Racist? Don't think so. Lame? Yeah.

Personally, I think this is a case where he just flubbed his intended remark. I think he meant to ask "which Senator voted for it?" to which an appropriate and strong answer would be "that one" in a debate in order to focus on his opponent in an accusatory fashion.

In my mind, just a flub, and we can find better criticisms of both candidates than something this trivial.

I'm afraid I agree with those who call "fake", though I also love the picture.

To gather enough light for that shot you would need a long exposure. However, the earth is turning, so a long exposure would simply give you star trails unless you tracked the sky -- in which case the cave would be a smear. Actually, I don't believe you can get that sky shot at all with a consumer (or possibly any) ground-based scope. It looks like a Hubble shot.