A Republican women’s group based in California came up with these clever “Obama Bucks.” Who knew one could fit so many racist images on one little dollar?!
Let’s run through the list: first, Obama’s a donkey, then there’s the floating ribs, watermelon and Kool-Aid. Oh, and not to mention that delicious bucket of fried chicken! Too bad those silly white people forgot the greens. (It’s not as if black people don’t eat their vegetables!)
[via Pam’s House Blend]
ChristopherM
This is ultimately going to lead to a split in the Republican party I think. You have the more traditional Republicans, Rockefeller Republicans if you will, who vote based on financial issues and are generally reasonable. Reagan sucked in social conservatives who have now taken over. Of these two bases, the social conservatives are largely bigots who have been quiet about race (sadly, the Rockefeller Repubs tolerated the homophobia of the social conservatives). This race, though, has really brought out who they are. They’ve gone so far that I don’t see how the two can exist together for much longer. The Republicans are going to be a regional party of abortion nuts who hate gays, blacks, and immigrants.
Steve
We are witnessing the complete destruction of the Republican party.
The fiscal-conservative republicans worked long and hard for deregulation. They destroyed the union movement in the US. Then they destroyed the manufacturing industries, and most of the jobs. Then they destroyed the financial industry, and the rest of the jobs. Fine job of conservation, indeed! Turns out their fiscal values are much more inline with the Democratic party — balanced budgets, limited government spending, and small government, to name a few.
The social-conservative republicans let themselves be used by the real republicans, based on a promise to overturn Rowe v. Wade. Of course, “Christian” values are really much more in line with the Democratic party — helping people, caring for the sick and the elderly, etc.
After the catastrophe of the last 7 years, and especially of the last 7 weeks, I don’t think the Republicans will be able to elect much more than a Dog Catcher, even in Utah, for a very long time.
Mowan
The more the Repubs let their party reps get this nasty the better the democratic party looks. If they had any sense, which i doubt, they would put an end to this, instead of saying that they are not running a negative campaign while groups like this continue to spew hate. WTG republicans, you really look like a party that we can take seriously.
Troy
You can leave a message, I did:
Republican Women, Federated
Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated
P.O. Box 974
Upland, CA 91785
Diane Fedele (President) [email protected]
Phone: (909) 981-0493
Fax: (909) 982-6880
Meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at 7pm
Magic Lamp Inn, Rancho Cucamonga
(source: http://www.sbgop.com/organizations.htm)
Bill in PDX
They have really jumped the shark this year. This is so offensive on so many levels that it really leaves me speechless. Reeps are down for the count. Regulation and reform are the new religion now as we elect government that is fair, reasonable and stable.
Maybe the me rush is over and we can begin to create a society that cares about each other, the world and the planet.
marco hussein channing
I guess the GOP strategy this year is to loose.
Jennifer
Dumb cows. That’s all I have to say about these bitches. Just.dumb.cows.
JJJJ
Ho-hum. So what. Watch any hiphop/rap video and it’s way more embarrassing than that. Putting Obama in a durag with a gold tooth and a piece (gun) would be much more insulting.
JJJJ
BTW : What does this story have to do with gays? I thought Queerty had no agenda except “that gay one” ?
CondeNasty
As much as we have had our outrage I still think that McCain could win. The overt racists you see and know. But there are many many others that will pull that curtain and vote for old whitey and never tell a soul that they are “not comfortable” with an Obama presidency.
CHURCHILL-Y
We get it! People who don’t agree politically with you drones are racist.
McCain ★ Palin ’08
Phoenix (The Angry Millitant Nelly Stoking the Fires of Change)
Ahem, I know we aren’t supposed to bait the trolls but….Churchill-Y, you stupid fuck, this is disagreeing with someone’s ‘politics’. The same cunt-wax privledged hag who would happily send Barack Obama (and other “coloreds”) to a concentration camp would happily, HAPPILY send your lily-white fag ass to the same gas chamber.
