How can you you support a party that does this. ALL THE TIME.

“The Republican, former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker, stumbled after winning his nomination, and the state’s two GOP senators, Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander, helped engineer a campaign shake-up.

The contest has grown closer in the weeks since, and strategists in both parties say the outcome may ultimately hinge on race — whether a hidden bias against blacks will ultimately doom Ford’s chances.

The issue exploded into public view in recent days when a Republican Party-financed ad showed a white woman saying she had met Ford at a Playboy Club party. The commercial ends with the woman, her bare shoulders visible, looking into the camera and whispering, “Harold, call me.”

The commercial does not mention that Ford is black, but it drew strong criticism from Democrats and their allies who said it evoked deep-seated prejudices about interracial dating. “In a Southern state like Tennessee, some stereotypes still exist,” said Hilary Shelton of the NAACP.

Republicans say Corker has gained ground in the polls since the ad began running.”