Back in the days of Willie Horton and the Jesse Helms "hands" ad, a healthy garnish of racial fear would almost guarantee an election victory for the offending party. Flash some dark flesh in an ad, allude to white girls put in jeopardy by the colored menace, and you could pretty much start measuring curtains for the executive mansion.
However, the demographics have clearly shifted around, though the Republican Party seems nearly blind -- and tone deaf -- to the...
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