Hell, I don't mind if racial issues are brought into the political arena. Substantive discussions on race in America are sorely lacking. What I hate is this asinine, utterly meaningless metaphor trotted out every time any kind of racial issue is raised no matter how trivial. "The race card", "Oooo, he's played the race card". Doesn't mean shit. Yet another indication that any capacity for meaningful mainstream political discourse in America was strangled at birth. John McCain's use of Bush's 2004 syphlitic-pitbull-on-crank style election strategies are pathetic. What a wanker.