Michael Medved is a racist douchebag

Ah, for the heady days when Michael Medved was a mediocre movie reviewer instead of a Discovery Institute hack.

In today’s ruthlessly competitive international economy, the United States may benefit from a potent but unheralded advantage: the aggressive edge sustained by the inherited power of American DNA. ...

Compared to the Irish or Germans or Italians or Chinese or Mexicans who remained behind in the “Old Country,” the newcomers to America would naturally display a propensity for risk-taking, for restlessness, for exuberance and self-confidence –traits readily passed down to subsequent generations. ...

Nothing in the horrific ordeal of African slaves, seized from their homes against their will, reflected a genetic predisposition to risk-taking, or any sort of self-selection based on personality traits. Among contemporary African-Americans, however, this very different historical background exerts a less decisive influence, because of vast waves of post-slavery black immigration. Some three million black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean arrived since 1980 alone and in big cities like New York, Boston and Miami close to half of the African-American population consists of immigrants, their children or grandchildren. The entrepreneurial energy of these newcomer communities indicates that their members display the same adventurous instincts associated with American DNA.

Yes, Americans are awesome because of our uniquely awesome AMERICAN BRAND DNA! And while slaves brought to America against their will didn't share this DNA, the mixture of their slacker DNA with the far superior DNA of later Caribbean and African immigrants has made up for it.

This, of course, means that the rest of the world had better back off, because with their inferior EVERYWHERE BUT AMERICA BRAND DNA, we can squash them like bugs. It's like they're not even the same species as us Americans.

This part is especially smart.

Senators Obama, Clinton and other leaders who seek to enlarge the scope of government face more formidable obstacles than they realize. Their desire to impose a European-style welfare state and a command-and-control economy not only contradicts our proudest political and economic traditions, but the new revelations about American DNA suggest that such ill-starred schemes may go against our very nature.

See? Being Republican is in our very nature! It all makes sense now. Those of you who have the temerity to vote for a Democrat are actually blood traitors.

I know! It's shocking. I expected a lot from the genius who gave Apocalypto four stars.

(Thanks to PZ for raising my blood pressure.)