accusing him of being Kenyan and having anti-colonial views<\/a>.\u00a0 Mike Huckabee, the politician other politicians invariably describe as a nice guy, has convincingly shown he’s anything but by blowing the birther dog whistle for all he’s worth … Jesus, he even managed to drop in a line about the Mau-Maus.<\/p>\nThe thing is, politicians blow that dog whistle because they know there’s a bloc of voters who’ll respond to it.\u00a0 The question is, do out-and-out racists in this country outnumber the rest of us, and can a right-wing politician mobilize enough of them to win an election?\u00a0 I’d like to think that can’t happen today, that what was a valid strategy during the Nixon years (it even had a name: the Southern Strategy) is no longer valid today.\u00a0 Of course that only works if we lefties go out and vote (hint, hint).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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A reasonably busy morning for a retired person: writing a book review, catching up with friends on Facebook, posting an entry on the hashing blog, answering email from people who want their addresses removed from a list I have nothing to do with, refilling bird feeders, replacing lightbulbs, taking out garbage, rounding up all my outdoor towels (last used to wrap pipes against freezing) and putting them in the wash so they’ll be clean for when I wax my car (which I probably would have waxed if Donna hadn’t taken it today), going for a bicycle ride.<\/p>\n