for frank rich et al, the election of a blackish, a blackesque dem pres has been an incredible boon, because it entails that anyone who disagrees with me, frank rich, about anything - healthcare, relations with slovenia, tax policy - is a racist. i, frank rich, don't even need no argument no more! which is good cause that's really not my strong suit. now let me, little crispy, also say that the idea that the civil war was not basically about slavery is idiotic. and . . . racist.