re: #17 Charles

At what point does tacit enabling of racism and looking the other way turn into outright racism itself?

How could any sane individual cast a vote for Paladino?

Traditional reasons:
1. He’s an SOB but he’s our SOB (The Shah of Iran ploy)
2. He was framed (the Marion Barry defense)
3. Theirs is worse (Anybody but ____)
4. Its the economy stupid (or insert any other single issue)
5. U-S-A U-S-A! (The Motherland strategy - see Hitler and Stalin)