Keepin’ it Real, Keepin’ it White

Today Wonkette posted not one, but two news features relating to racists and Neo-Nazis. Tonight must be a full moon.

The first on today’s list is Republican Ted Poe who, whilst arguing for the case against withdrawing from Iraq, invoked the somber memory of the War Between the States when he decided to quote “successful Confederate general” Nathaniel Bedford Forrest. I suppose this would all be well and good had it not been for the fact that Forrest was the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. Whoops. As Wonkette aptly reminds, how could a Confederate general be successful when the Confederacy lost?

And the quote? “Git thar fustest with the mostest.” I’m not totally sure what that means, but I think it might be code for, “I’m a fucking idiot.”¹

In other news, it appears that “White America” finally has their 2008 candidate in the form of John Taylor Bowles, featured on the left. Obviously dissatisfied with the current pantheon of presidential contenders, what with Barack Obama being, uh, black, Hillary Clinton trying to be black and Rudy Giuliani being himself, Mr. Bowles is aiming to create a “purer,” “whiter” America. The Radar Online writes:

If American voters agree, white people can expect free health care, lower food prices (through the elimination of the “kosher tax”), lower taxes (by cutting off aid to Israel), and the orderly deportation of all non-whites to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. All white soldiers can expect to be recalled from overseas duty and be placed on the Southern border so they can help “stop the invasion.”

Curiously, Mr. Bowles is a former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee. That must be where he learned to pull himself up by his Dr. Martens Stormtrooper bootstraps.

1. Think Progress ↩