It takes a lot to top a presidential candidate offering his wife to bikers for some raunchy dancing in terms of tastelessness in politics, but sadly, a Democratic candidate for congress in Tennessee has topped that. Nikki Tinker, who is challenging incumbent Steve Cohen crossed a line that should be unacceptable for any candidate to cross:

In the ad, a child’s voice is heard praying while the narrator, clearly meant to be a black woman but not Tinker, wonders who “the real Steve Cohen is anyway” while questioning one of Cohen votes on school prayer while in the state Senate.

While he’s is OUR churches clapping his hands and tapping his feet, he was the only Senator who thought OUR kids shouldn’t be allowed to pray in school.

With all the talk recently in the presidential race about coded language and messages in political pitches, Tinker’s new ad will surely lead some to see an attempt to paint the Jewish Cohen as an anti-Christian interloper in his majority black and majority Christian district.

This ad (which is apparently no longer available on the internet) earned her the Worst Person In The World title from Keith Olbermann.

Rather disappointingly, Tinker has been endorsed by the Congressional Black Caucus and Emily's List, although in fairness they had not seen this garbage when the endorsement was made.

Racism is unacceptable; so is religious bigotry. Hopefully tomorrow - primary day - will signal the end of her political career.