In which Ann Althouse suggests that those who thought Jindal flopped (a group which seems to include everyone who watched the speech with the exception of Rush Limbaugh) might be manifesting subconscious racism, and in which her commenters respond by adding anti-Catholicism to the mix. At first, I thought she must be trying to make a joke (a poorly executed parody of Republican stereotypes of Obama supporters, perhaps?), but her response to Andrew Sullivan's reply makes me doubt my initial read. Any thoughts?

Eduardo M. Peñalver is the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School. The views expressed in the piece are his own, and should not be attributed to Cornell University or Cornell Law School.

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