TIME FOR THE RIGHT TO PLAY THE "REPARATIONS" CARD AGAIN

What was I saying yesterday about the GOP noise machine's habit of ramping up the race-baiting in July? Here's one of the lead items at Fox Nation right now:



The link is to this thin, threadbare item at the blog Director Blue.

Here was last year's version:



In that case, Fox Nation was citing an this Investor's Business Daily op-ed. Also see Glenn Beck's multiple references to reparations at almost exactly the same time.

For some reason, these guys think this is the moment in the year when the race card does them the most good. So expect one or more Fox talking heads to call Obama a racist before the month is out -- maybe Beck again, or Hannity or Gingrich or Huckabee or the morning crew. Or maybe even Palin.