Prometheus 6

I'm assuming there are a few still working.

According to reports, the chair of the state Republican Party in North Carolina is planning to move forward with its plans to air its racially divisive campaign ad despite John McCain's emailed complaints. While the McCain campaign made a show of protesting the ad, McCain made no mention of the fact that key officials in the North Carolina GOP are members of McCain's state steering committee and McCain donors. Nor did he mention the fact that the state chair who is bucking his leadership is a member of the arrangements committee of the Republican National Convention.

We know you like McCain. But this is evil, and you know it.

What I'd REALLY like is to chalk up the value of advertisements run at the time our news shows showed the offensive ad as donations to the McCain campaign. That way we can say, "Fox donated $x thousand dollars to spread that racist meme. CNN donated $x thousand dollars to spread that racist meme. CBS, NBC, ABC donated $x thousand dollars to spread that racist meme." And it would be true.

Let me suggest a compromise. If you have to report this sort of crap, don't show the ads. Make the folks who want to leverage racism for their benefit pay the full cost of their campaign.

Don't do it for me. Do it so the nation can be a little less insane.