Race-hustler Joe Biden

It is a testament to how fringe and unacceptable racism has become in America today — the worst thing you can accuse a politician of is racism.

Lying is perfectly acceptable. Flip-flopping is the norm. Failure to keep promises is a given. You will even be forgiven for molesting the intern in the Oval Office. But racism? It is the Scarlet Letter.

It was the Scarlet Letter that former Vice President Joseph R. Biden wore just a few months ago. And, no, we are not talking about the time Mr. Biden marveled aloud a few years back about how “clean” then-Sen. Barack Obama was.

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man,” said Mr. Biden, who had been in the United States Senate since 1973.