I am not a Republican. And I am not a conservative.

I used to protest against being labeled “right wing” or “conservative,” but I stopped doing it for two reasons: 1) the media and other bloggers were going to do it anyway, no matter how much I protested, and 2) after 9/11, the “neo-conservative” movement didn’t seem like such a bad thing to be associated with.

But since the election of Barack Obama, the bad old racism has come raging back into the mainstream, big time. Not all conservatives are racists, but the ones who aren’t racists are standing by and letting the kooks take over.

Count me OUT of this. I doubt I’ll ever vote for a Republican candidate again.