When racism is this mainstream — on the editorial pages of the nation’s business newspaper — is it any wonder people deny it’s existence?
[The WSJ’s] Taranto gets extra credit for his last line, which suggests that Democrats are being intimidated into nominating Obama, as a terrified woman might be intimidated into handing her purse to a mugger. Expect this theme to be visualized in a McCain ad this fall: a dark alley… ominous footsteps… and then relief as the Maverick comes into view, perhaps with the rest of the Keating Five dressed as Guardian Angels.
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