When Ann Althouse discovered that the letters "NIG" appear in Clinton's campaign video, she was certain that the motif printed on the child's pyjamas must be a subliminal racist attack against black candidate Barack Obama. The blogger, a law lecturer in Brooklyn, has made herself a laughing stock on the blogosphere. Jason Linkins from the Huffington Post has even called her idea the "dumbest blog post of the election season (so far)". According to him the letters probably make up the first half of "goodnight", and to come to any other conclusion requires some twisted thinking.

The video is however, under fire from more rational critics. For many bloggers it's simply and shamelessly playing on fear.