This is the week the right wing said, "We're all rodeo clowns now."

Capped off by Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas): Stockman Invites Missouri Rodeo Clown to Perform in Texas | Congressman Steve Stockman.

Yes, this is your modern Republican Party, denying the existence of racism in their ranks as they simultaneously excuse and enable it.

Do I really need to explain why symbolically humiliating and lynching Barack Obama in front of a cheering white crowd in Missouri is an act with deeply racist implications? Really?