The most vulgar exhibition of race-baiting I've encountered in some time

Bloomberg writer Francis Wilkinson shows us the current state of FHer political "analysis":

In an article that is more invective than analysis, Wilkinson essentially called Senator Scott a do-nothing senator. He said Scott acted like a "shield" for racist, Confederate flag-waving Tea Party members who need someone to replace Herman Cain as the favorite candidate behind whom they can hide their racism.

Wilkinson made these assessments because Scott didn't get a Tea Party challenger even as so many other incumbents across the country did.

But the writer answered his own question in his own piece as to why Scott may not have faced a Tea Party challenger. "Scott placed himself so far to the right that there was no space for a Tea Party challenge on ideological grounds," Wilkinson wrote.

The columnist further reported that Scott "has an 'F' on the NAACP legislative scorecard" and a high score on the "right-wing Heritage Action scorecard--94 out of a possible 100."

It would make sense that Scott didn't get a Tea Party challenge compared to those others whom Wilkinson said were getting challenges. He cited House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, both establishment party bosses who, because of their legislative actions, have drawn the ire of Tea Party members.

Scott, however, is not a target of Tea Partiers because he has, as Wilkinson noted, "positioned himself" with them ideologically.

But this wasn't good enough for Wilkinson. No, Wilkinson thought that the real reasonwas because all his white backers are undercover racists.

"The act of supporting a black conservative," Wilkinson claimed, "is both an absolution for the past and a shield for the present and future. In South Carolina, where the Confederate battle flag still flies on the state capitol grounds, and where a recent lieutenant governor seemed a little too enthusiastic about all things confederate, that matters."

Who is it again that is politicizing melanin?

UPDATE:  I think I've found another exhibition of race-baiting that rivals this one for rancidity: the venomous rhetoric coming out of the White Privilege Conference going on in Madison, Wisconsin.