Ok, I would agree with you on the race card can be very lazy, but recognizing the insipid racism all over the Republican party and their followers and supporters is very relevant and far from lazy. And I repeat, lazy and disingenuous not to recognize it.
As far as fiscal conservatives . . . what a load of bollocks. They're fiscally conservative for social sending (which carries racist overtones), but for the war machine, homeland security, jailing, handing out public funds to their cronies, they are anything but fiscal conservatives. I wish democrats would start calling them on their bullshit. Next time you hear "strong on defense" people should start screaming "big spenders." as with Bush and Reagan, they're worse spenders than anyone, it's just what they choose to spend it on. Remember Dick Cheney . . . deficits don't matter. It's extremely lazy not to recognize this republican bs. It was a democrat Bill Clinton who balanced the budget. The big difference is Republicans don't want to pay for the big spending with taxes, unless of course it's for their almighty, inauditable military complex. Life is so sacred for them in the abortion question, but they have no problem with bombing Vietnam and Cambodia back into the stone ages. Republican hypocrisy knows no limits. Carpet bombing villages and urban areas. Just remember, next time you hear "strong on defense," replace it with massive massive spending on the military industrial complex and more prisons and homeland security.
Old conservative values are when blacks knew their place.
But yes, I will grant you the race card can be extremely lazy and tedious.