How Not To Sound Racist: The most awkward CPAC panel ever

By Alexandra Petri, WashPost, Updated: March 15, 2013

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — No part of this story is a joke.

The tea-party sponsored a panel called “Trump The Race Card: Are You Sick And Tired Of Being Called A Racist When You Know You’re Not One?”

The short answer was provided by this panel, which was run by K Carl Smith, an African American father and grandfather who started the Conservative MESSENGER in 2009 and who has appeared on the “700 Club” and the “Huckabee Show.” He is a dynamic speaker. The following are highlights from the panel, which I suspect is on video somewhere already, because it is hard to convey in words alone.

Do you want to know how to trump the race card and talk to your family members without fear of being called a racist? he asked. Tell them you are a “Frederick Douglass Republican.”

It is that simple. Also, he has two books available that you should buy. Let him explain.

Frederick Douglass is the key to appealing to “blacks, Latinos, women, young people.” How?

(More here.)