That said, those of us who’ve been following this contest closely have peeped the pervasive theme of racism from jumpstreet. Of course Obama is the target of most of the insensitivity, but what’s interesting is that both Democrats and Republicans, “liberal” media and FOX News, all manage to put their foot in their mouths.

From subtle race-based slights to an ignorant halfwit at a McCain rally holding an Obama monkey, this election has pulled up the skirt of American political correctness. Frankly, Complex thought guys like that went the way of BetaMax, HD DVD, and women that don’t give head'but apparently, nope. In the, er, race to the bottom we’re, um, exceptional..ist..ers (S dot Pal, we got you Ma). In any case, since we’re anticipating even mo’ racism as the election approaches, catch up with our complete round-up, analysis, and rating of all the incendiary moments this presidential race has inspired thus far…


INCIDENT: Joe Biden calls Obama “Articulate, clean.”
DATE: Feb 2007

RACISM FACTOR:

Wow, say it ain’t so, Joe. Yezzur, Mr. Biden, Obama’s right-hand man, got an early jump on racists everywhere by talking about Obama’s Cinderella story, and how it was going to be tough to beat, particularly because Obama was so “clean” and “articulate.” Biden later dug himself out the hole the liberal “gotchya” media placed him in simply by explaining that, “Some of his best friends are black, though not articulate or clean, so c’mon, guys, cut me some slack.”