…And no it wasn’t un-intentional or accidental or mis-construed. I’ll believe that when pigs (in lipstick) fly!
Phoenix (The Angry Millitant Nelly Stoking the Fires of Change)
I mean this is NOT disagreeing with someone’s ‘politics’. This is disagreeing with someone’s morals (or that lack thereof).
Phoenix (The Angry Millitant Nelly Stoking the Fires of Change)
Oh, yes! And one other thing…
….GO FUCK YOURSELF ALREADY!!!
….because let’s be honest, a Log Cabinette isn’t going to be getting laid any other way for a very, very long time!
Todd
Churchill — you don’t find the watermelon and fried chicken imagery racist? Are you blind? Or simply blinded by Republican ‘truthfulness’..?
Get a grip.
JJJJ
Of course this is a racist attack on Obama! But, so what? Why does Fat Pam Spaulding sit on her ass looking for every little insignificant nut around the country, when her own Durham is full of the worst anti-white black racists you’d ever have the misfortune to meet?! And one of the biggest black-on-black murder rates in North Carolina. This country is probably going to elect an African-American president, and what will Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Fat Pam Spaulding have to complain about then? They’ll have no more of their excuses that this is a racist country.
JJJJ
But, again, why this story is here is beyond me. If Queerty really wants to stick to its no-agenda-except-that-gay-one they’ll write about how the African-American voter turnout (for Obama) in California will also push prop 8 through.
Mr C
Exactly,
Remember us Blacks play the race card?
Then what the fuck you call this shit? and Chittyshitty-Y. I bet your Momma is behind this one.
RE-motherfucking-THUGLICANS beware.
Have all the fun now. I’d rather have fun on Nov 5th
Then we’ll see where Chittyshitty-Y and his Momma will be then. Hopefull on suicide watch!
JJJJJ…@ No’s 17 & 18
Unless I’m reading you wrong Apologies. However,Your point is????? focusing on Blacks that’s all the fuck some of you guys do. If Obama wasn’t the nominee you wouldn’t care about
Black on Black crime
Black Homophobia,etc
And you all get mad about Prop 8?
How can you have such a discriminative attitude. But complains when it’s put back in your face???????
Regardless of what, Prop 8 will NOT be decided by African Americans. It will be decided by citizens of all races in the state of California.
WHITE
BLACK
HISPANIC
ASIAN
And out of the three Black is the smallest Population in the state.
Some of you bitches need to stop using these stupid ass excuses to circumvent your racist feelings.
If you’re voting for Obama you’re not doing African Americans a favor because he is running for PRESIDENT of The United States of America!
And if he wins or not America in general will still have racial overtones aren’t you reading here on Queerty and seeing The McInsane/Stalin rallies???
MY GOODNESS!
Mr C
I meant out of the four! Not three
ChristopherM
JJJJ, if you don’t see that racism and homophobia are the exact same damn thing, then you are blind. And not even the fantastic and beautiful writer that Pam Spaulding is can wake you up.
Mowan
JJJJ, people like you give guys like Al Sharpton, and Jessie Jackson jobs because the only thing you can think about is Obama’s Race and actually look at his policies. If one of the few republicans can actually carry on a conversation about why they will not vote for him on his polices other then his race then you might get the respect back. And as Chris said before, the stuff that happens in Homophobia happens in racism. Why not work against it together? Unlike McCain, Obama has actually tried to bridge that gap …
http://gcmwatch.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/obama-tests-his-challenge-to-black-churches/
Where is a link that shows McCain and Palin doing the same thing i wonder…
ricardo
jjj, Obama IS the gay agenda in this election, he has common sense, not blinded by religion, and knows that everyone is equal.
I know gay republicans exist, but I just don’t even think thats cool, I would not support someone that doesnt accept who I am as a human being.
24play
JJJJ sounds an AWFUL lot like racist commenter MJ on JoeMyGod. Same obsession with Pam Spaulding and Durham.
