A Milwaukee radio host who urged McCain to step up his attacks against Obama at a recent rally is now getting hate mail, and apparently, what sparked the controversy is James T. Harris’s color.

One of the messages Harris received read “Hey Sambo. Maybe Master McCain will let you shine his shoes since you did such a good job licking his boots boy.”

The radio host says he’s heard from African Americans across the country calling him an Uncle Tom and sellout.

“Most of the stuff I got in the e-mail was like, ‘How can a black man stand up and say that,’ Harris said. “Well, you know what? I happen to be an American of African descent, but I am a conservative.”

Harris says he has no regrets. He says it just so happens that in this racially charged election “the people who look like me happen to be on the other side of the aisle.”