GOP club offers 'Obama Bucks'

[withahip]

The story about Diane Fedele, the president of the Republican women's club in San Bernardino County who came up with "Obama Bucks," is making the rounds. Plenty of people are outraged. Others, like Rightpundits, say yeah, it's crummy, but claim the imagery may be losing its power. Fedele told The Times:

"If I was racist, I would have looked at it through racist eyes," she said. "I am not racist, which is why it probably didn't register."

Club member Kristina Sandoval agreed.

"None of us are racists," she said.

The use of watermelon, ribs and fried chicken was innocent, she said.

"Everyone eats those foods, it's not a racial thing."

That's not how club member Acquanetta Warren -- a Fontana city councilwoman and an African American -- saw it.

[black francis]

There's not many things I love more than fried chicken, watermelon and ribs. I can do without Kool-Aid. Too damn hard to get the sugar-water ration right when you're a kid.

Plus I find something like this much more offensive

[Mr. Brian]

You know whats more offensive than the racial stereotypes of black people liking ribs, Kool-Aid (not grape???), KFC and watermelon? The shitty Photoshopping. If you want to be offensive, go all the way man!

[Frank The Bunny]

...shitty Photoshopping. If you want to be offensive, go all the way man!

Amen.

[Frank The Bunny]

Sad really. Nothing? No comment? Did I go too far?

[black francis]

I'm just ashamed of the partial it gave me.