[Hoot Gibson]

^No, it is only good politics for the party most favored by the national media when victims are black and perps are white. If 70 white guys beat up a few black victims at random or 6 white thugs played the "knock out" game with an elderly white dude, we would be treated to 24-7 lectures by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and somehow, Sarah Palin would be found to be responsible for the beatings.

These widespread racist attacks are not being reported as a national story because, at some point, some Republican politician (maybe even a GOP presidential candidate) would summon the courage to suggest a link between racially motivated violence and Obama's War on Rich White Men. Poor, terminally unemployed mobs of young black males cannot get their hands on Donald Trump or Charles Koch, so they just grab some innocent victims who happen to be white, vulnerable, and hopelessly outnumbered.

If that narrative gets aired, Obama can kiss any chance at a second term goodbye.