One popular claim among right-wing Republicans is that, regardless of what we claim, Democrats are the real racists and it is only the Republicans who are willing to see America's minorities as able, self-sufficient individuals. The line of “reasoning” goes that by supporting antipoverty programs the Democrats are keeping black Americans on the plantation.

This has been so commonplace that the latest darling of the Republican Party, a doctor named Ben Carson, is saying that the Affordable Care Act is the worst thing to happen to the United States since slavery.

 Last week was a particularly great week for the Republicans and their proud history of anti-racism. 

First off, remember Joe the Plumber? You know, the guy whose name wasn't Joe and wasn't a licensed plumber? Last week he published a column, not written by him, about the current political scene. The article, “America Needs a White Republican President,” opines: “Admit it. You want a white Republican president again. Wanting a white Republican president doesn’t make you racist, it just makes you American.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/joe-plumber-publishes-racist-article-blog-article-1.1484131#ixzz2hhIs5QDQ

In case you're wondering, he also refers to people arguing for immigrants' rights as “deranged Mexicans”.

The initial reports on this column suggested that Wurzelbacher had written the column. He didn't, but he has gone wide on Twitter defending everything he published, so I think it's fair to tag him with the opinions he published.

Of course, he's just one guy, right?

Ah, no. Saturday there was an anti-Obama rally at the White House held by the intellectual core of the Republican Party, the Tea Party, and what were they rallying around? The Confederate flag.

Keep it up, guys, really.