"I don't consider an accurate accusation of racism as 'putting a racial spin on it."
I meant "spin" without a pejorative connotation, which the word doesn't necessarily have; therefore, as I meant it, raising the issue of racism, accurate or not, is by definition to give it a racial spin.
However, in this case, my point was that the charge of racism was indeed inaccurate. You seemed to agree, when you said Condi's photo was doctored because she's a Republican, not because she's black. So I'm not sure what, exactly, you're arguing about.
If the word has no pejorative connotation, I cannot conceive of a reason for it to be used. The word’s very existence is dependant upon the cast it gives to a statement of fact thereby bending its meaning to a more satisfactory (for the spinner) appearance. I will not accept the idea that the original poster’s criticisms consisted of racial ‘spin’. To suggest such a thing is to suggest the criticism was unmerited.