It would be naive to believe that racist do not exist in every political party. That said, no mainstream party has so used race as a systemic method for dividing people with the expectation of achieving a particular goal.

This is not an accident, it is by design. The Southern Strategy was popularized by Richard Nixon's strategist Kevin Phillips. It was continued with Ronald Reagan kicking off his campaign in Philadelphia Mississippi, the place where three civil rights leaders were murdered, under the pretext of states rights.

Click here for snippets of what the McCain campaign has evolved to. No self-respecting human being should be a part of this party. This is the reason the ranks of Independents and Democrats continue to grow. I am sure the party will be relegated to the racists, haters, and self-haters in the not too distant future.