, and I understand, and I know this from my own experience, that blacks are not the greatest swimmers or may not even know to swim(emphasis mine)."

Just how does one growing up in Alabama qualify you as an expert in the swimming proclivities of African-Americans? WTF? Or is it more likely that one could develop a healthy bit o’ racism growing up in Alabama than say Berkley? Speaking as a Southern, few things piss me off more than some elected cracker from the South climbing up on his Lester Maddox soapbox and making a fool of himself. It makes the rest of us look bad.

So we have the “white makes right” faction lead by Lott plus the “scared of the gay” group fronted by Rick Santorum and the “absolutely terrified we are going to give the Southwest back to Mexico” crowd ably headed by Tom Tancredo – quite the inclusive coalition.

Put another way, is it just me or does this year’s crop of Republican aspirants looks less like a slate of candidates and more like a Klan rally…

Thanks to TMPCafe. Also see Wolcott's take on the conservative punditry. Maybe it's not me...