Wait, this is offensive? I had no idea!
Just when you think they can’t get any lower, they do.
When these motherfuckers hit bottom, they grab shovels and start digging.
What am I talking about, you ask? Why, more racist bullshit from the Republicans, of course:
A San Bernardino County Republican group has distributed a
newsletter picturing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on
a $10 bill adorned with a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried
chicken.Linking Obama to demeaning racist stereotypes drew denunciations
from various GOP officials after the illustration appeared in the
October newsletter of the Chaffey Community Republican Women,
Federated, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported Thursday.Diane Fedele, president of the group, said she had no racist intent.
“I never connected,” she told the newspaper. “It was just food to me. It didn’t mean anything else.”
The Obama campaign declined to comment, saying it does not address such attacks.
The newsletter was sent to about 200 club members and associates
last week by mail and e-mail. The club is a volunteer group that is not
directly responsible to the state party, said California Republican
Party press secretary Hector Barajas, who denounced the newsletter.Fedele said she had received the illustration in e-mails and decided
to reprint it to poke fun at a remark by Obama that he doesn’t look
like other presidents.“It was strictly an attempt to point out the outrageousness of his
statement. I really don’t want to go into it any further,” Fedele told
the newspaper. “I absolutely apologize to anyone who was offended. That
clearly wasn’t my attempt.”Sheila Raines of San Bernardino, a black member of the club, complained about the image to Fedele.
“This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party,” she said. “I’m really hurt. I cried for 45 minutes.”
Yeah. It’s shit like that why black people don’t join the Republican Party. That, and all the other racist shit they’ve been shoveling for the last forty years.
Note that this didn’t happen in some red-state backwater where you’d expect blatant racism, or in some area like, say, Montana, where you never see any black people.. Oh, no. This racist bullshit cropped up in San Bernardino, California–where almost 20% of the population is African-American.
Weepin’ Jesus on the Cross.
Is Diane Fedele really that stupid? If so, how does she remember to breathe when she’s asleep at night?