A bunch of shitheads calling themselves the “Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated” is handing out “Obama bucks.” These are fake ten-dollar bills depicting Obama along with watermelon, fried chicken, and ribs.
The group claims this are not racist: *Diane Fedele, president of the group, said the move had no racist intent.
“I never connected,” she said. “It was just food to me. It didn’t mean anything else.”*
So you were just thinking of what to include on your fake Obama money, and you decided on food. Because food is commonly found on all kinds of regular and fake money. :rolleyes: And then, after randomly deciding to put food pictures on your fake money, you happened to randomly settle on fried chicken, ribs, and watermelon. :rolleyes: I guess there wasn’t room for collard greens and fatback and a 40 of malt liquor.
I’m actually starting to feel bad for the majority of the republican party that isn’t racist. This sort of nonsense keeps popping up and it isn’t helping at all. If I thought the democrats were capable of it I would think it was one of their own tactics.
Well, the article says Fedele got the illustration via email, and didn’t make it herself, so I guess it’s remotely possible she is vastly ignorant and never heard of those particular stereotypes. The original creator certainly is being racist, of course. (And I’d bet Fedele was knowingly being racist too, if I had to bet.)
I thought the donkey part was because he’s a Democrat since the donkey is their symbol. Not that that makes these things any better, and I am in no way trying to defend them–my first reaction (when I saw them last night) was, “What the fucking fuck?” I am all too willing to believe, considering the racism of the rest of it, that there might be a worse interpretation.
For definitions of hilarious that include horrifying and incredibly troubling.
I’m continuously dismayed (but, I guess, less and less surprised) that people think pleading ignorance will excuse them from responsibility for their heinous acts.
After watching the video I am disgusted. I am even more outrafged by the lady’s husband and daughter claiming its not racist. I will not claim to be able read their minds, but they’re lying. they’re either fantastically stupid or they’re lying. I think they’re only basically stupid, so I call a bs flag on it.
If John McCain expects Obama to repudiate any hurtful things he may have said, maybe McCain should publicly ask his supporters to stop this nonsense.
I’m originally from Arkansas, and whenever I come across a story like that, I’m going “Oh, God, it’s going to be somebody from Arkansas” while the link’s loading, then scan the article and go WHEW! when I find out it isn’t. That ever happen to y’all wrt your home state?