February 14, 2007 6:30 AM

Ignorant. Bigoted. Mean-spirited. And built to stay that way.

Beck: Obama is “colorless … he might as well be white”

On the February 12 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Glenn Beck featured Philadelphia-based conservative radio host Dom Giordano, who claimed that “the mainstream media has dubbed [Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)] to be African-American” and said, “If you start to, you know, delve around the edges, say, ‘Wait a minute, isn’t he mixed race? Weren’t we told that last year?’ Or whatever, biracial. Not allowed to say that anymore.” Beck responded by saying “he’s very white in many ways,” adding, “Gee, can I even say that? Can I even say that without somebody else starting a campaign saying, ‘What does he mean, “He’s very white?” ’ He is. He’s very white.”….After the interview, Beck attempted to clarify his comments to executive producer and head writer of The Glenn Beck Program, Steve Burguiere, who is known on-air as “Stu.” Beck claimed that Obama “is colorless,” adding that “as a white guy … [y]ou don’t notice that he is black. So he might as well be white, you know what I mean?” In addition, Beck said: “I guarantee you, there will be blogs today that will have me being a racist because I say that.”

Glenn Beck IS a racist. And a fool. And a bigot. And probably a lot more things. What offends me more than anything else is Beck’s tap-dancing around his transparent race-baiting. He can’t fault or debate Obama on the issues, so he’s left with attacking the one obvious thing he knows his drooling acolytes will eagerly latch onto- Obama’s race. Beck, is after all the same person who told Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), Congress’ first Muslim member that he needed to prove he’s not a terrorist.

What I don’t understand is why a Right-wing bigot like Glenn Beck is so fascinated with Obama’s race. This wouldn’t be an issue with a White candidate, but Obama is only half-white, so I guess his skin color is fair game. Now we get to be treated to know-nothing Right-wing blowhards discoursing on the significance of Obama’s skin color…as if that somehow impacts his fitness to be President.

Get ready, y’all; this is only the beginning….

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