Harry Reid (Racist, Nev.)

But of course, that headline isn't true...because everyone knows a Democrat can't be a racist.

It was revealed yesterday that during the 2008 presidential campaign, Harry Reid provided this assessment of then-candidate Barack Obama: Obama was electable/a desirable candidate since he was "light-skinned" and had no "Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."

Wow. First off, the quote is just another example of what a buffoon the Senate Majority Leader is.

But there's a bigger point here. Immediately after these comments surfaced yesterday, Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, and some other Democrat apologists stated their unwavering support for Reid and accepted his apology.

It's a double standard, plain and simple. All one has to do is look back to 2002, when Republican Senator Trent Lott made a boneheaded comment about how it's a shame that Strom Thurmond, a segregationist back in the day, didn't win the presidency when he ran. Barack Obama joined folks like Sharpton in calling for and ultimately forcing Lott's removal from his Senate leadership post. So where's the outrage from the same folks over Reid's remarks?

There's only one explanation. There is a big, fat, ugly double standard here. When a Republican makes any sort of statement that can be taken out of context or manipulated into seeming even a little racially insensitive, that Republican is a racist. Trent Lott? Racist. Don Imus? Racist. The list goes on. But when a Democrat makes such a comment? Hey, no problem!

Recall that Reid wasn't the only prominent Democrat who made a bizarre racial assessment of candidate Obama during the campaign. Then-candidate Joseph Biden applauded Barack Obama and opined that his success was a result of Obama being a "clean, articulate black man." But of course, bygones are bygones when it comes to Democrats making racial remarks, and now Joey is VP.

After awhile, this gets so tiring...and surely the American people are going to tire of it too. It's Democrats and the Left in general who are constantly obsessed with skin color, not Republicans. When one of their own makes remarks about a "Negro dialect" and a candidate's "light skin," why not call that person out?

Perhaps the most ironic part of all is that this is the same Harry Reid who recently compared Republican opposition to the Senate health care bill to obstructionism over slavery and civil rights. When Reid made this statement, I dedicated a blog post to him, referring to him as Harry Reid (Demagogue, Nev.) and pointing out that, for the record, Republicans are the party of Lincoln, the party that ended slavery and pushed for civil rights legislation over the obstructionism of Senate Democrats.

Harry Reid has now earned himself a new label, as the title of this post suggests. Keep up the great work, Harry!