Heres an anti-healthcare reform ad running in the US right now that is somewhat disturbing. It is titled “I guess I’m a racist” and the ostensible intent is to mock the assertion that at least some of the opposition to Obama’s policies arise from racism.

My subjective response to the ad is that it powerfully affirms racism whatever its other goals are, and there really are racists in the teabag, anti-healthcare reform movement:

On Stormfront, the most popular white supremacist Internet forum, members have discussed becoming local organizers of the “Tea Parties” and finding ways to involve themselves in the events. Many racists have voiced their intent to attend these rallies for the purpose of cultivating an “organized grassroots White mass movement,” with some suggesting that they would do so without openly identifying themselves as racists.