The more details of yesterday's Sarah Palin's rally in Florida come out, the uglier it gets. Talking Points Memo spoke to a reporter who was at the scene to witness the infamous exchange between the riled up Palin supporter and an African American sound man. It isn't pretty.
As I noted below, in his piece today about the abuse that Palin supporters heaped on reporters at a Florida rally yesterday, WaPo's Dana Milbank wrote that one supporter had hurled an unspecified racial epithet at an African American sound man before saying, "sit down, boy."A reporter who was there tells me what that unspecified epithet was: "Uppity negro."
The more I think about it, the less a coincendence it becomes that she wore white to the event. She realizes that she is becoming a symbol for both the Religious Right and the worst elecments of neo-facism in America. And if you want to challenge me on ther latter point, take a good hard look at what the Alasks Indepence Party stands for. It may not be enough to put her and McCain over the top, but she will be around for years to come. And as she learns the ropes of national politics, she can simultaneously consolidate her standing with these groups while sporting that "Aww shucks" grin. After all, even David Duke took off his robe and put on a suit.
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