Ugly, 1950's-style bigotry is alive and well at a Long Island newspaper -- and the perpetrator even has the chutzpah to claim he's being "bullied." Will it be tolerated?

Last week, The Independent, a small weekly that serves the island's East End, published a satirical column about Barack Obama by editor in chief and co-publisher Rick Murphy. It was titled "Why I should Be Our Next President, by Yo Mama bin Barack."

Here's a sample of the sort of "humor" it contains:

The truth is, I don't know many black people, but my advisors have drafted a strategy to reel in the black vote.

1)Call everyone "Brother." Blacks, I am told, do this, even if their real brothers are mostly in jail.

2)Talk Jive. Brothers want to hear jive ...