Steve Gilliard's Racism

For someone who chastized Sen. Joe Lieberman for "din[ing] with [the] racists" of National Review during the magazine's recent 50th Anniversary celebration, you'd think Steve Gilliard would at least attempt to keep his own racism in check.

Which he failed to do today when he called Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele a "Simple Sambo" and posted a doctored, racist photo of Steele on his blog after the lieutenant governor announced his Senate ambitions yesterday. [h/t: Michelle Malkin, via Robert George.]

Dictionary.com defines racism as "Discrimination or prejudice based on race," though we all know it's impossible to be a racist if one is a self-proclaimed liberal and therefore a champion of poor blacks, who've been kept on the plantation by Whitey and black "Uncle Toms" who have betrayed their race by having the audacity to differ in opinion from Democrat race-baiters.

In response to a reader who questioned the appropriateness of the racist photo, Gilliard responded, "Just explain that I'm a black person with low tolerance for people who betray their community for personal gain."

Yeah, we get it, pal. You get upset when people in your "community" who all look alike don't all think and act the same.

In other words, you're a racist. It hardly matters what color you are.