Racing to vilification

Here's an idea. Rather than falsely accuse a man who calls Justice Clarence Thomas an "embarrassment" because his "opinions are poorly written" of being racist, why don't you instead defend Thomas's writings? That way, you would actually prove Harry Reid wrong rather than having to lie by falsely claiming he referred to Thomas as a "stupid black guy."

Why does everything have to be about race baiting in the GOP all of the sudden? Can't we look at people for who they are rather than the color of their skin? Are Republicans really going to argue that race and ethnicity trump ability in an order to make the Democrats look bad? What has this country become?

*UPDATE* Recently delivered to my inbox,from the WSJ:

It's a shame Russert didn't press Reid to name some Thomas opinions he considers to be poorly written. In the absence of such examples, one can't help but suspect that the new Senate Democratic leader is simply stereotyping Thomas as unintelligent because he is black.

Again, rather than really arguing that Reid is wrong (and granted it is tough to prove because it is a matter of opinion, ultimately), Taranto decides that Reid must be a racist because he disagrees with him. Nice, huh?

If Republicans really felt they owned some sort of moral high ground because they consistently feel people should be judged in a colorblind society, to then argue against someone's opinion purely in terms of race is a real non-starter. You really cannot have it both ways.