I’ll freely admit that I don’t have a hint of blue in my collar. You’d have to go back to Grandpa Nelson before you could find someone in my lineage who has any legitimate claim to really understanding the mentality of labor forces such as steel workers. But I’d say there’s a tendency among good old liberal elites like myself to assume that labor workers would lean Republican based on that nebulous “small-town” ideology that the McCain-Palin put front and center in their campaign.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka proves my ignorance and chastises that of many other Americans in a rousing speech to his constituents. It’s nothing earth-shattering, but he definitely lays it out in starker terms than most high-level officials would, indicting anyone holding back on supporting Obama because of his skin color.

If nothing else, it’s gripping to see a white man take all of the bullshit excuses out there and clump them under the racism moniker.