If I didn’t want to avoid offending Sarah Palin, I would say that MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan is “bleeping retarded.”

Ratigan, moments ago:

Dirty politics reared its ugly head in Illinois. Hours after the state treasurer, Alexei Giannoullias, won the Democratic Senate primary, that is an Italian name, “Giannoullias,” excuse me. Republicans are comparing Giannoullias, an Italian name, to a character from “The Sopranos.”

You see this coming already, right? Giannoullias is Greek.

But I guess all those swarthy Mediterranean types look the same from the MSNBC anchor desk, the most overwhelmingly Caucasian demographic this side of the burglars in the Broadview Security commericals.

Never mind that the commercial bases its corruption charges on reports from the Associated Press, Crain’s Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune, the State Journal Register, and the Chicago Sun-Times.

The ad, once again: