A Republican Comes Clean on Race – Vote for Me Because I am White

Finally, a Truthful Candidate, Nasty but Truthful

To listen to conservatives try to explain how they are not really racists is to enter a world of disbelief. Fortunately every now and then one of them discards the pretense and comes right out with it. Such is the case with a mayoral candidate in Charlotte.

A candidate for mayor in Charlotte, North Carolina has deactivated her Facebook account after listing being “white” as one of her qualifications to run the city.

Kimberley Paige Barnette, the 53-year-old running for mayor, was quickly rebuked by the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, and was forced to apologise for the remarks.

“VOTE FOR ME!” Ms Barnette wrote on her Facebook page, according to the Charlotte Observer. “REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL.”

Well White and Republican, can't disagree there. As for Smart, well nothing there to support that and as for Traditional, that's true if one is talking about 1950 North Carolina, or maybe 1850 North Carolina.

To its credit the state Republican party condemned the candidate,

“Any suggestion that a candidate is more or less qualified for political office based on their skin color alone is offensive to North Carolina Republicans, and we condemn it,” Robin Hayes, the state Republican chair, said in a statement. “This type of suggestion has no place in our public discourse.”

Wink, wink, nod, nod.