Is she?
I had the same reaction to Cass Ballenger calling Cynthia McKinney a "bitch" that I did to Bush and Cheney saying (they thought between themselves) that Adam Clymer was an "asshole". My first response was not to say "What a terrible thing to say", but rather to ask "Is she?" Unlike Clymer, however, McKinney was well enough known that the answer was already clear.
Ballenger could well have been a candidate for Stupid Political Comments, part 5, for his comment that his interactions with her caused him to think of "segregationist feelings". (Instead, we found a much better candidate in Sen. Murray.) A natural personal reaction to an obnoxious person should have nothing to do with her race. Idiots come in all colors.
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