and now a word from the GOP base

We may well be about to elect our first black president. And that will indeed be a milestone for this country. But there is a large reservoir of small-minded meanness among us that is not going away, and that will continue to poison our politics for a long, long time. And the GOP is happy to take advantage of that and fan the flames.

Thanks to David Neiwert at Crooks and Liars for posting this.