Republicans and the Art of Racism

1984 has arrived. Up is down and down is up. Calling someone (correctly) on their racism means you're the racist. What I've seen this year leads me to believe the GOP and their ideas are losing traction with the general public; approximately twentysomething percent self identify as Republican - why is that? Not all Republicans are racist, in fact, the vast majority aren't. The one thing that troubles me is that we don't hear moderate Republicans condemning Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Coulter, Malkin, and their ilk. Their silence is deafening. There's a saying about that, "Silence is consent." It's also been said that all it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. Presidents Clinton and Carter were right - it's particularly telling when southern white males who lived through Jim Crow call someone a racist. It's perfectly acceptable to disagree with President Obama and not be racist. If you have a genuine policy disagreement, please state it (no FOX talking points) AND a reasonable alternative - tax cuts and vouchers are not a reasonable alternative, trickle down economics doesn't work. I believe President George H W Bush called it "voodoo economics" when he ran against Reagan back in 1980. The GOP's current strategy of obstruction, opposition, and obfuscation is bad for the country they claim to love so much.
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