is there occasional racism, of course, but this country s been transformed on the issue of race. you talk to young people, they don t understand how people could have judged people by race. they just don t even, it doesn t even parse. he s got a pulse, doesn t he? that s conservative talker bill bennett proclaiming last year that racism in america is essentially dead. it s been a familiar right wing talking point ever since the nation elected its first african-american president. yet, here s the latest example of why it just isn t true. another president of the ut college republicans is in hot water after sending out this tweet sunday. it reads, my president is black. he snorts a lot of crack. holla. cassandra wright was elected president of ut college republicans and replaced lauren pierce who stepped down in november who sent out a tweet
republicans and replaced lauren pierce who stepped down in november who sent out a tweet saying, as tempting as it may be, don t shoot obama. a statement that she later apologized. is that the ann coulter farm team at work? time and time again conservative thought leaders, republican candidates and elected officials have been caught using racist rhetoric. here s a picture sent out by an orange county republican official. the caption, now you know why no birth certificate. this picture of watermelons on the white house lawn was sent around by a republican mayor in california. down in south carolina, republican politico was forced to apologize to posting racist jokes. new york s republican gubernatorial nominee sent a series of racist and pornographic e-mails as a joke. a republican lawmaker in new jersey quit after his wife sent a racist e-mail to her husband s