Posted: Right after Sarah Palin's 17th wink at the cameraDESPERATION, Ohio -- In a last-ditch effort to whip up enthusiasm among the right wing of the Republican party faithful on the night of the first and, thankfully for them, the only vice-presidential debate, Sen. John McCain accused debate moderator and PBS news anchor Gwen Ifill of not just being African-American, but of being black -- an accusation Ifill refused to address.
"Senator Biden, Governor Palin, thank you for being here for the first vice-presidential debate," responded Ifill just before the debate began in St. Louis, home to both blacks and African-Americans.
"Frankly, my friends, I wish they had picked a moderator who isn't writing a book that discusses people who are not white," McCain said. "What else is Ifill writing about? Some straight talk here, my friends: In a McCain administration, we will take affirmative action to make sure that blafrican americany people are encouraged in a supportive, affordable, tax-cutting way not to moderate debates or partake in any other sort of publicly listened to speech related activity."
McCain added that he hoped that blatant racism could help rally the Republican base and steer sexist, impartial, elitist journalists away from unfair questions of Sarah Palin such as, "What newspapers do you read?" or "What Supreme Court cases do you disagree with?" or, most importantly, "Are you aware there are no black people in Alaska?"
