Congratulations, Tennessee Republicans. It wasn't enough to make us the laughingstock of the entire country. Now we're quickly becoming the laughingstock of the world. From The Times in the U.K.:
An e-mail sent by a Republican aide, entitled Historical Keepsake Photo, features portraits of the first 43 American presidents in a variety of dignified and statesmanlike poses. The succession of white faces, however, comes to an abrupt halt in the final and 44th panel which displays just a pair of cartoon eyeballs set against an entirely dark background.
Little more than six months since the US elected its first black president and Barack Obama declared “change has come to America”, hopes that the country is finally overcoming a racist past are being tempered by evidence that parts of it — sections of the Republican Party in particular — remain aghast at the notion of a black First Family.
And, bear in mind, this comes from a newspaper that is considered center-right and almost always backs Tories. Hell, it's owned by Newscorp!
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And the whole debacle made it on to Keith Olbermann's "Worst Persons in the World." Glorious!
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