The few … the

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The few … the proud … the four remaining North Carolina Republicans in the House of Representatives who still haven’t insulted some ethnic or racial group.

You can see the honor roll here. So far Howard Coble (calls internment of Japanese-Americans appropriate and says “for many of these Japanese-Americans, it wasn’t safe for them to be on the street”), Sue Myrick (referring to Arab-Americans, “Look at who runs all the convenience stores across the country”) and Cass Ballenger (“segregationist feelings“) are all out of the running.

Who will be next? It’s sort of like The Bachelorette or Joe Millionaire. Should this be a new reality show?

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