[M. Thatcher]

my experience has been that nothing will galvanize It/Am more than having one of their own candidates for higher office made the object of ridicule based on their ethnicity by the opposition

Agree. As in post #48.

[M. Thatcher]

I neglected to ping you in #141.

[DocH]

What's with this liberal demonRAT-inspired (African-American, Arab-American, etc.) Italian-American crap?

I have respect for AMERICANS that HAPPEN to be Italians.

Saying, in jest, that RINO-rudy MIGHT be good PLAYING a Mafia kingpin, just as James Gandolfini does, should not be considered a slight in any way.

After all, Gandolfini is just PLAYING a mob boss, in much the same way as RINO-rudy is PLAYING a Republican in his bid for the White House.