Oh, there’s a revelation! Samuel L. Jackson voted for Zero because he’s black.

In an interview with Ebony magazine, Jackson explained, “I voted for Barack because he was black. ‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them … That’s American politics, pure and simple. [Obama's] message didn’t mean [bleep] to me.”

Jackson then went on to drop the N-word several times when discussing Obama, telling the mag, “When it comes down to it, they wouldn’t have elected a [bleep]. Because, what’s a [bleep]? A [bleep] is scary. Obama ain’t scary at all. [Bleeps] don’t have beers at the White House. [Bleeps] don’t let some white dude, while you in the middle of a speech, call [him] a liar. A [bleep] would have stopped the meeting right there and said, ‘Who the [bleep] said that?’ I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, ‘cuz he ain’t gotta worry about getting re-elected.”

Now I wonder: what would happen if someone like Mel Gibson said in an interview that he only voted for a politician because he was white?

I wonder how quickly the entire Congressional Black Caucus would submit a bill condemning him.

I wonder how fast Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would be on a plane to Hollywood demanding a public mea culpa?

And how quickly would the national dialogue turn toward racism and its evils.

But since it’s Samuel L. Jackson admitting in a public venue that he’s a racist fuck, I guess it’s OK.  He’s black, you know.

But it’s more than that.

How many others voted for Barack Obama because he’s black? How many voted for him because he was a good looking guy, while McCain looked like a cranky geriatric zombie? How many are going to vote for Romney, because he just looks… presidential.

While Jackson’s admission bothers me on a very fundamental, human level – I have visceral reactions to racism, no matter what color maw it spews from – it also bothers me, because of the sheer ignorance of the admission! He didn’t care about Obama’s abilities, views or leadership skills. He cast a vote for the leader of the most powerful nation in the world based on nothing of substance – the amount of melanin in his skin.

How many Americans did exactly the same thing?