for why you're using language that strong. i wonder, though, if as a matter of political practice, the country is also a safe house for that kind of bigotry. the thing that underlied that whole fred davis proposal earlier this year, that we would see the republican candidate run against barack obama as the other, that whole met rosexual black abraham lincoln thing. as soon as that was brought to light t was denounced, but the thinking was that john mccain lost because he didn't denounce barack obama in racist enough terms. is that right as a matter of political practice? >> i actually think it is not. i don't think that's why john mccain lost the election the last time around. there is, and anyone who has followed my writing over many years will know, that there is a great deal of racism still in the united states of america. i have been calling people out on it for the longest time. but this country has become