Racist GOP Mailing Depicts Obama's Face on Food Stamp »
Posted By Neophile 1 year ago in Political NewsThe latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women's group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles.
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amervtrn1 year ago
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If you think it won't happen, you need to do the math on what Obama's Socialist/Communist Plan will cost. Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black. Racism knows no color. There are White racist,Black racist,Brown racist, ECT. To some it is a hatred, to some it is distrust, and to others it is a tool of deceit. The last thing the USA needs at this time is an Amateur. There is no time for on the job training. More Socialist debt is definitely not what we need. Research what and who you vote for, check your resources, do not buy into the hype, think and reason for yourself. Being what one "guppy" called an old f*rt, I have already survived this type situation(Carter years), and really shiver at the thought of having to go through it again. Therefore the inexperience definitely concerns me. The Socialist leaning is a big red flag. Obama's record shows nothing to recommend him. Pretty words and rhetoric may soothe the soul but do nothing to solve problems.
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Georgia501 year ago
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Progressive,
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When Condi gets her apology....
Oh just kidding. We know that it's ok to dump racist hatred on a Republican black woman. I'm not trying to justify what these women did, but what they did is nothing compared to the verbal abuse heaped on Condaleeza Rice by liberals.
Besides, when it comes to fried chicken, watermelon, and ribs, all I gotta say to you black folks is you better beat me to it.
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TechnologyExpert1 year ago
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They just hurt themselves with that junk:
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Sheila Raines, an African-American member of the club, was the first person to complain to Fedele about the newsletter. Raines, of San Bernardino, said she has worked hard to try to convince other minorities to join the Republican Party and now she feels betrayed.
"This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party," she said. "I'm really hurt. I cried for 45 minutes."-
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engineer1 year ago
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splitrch1 year ago
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The thing about the morons who did this is that even when they are in a deep hole they just keep digging. What they don't realize is that Obama has to love this stuff. They are killing themselves. He doesn't have to show anyone what they truly are. They're doing his work for him. Just when I thought ultra right wing idiots couldn't get any dumber they manage to surprise me. I hope they keep on the same path. They'll be out of power soon enough.
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ISITJUSTME1 year ago
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Ms Raines you need to quit, quick and in a hurry. What kind of mind thinks to do things like this. This piece of crap has everything on it that is stereotypical of African-Americans and if its stereotypical then it is racist. IT IS WHAT IT IS.
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Aidenag1 year ago
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It really is disgusting how many racists are flocking to the GOP this election. But i guess since a racists biggest issues are generally guns, white power, religion, and wanting less government, the GOP fits the mold pretty well.
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Afterall, the GOP elects 99% white people, and all they talk about is guns, Religion and Government intrusion...-
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Georgia501 year ago
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I think you're seeing without knowing what you see. Ours are conspicuous by their presence. Yours simply blend in. So of course it seems to an outsider that racists flock to the GOP.
What's worse to you...what these women did OR the fact that a Grand Kleagle Democrat sits in the US Senate, having never apologized for the lynching of blacks in West Virginia that took place while he recruited there for the KKK?
And even if Sen. Byrd (D-KKK) apologized, would libeals allow a former GOP KKKer to sit in the US Senate, with or without apology? (that last question is of course hypothetical...most lynch victims, white or black, were registered Republicans) -
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jordan111 year ago
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instead of dollar bills like other presidents. The statement is followed by an illustration of "Obama Bucks" -- a phony $10 bill featuring Obama's face on a donkey's body, labeled "United States Food Stamps.">>>>
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What a bunch of despicable women. In the first place, 'food stamps' mostly feed children. They don't like children to eat? Is that the deal with this morally bankrupt bunch?-
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Beau78901 year ago
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I'm glad you gave the description of the illustration, jordan. I'm sure there are some who will argue that picturing Obama on a food stamp makes some sort of statement about Democrats and a "welfare state," separate from a racial slur. If that were the only image, I'd say that's a weak but possible argument.
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But the images of ribs, watermelon and Kool-Aid are undeniably racist, and simply repulsive. -
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not2needy1 year ago
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Cruel bunch of bigots! Ignorant vastards!
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FTA:
Sheila Raines, an African-American member of the club, was the first person to complain to Fedele about the newsletter. Raines, of San Bernardino, said she has worked hard to try to convince other minorities to join the Republican Party and now she feels betrayed.
"This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party," she said. "I'm really hurt. I cried for 45 minutes."
The Obama campaign declined to comment. It's the campaign's policy to not address such attacks, said Gabriel Sanchez, a California spokesman for the campaign.
Don't black Americans realize that the republican party is full of nothing but a bunch of bigots??
Even the people on Propeller who claimed to be the party of Lincoln have stifled that idiocy because they know it's as phoney as a 3 dollar bill.-
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jordan111 year ago
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One nincompoop said she didn't see the choices in the picture as 'racist.' Well, here's a look of the racist characatures of black Americans over the years, using watermelon and chicken:
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jordan111 year ago
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No. The women who sent out that flyer are being called racist because of the pictures they chose to depict food stamps. Water melon and chicken have been used to characterize black Americans in an unfavorable light since the 1800s. And you know it!
