Media Matters just posted a headline from Fox Nation's webpage:

You know who else was at the "hip-hop BBQ" celebrating President Obama's 50th birthday? This thug. This gangsta. And this pimp.

Is the Republican message machine really going to try to make the 2012 presidential campaign about race? Because, as I've pointed out, when Republicans make elections about race, Republicans lose. Fox would be smart to drop this kind of shit before the Republican candidates start getting asked whether it's in good taste or not. The more questions about race there are in this campaign, the more the Republican candidates will look like out-of-touch good ol' boys. This is the dumbest thing Fox could do.