And in case anyone does not know what a Bilboite is (before the advent of Tolkeinism):

"I call on every red-blooded white man to use any means to keep the niggers away from the polls; if you don't understand what that means you are just plain dumb."

These were the words of United States senator Theodore G. "The Man" Bilbo of Mississippi, as he addressed white supporters during his successful re-election campaign in June 1946. His inflammatory language ignited a firestorm, however, that prevented him from taking his Senate seat in January 1947 and ended the career of one of the nation's most flamboyant politicians.

"The Man" fell because of the growing intolerance among many whites toward public racism and anti-Semitism. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, white elites outside the South—defined here as leading daily newspapers, weekly magazines, organizations, and political leaders—largely ignored Bilbo's racist incitements. World War II, however, brought about a significant change in elite attitudes. Due to the ideological war against Nazism, America's emergence as a superpower, and the unifying nature of the conflict, the kind of virulent public racism that was a trademark of Bilbo's career was no longer tolerated outside of the South. Bilbo's career, from his return to the governor's mansion in 1928 through the Senate debate over his seating in 1947, parallels and illustrates the declining tolerance of overt racism and nativism in the United States"