Stupid things to pretend to get worked up about

Mickey Kaus says that the proposal to add a voluntary question on skin color to the California voter registration form is the "worst" piece of "ill-advised legislation the two-house Democratic majority in Sacramento seems to be spewing out," and goes on to approvingly note Jill Stewart's use of the word "creepy" to describe it.

Now, if Mr. Kaus were the kind of naif who didn't know perfectly well that race (along with telephone numbers and other useful info) is one of the first enhancements that list guys make to state voter files, and that state elected officials already use these enhanced lists for political and public-policy-making purposes (Can you say "redistricting"?), I might assume that his comments were sincere though uninformed.

But since we know that Mickey is nothing if not attuned to the political facts of life, it's kind of hard to believe that they amount to anything more than dime-store Democrat bashing from an established professional in the field.