Lots o’ stuff on the “racist’ tea parties today, for example, at Powerline, “The Smear Continues." John Hinderaker laughs at the study from the University of Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality, "2010 Multi-s…

Man, that’s some wool-covering.At LAT: People of color who’ve observed the ascent of the so-called tea party movement didn’t need a poll to tell them that this spasm is merely a racist backlash to the election of the nation’s first African American pre…

Added: Dave in Boca, in the comments, reminds us that the Capitol Hill “racial slurs” and “spitting” were a hoax. ******* How about some ratings boosters!At Michelle Malkin, “Desperate CNN: Hey, those Tea Party nuts aren’t so bad after all. Please, p…

Weasel Zippers has the lengthy title, “Black Dem Rep. Who Was Reportedly Spit on by Tea Party Protester: I Never Claimed to Have Been Spit on Intentionally, Others Are Making the Claim on My Behalf, Refuses to Confirm it Happened … (Update) He’s Full…

Colbert King offers really disgusting essay at WaPo, “In the Faces of Tea Party Shouters, Images of Hate and History.” Readers can check the link, but I swear it’s actually degrading — and downright ignorant — to hear a grown black man compare tea pa…