Not that he’ll be called out for this by Republicans (Sheesh, except for Smitty):
“The [economic] deterioration reflects lower tax revenues and higher costs for bank failures, unemployment benefits and food stamps. But in the Oval Office of the White House none of this is a problem. This is the objective. The objective is unemployment. The objective is more food stamp benefits. The objective is more unemployment benefits. The objective is an expanding welfare state. And the objective is to take the nation’s wealth and return to it to the nation’s quote, ‘rightful owners.’ Think reparations. Think forced reparations here if you want to understand what actually is going on.” [emphasis mine]
Subtle enough for ya?
Kevin Drum replied, “Limbaugh’s message could hardly have been more obvious if he’d donned blackface and performed a soft-shoe in his studio.” Andrew Sullivan added, “I guess no one ever accused Limbaugh of keeping his racism under wraps.”
Ladies and gentlemen… I give you the leader of the Republican Party; the man Cheney has vouched for, and would chose over Colin Powell.