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cowboygrandpa1 year ago
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erectoraz:
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Well, one idiot admitting to his lunacy is a start. LMAO hahahahahahaahaa
You ever seen a human body stripped of its skin ???? You can't tell what skin color the person had. Only that a human being had been dealt with cruelly. Or a person burned to crisp ??? Again no telling !!!! Just the sadnees that a soldier from America had died horribly.
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It is what I am counting on.1980 During the campaign most polls showed the two major candidates locked in an even contest. The election produced a different picture. The Republican team of Ronald Reagan and George Bush was swept into office in a landslide victory with about 51% of the popular vote (and 489 electoral votes) to Carter's 42% (49 electoral votes) and Anderson's 7% (no electoral votes). Here is the faith in McCain.
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amervtrn1 year ago
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If you think it won't happen, you need to do the math on what Obama's Socialist/Communist Plan will cost. Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black. Racism knows no color. There are White racist,Black racist,Brown racist, ECT. To some it is a hatred, to some it is distrust, and to others it is a tool of deceit. The last thing the USA needs at this time is an Amateur. There is no time for on the job training. More Socialist debt is definitely not what we need. Research what and who you vote for, check your resources, do not buy into the hype, think and reason for yourself. Being what one "guppy" called an old f*rt, I have already survived this type situation(Carter years), and really shiver at the thought of having to go through it again. Therefore the inexperience definitely concerns me. The Socialist leaning is a big red flag. Obama's record shows nothing to recommend him. Pretty words and rhetoric may soothe the soul but do nothing to solve problems. It not about race, its about survival.
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amervtrn1 year ago
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One question are any of you over thirty? Have any of you done the math, economics, or history research? I don't think so, otherwise you'd be disputing the facts instead of attacking the messenger.
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To the Cannuck: after Canada's election screw up clean up around your own front door.
No Socialist/Communist Obama Plan
McCain-Palin 08 - Keep America Free
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JohnGault1 year ago
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Funny to see you on this topic Spadecaller, after watching your little slide show putting McCain and the KKK together is just as vile as this lady was.
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I don't know why you and the neocons don't get along your just the mirror image of each other.
Both don't like the first amendment
Both advocate or condone violence against opposing viewpoints.
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CHAM1 year ago
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My recollection of the race was that Obama was the vastly superior choice for President, but he had a fatal flaw that everyone could see.
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I believe that I said that people will find all kinds of excuses to vote against him, but they all share the same reason and you can see what it is.
McCain is not worthy of shining Obama's shoes and he knows it, so do many of those who will vote for McCain.
Anyone who claims race is not a significant part of this race has their head so far up an orifice that you can't see their ears.
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amervtrn1 year ago
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As I have said before, opinions are like a*sholes, everybody has one, some have two. It is not racist to be against Socialist/Communist. Those who have seen it in action know the facts. Those who believe the fairy tale will find out what a horror story is. If the USA is unfortunate enough to put the inexperienced amateur PR rock star in office, just remember I warned you.
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epiphannyy1 year ago
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Just goes to show you that you don't have to travel to the deep south in order to find ignorance and racism.....just going to southern California is far enough. It shames me, to be honest, that in my hometown area that this sort of ignorance is alive and well. I expect it where I live in the deep south. But in southern California, where diversity is the norm and tolerance is expected and usually practiced, and where I know the citizens know better than to claim they have no idea that putting a picture of a black man on a "food stamp" surrounded by pictures of red kool aid, ribs, fried chicken, and watermelon is racist....its nothing short of disgusting.
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At the very least, this woman needs to lose her position within this organization. It should be demanded that she publicly apologize for the hurt she inflicted upon her own members and all others who have now learned of this happening.
The backward ignorance and racism fueling these tactics should have died in the 60's when the civil rights movement sorted this all out. The fact that they haven't shows how very little we, as a country, have actually moved beyond the culture of racism and how much further we sincerely need to go. Especially since this didn't happen in Montgomery, Alabama or Polk County, NC.....it happened in the Inland Empire of Southern California. THAT, in and of itself, indicates that we have a very long road yet to travel indeed. -
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Mutainia1 year ago
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Did this really come from the GOP, or, did it come from someone CLAIMING it to be from neocons in the hopes it keeps the stereotype going that the GOP are a bunch of racists? Victimhood pays royally in this day and age, why else to Muslims try to make it a RACIAL issue if one is bringing up troubling verses from the Quran?
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frctm51 year ago
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Like a trapped animal that knows it is going to die soon, the Republicans are getting more desperate. It won't change the election outcome but will reveal their true colors as they perish in flames and enter the ash heap of forgotten history. Good bye. This is the product of your greed, deception, and arrogance. You won't be missed.
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Tcaros1 year ago
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I don't think McCain will garner much support from minorities in this election.
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The McCain campaign "team" would like to bait Obama and his supporters right now.
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Poulenc1 year ago
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One need look no further than some recent threads to see anti-Obama racism in action.
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The way it works is that a purported new story--like a condemnatory article claiming to have interviewed a furious Michelle Obama--is posted. Then the vultures begin circling, each one pushing the racism envelope a little further, thus giving greater permission to all to express their rancid bigotry.
One poster, who appears on this thread, does a kind of minstrel act involving Obama "impersonation"--benign satire or something way nastier?
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