Louisiana Democrat: 'Talk to you later, Buckwheat'

Those wacky Democrats are at it again.

La. pol's 'Buckwheat' remark sparks ire

HOUMA, La. - A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," prompting the NAACP to urge voters to kick her out of office.

Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat, acknowledged that she ended a Thursday night conversation with Hazel Boykin by saying, "Talk to you later, Buckwheat." Dartez had been thanking Boykin for driving voters to the polls.

Buckwheat, a black child character in the "Little Rascals" comedies of the 1930s and '40s, is viewed as a racial stereotype.

Boykin, 75, helped desegregate restaurants and the parish school system in the 1960s. Her son, Jerome, is president of the Terrebonne Parish chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

"I've never had no one talk to me that way and I considered it a racial slur," Hazel Boykin said. "I know the meaning of it, it's just like the N-word."

Jerome Boykin said Monday he planned to ask voters to cast ballots against Dartez, who faces Republican Joe Harrison in Saturday's runoff.

"At this point, the NAACP is not concerned about the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. If a Republican is elected because of her racist remarks, that's her responsibility," he said of Dartez.

Speaking of slurs, what the heck is Bill Clinton babbling about?

In South Carolina this morning, Bill Clinton said his wife can handle the criticism by her presidential rivals. "Even though those boys have been getting kinda tough on her lately, she can handle it."

UPDATE: Also at Hot Air.

UPDATE II: Instapundit links. Thanks!

UPDATE II: Many others have now weighed in. Those who screamed for two months last year about macaca are apparently unavailable for comment.