Bob Corker

Bob Corker is not a racist.

Robert "Bob" Corker, Jr. is the freshman Senator from Tennessee. And he is not a racist. Bob Corker had nothing to do with this ad attacking his opponent, Harold Ford, Jr. Bob Corker didn't endorse this ad. Bob Corker didn't pay for this ad. Bob Corker didn't even want this ad to be shown.

And Bob Corker didn't benefit one bit from the scandal caused by this ad, nor the fact that this ad received repeated free airtime as "news" on all the major networks. Bob Corker may have been running a tight race with Harold Ford, Jr. before this ad came out, but it's not like this ad made any difference in the outcome.

Besides, this ad isn't racist, anyway. Bob Corker said so. So did the RNC, the people who made this ad.

Even if Bob Corker did benefit from this racist ad, so what? That doesn't make Bob Corker a racist. Because Bob Corker didn't have anything at all to do with this ad. He didn't film the ad himself. He didn't edit the ad. He didn't personally hire the actress who played the Playboy "Call Me" girl. That was all the RNC's doing. I mean, come on. Bob Corker is totally innocent here. And not, not, not a racist.

The good people of Tennessee decided on their own initiative to elect Bob Corker. It had nothing at all to do with this ad. They just figured out that Harold Ford, Jr. is an uppity black man who gets his money from porn and wants to run off with your white daughters. No one in their right mind would vote for Harold Ford, Jr. As this ad so clearly says, "Harold Ford: He's just not white right."  Of course Bob Corker won. Because he's not a racist!

Bob Corker has the distinction of being the only new Republican Senator elected in 2006. Way to go, Bob!! Wonder what set him apart from the rest of the pack? We may never know. But one thing is for sure: it wasn't this ad.