From James Taranto, today’s BOTW:

Ralph Nader says Rep. Melvin Watt flung an “obscene racist epithet” at him during a meeting last month. The ex-Green is seeing red because the Congressional Black Caucus member purportedly called him a “f—ing arrogant white man.”

What actually happened is something of a gray area, though at least neither of them can be accused of brown-nosing. The Associated Press reports (third item) that a Watt spokeswoman “said the congressman did not use any obscenity against Nader.”

But let’s suppose Watt just called Nader an “arrogant white man,” which he apparently doesn’t deny. There’s no question that Nader is arrogant, and we’re pretty sure he’s a man. But what does his race have to do with anything? We have a dream of a nation in which the Congressional Black Caucus will not judge people by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Funny, in my dream, the Congressional Black Caucus is replaced by a snack machine that sells nothing but Oreo cookies.

But then, I’m a romantic.