Russo On Campaign Race-Baiting: Nothing Is Worse Than An Uppity Negro

Tim Russo's litany isn't subliminal:

"Nothing worse than an uppity Negro.
How dare a black man say he has 'good odds' to win the presidency.
How dare a black man say he has good odds, period.
How dare a black man presume to be a major party’s nominee.
How dare a black man criticize a white man running for president.
How dare a black man call that white man’s lies 'unfortunate'.
How dare a black man speak to 200,000 foreigners.
How dare a black man raise money.
How dare a black man pretend to lead.
How dare a black man speak intelligently.
How dare a black man inspire white people.
How dare a black man have his own campaign plane.
How dare a black man speak truth to power.
How dare a black man get good media coverage.
How dare a black man get bad media coverage.
How dare a black man get media coverage, period.
How dare a black man travel.
How dare a black man meet congressmen.
How dare a black man meet congresswomen.
How dare a black man put ads on television.
How dare a black man have this much money.
How dare a black man become President.
Of the United States.
Of America."

Earlier, Tim Russo also wrote:

"This last round, these 90 or so days, we are going to be fighting forces which this country have never, EVER been able to overcome. Forces that kept men in chains for 250 years. Forces that hung people from trees. Forces that not even Martin Luther King could overcome in his lifetime, but CAN, WILL and HAS overcome in spirit."

Should Dem Swiftboaters Target McCain? Russo Says Its Time To Attack His Military Record

CLEVELAND (TDB) -- Democratic blogger Tim Russo says Vietnam War POW John McCain's military record is fair game for political attack and he is urging an offensive ahead of the Republican convention. He doesn't believe McCain is a hero. Russo doesn't use the words Swiftboat McCain -- meaning the kind of pounding that John Kerry took in 2004 over his Vietnam service. But he suggests that the Arizona senator should get the same kind of treatment over his service as a Naval aviator, meaning "getting dirty:"

"Time to go on offense. And that means going after John McCain's so-called patriotism. His so-called heroism. And his so-called 'maverick'ness. John McCain is no maverick. He's a self-serving politician who will do anything to be elected president . . .

"Yet another way can be to have the folks who don't mind getting dirty (MoveOn. DNC, us bloggers) to go after McCain's military record. Go after his super-rich wife, who McCain left his crippled first wife to chase. Go after it all."