Republican racism on display in Texas

By Michael J.W. Stickings

From The Dallas Morning News (via John Aravosis), we learn that this pin was being sold at the Republican state convention in Texas: "If Obama is president... will we still call it The White House?"

As was this one: "Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Deportation."

And this one: "I will hold my nose when I vote for McCain."

Alright, that third one is funny. The other two are pretty despicable -- "remarkable but not surprising," as Matt Stoller puts it. (See also Brad Friedman, who has more on the vendor of these pins.)

John asks: "At what point do we hold John McCain responsible for fraternizing with racists?"

Well, he's a Republican, this was the Texas Republican convention, and, in general, Republicans seem to put up with this sort of thing all the time.

So how about now?