As the right continues to build the strawman argument that the left considers ANY criticism of President Obama as rooted in racist, reality continues to show that although not all objections are based in race, overt racism does exist in our political discourse. Case in point: At a Values Voter Summit on Friday, Former Minority Whip Roy Blunt told the following story about British soldiers and monkeys to illustrate how Republicans have to deal with the issues the President brings to the table: “Almost from the day the first ball was hit on this golf course something happened they didn't anticipate: monkeys would come running out of the jungle and then grab the golf balls. And if it was in the fairway, they might throw it in the rough
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Air America: Republican revives racist Obama-as-monkey campaign theme
