There are times when I look at what the Republican Party stands for today and I wonder how exactly it was that I was a Republican for so long.  Of course, given that they've virtually lost people like me, it's unsurprising that people like this asshole at Red State are all that's left:

Americans voted for Obama in some part to elect the first “black” president - although Obama is mulatto. Beyond that, they seem to like him, but they also are not going to cut him all that much slack for more than a few more months. They want results. 

So far as I know, there is absolutely no context in which the term "mulatto" is a neutral term. It most certainly is not a neutral term in American English.It is intended to be rude and demeaning, and to simultaneously convey contempt for President Obama due to the fact that he has non-white ancestry.

What kills me about this is that I'll bet coffee to bourbon that it wasn't consciously done - it's just that this guy's view of the world is one in which it's taken for granted that negroes are of inferior status, and thus, it makes perfect sense to have a system in which we measure how much white ancestry a person has.  Gah. Someone else shoud take this up.  I have yet to finish my second cup of coffee.

-dx