and we are surprised

because? come on now. don't act. this isn't a surprise to ANY of us. well it's a surprise in that it's 'news'. i'm DONE being politically correct. i EXPECT the chairperson (or someone who is running for that office) of the rnc to belong (or to HAVE belonged until a couple of months ago) to a WHITES ONLY country club. if you're outraged at my thought there, you're living in a fantasy world. IT'S TRUE

Candidate For RNC Chair Was Member Of Whites-Only Country Club
By Greg Sargent
Now here's a good way for the GOP to make the case that it hasn't been reduced to a southern regional rump party that's held hostage by intolerant crackpots: Elect as the new chairman of the Republican National Committee a southerner who just resigned a longtime membership in a whites-only country club.

Katon Dawson, the South Carolina GOP chairman, announced his candidacy for RNC chair yesterday.

And guess what: Back in September, when Dawson was first quietly laying the groundwork for his RNC run, The State newspaper reported that he resigned his membership in the nearly 80-year-old Forest Lake Club. Members told the newspaper at the time that the club's deed has a whites-only restriction and has no black members.........