Sid Dinerstein: Douchebag of the Day

This is the most mind-numbingly stupid quotes I have read recently. Sid Dinerstein, the chairman of the Palm Beach County Republican Party accuses the county's Democrats of being racists for supporting Charlie Crist over Kendrick Meek.

"This is racial politics at its ugliest," GOP chairman Sid Dinerstein said "The white Democrats, the ones who supported Hillary over Obama are teaming up with Charlie to throw Kendrick under the bus so they can say more nasty things about Hispanic Americans."

What does Hispanics have to do with support of Crist or Meek. The Republican Party has been running an xenophobic campaign against providing Hispanics a pathway to citizenship. If Diderstein feels that strongly about Meek being the victim of racism then I challenge him to make a pledge to work with Meek to guarantee the civil rights of Hispanics and African Americans. This would be a good thing and a true sign of bipartisanship. Otherwise, Diderstein is just deploying the Southern strategy in an apeal to conservative white voters. Former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer admitted his attack against President Barack Obama's speech to school children was an appeal to racist voters.

"In the year since I issued a prepared statement regarding President Obama speaking to the nation's children, I have learned a great deal about the party I so deeply loved and served. Unfortunately, I found that many within the GOP have racist views and I apologize to the President for my opposition to his speech last year and my efforts to placate the extremists who dominate our Party today."

If the Republican establishment is so concerned with racism they can stop disinfranchising black voters, condemn racist Tea Party signs and get serious about immigration reform. The current GOP has Rand Paul telling voters that the government has no roll in enforcing civil rights. These people have no credibility on civil rights issues.