Next he’ll be blathering on about the Duke Lacrosse rape trial and Michael Vicks.
ousslander
The donkey part is not racist the reat are. NO excuses. These peop0le do not represent all conservatives, no more than nutbag cindy sheehan reps all liberals.
The hypocrisy if the same thing was done to Pali/McCain, y’all would find it hysterical!
It’s not the repubs who are the thugs. It’s the dems who are fire bombing lawns and attacking GOP offices.
Timothy
I agree with ousslander that the donkey isn’t racist. It’s the symbol of the Democratic Party.
Also, the Kool-Aid is probably not intended to be racist either. It’s a reference to “drinking the Kool-Aid”, a phrase that originated with the Jim Jones massacre in Guyana but has now come to mean believing whatever the Party tells you to believe, no matter how irrational. I think I’ve heard both liberals and conservatives use that phrase to describe those who are diehard irrational partisans on the other side.
As for the rest… I cannot see any possible reason for fried chicken, watermelon, or ribs other than as a racial association.
Conservatives do not, as a whole, embrace this stuff. So here’s a little helpful tip for those who saw the Obama bucks:
If you think that the racial symbols are funny, you are not just a conservative. Not just someone with a sense of humor. Not just a lover of fun.
No, you are a racist bigot.
Shawn
God, in addtion to being completely racist, it’s just awful to look at. But what does the kool-aide guy have to with racism?
And for those who have questioned why Queerty posted this, here is what I think: it is connected to gay issues in that it’s a horrible attempt to smear a group of individuals using negative cultural stereotypes. Gee, I wonder if the GLBT community can relate to that???? Hmmm, let’s ponder that for a moment.
Plus, the Obama/Biden is clearly the better choice for us as voters. I mean in her debate with Biden, Palin indicated that we’re making a “choice” to be gay or lesbian. And, obviously, she thinks that it’s a bad “choice” and a “choice” that we can “choose” not to make. I wanted to say, “So Sarah, is your sexuality a choice too?”
fredo777
Actually, the Kool-Aid thing might not be an innocent reference to the “drinking the Kool-Aid” line but a reference to the stereotype that black people love Kool-Aid, which is pretty old.
Anyway, I’m over the whole racism debates. I’m voting Obama b/c I know he is the better person for the job + agree with much of his vision for our country.
We can’t get complacent or assume he’s got this in the bag, though. Vote early, if possible. Either way, just vote.
gray hunt
Where can I get some ? Not up for sale on web yet but sure it will be…yahoo I a buyen me some ot that there B O money
M&M
Why is this racist? They do similiar things for Sarah Palin & Mc Cain. So those are NOT ageist, sexist or even racist. How come this Obama money is racist. JUST Double standard!
Timothy
M&M,
Nope. Another man’s evil does not discount your own.
The stuff about Palin quite often is based in sexism – nasty stuff. And often the McCain stuff is undiluted hatred. And I have seen a surprising amount of race baiting come from Democrats – often directed at Condoleeza Rice though it also comes in the form of racial assumptions (if you’re black and not supporting Obama then you must be an Uncle Tom).
But none of that has any impact on how you respond to this nastiness. If you want to defend it you may need to question yourself and see how far you are motivated by irrational hatred and bigotry.
The principled person denounces it all.
Puddy Katz
McCain dollars are worth one cent!
BobP
The bitches probably thought this up after “church” one day. I can just see Cindy McLame throwing back 60 or 70 painkillers and coming up with the idea.
Why are there so many fauxmosexuals republicanazis on the web site? Shouldn’t they be out burning crosses on peoples lawns?
Mr C
Obviously some of you Motherfuckers that do not see anything wrong with this need to go back and do some research during the 50’s and 60’s when there was segregation in this beautiful country we call America.
Most of you commenting in the negative weren’t even alive. So you don’t understand why it’s considered racist.
But if you really don’t see why cool and if you have African American friends which with feelings as such I doubt that. Go to them and say
“Why all ya’ll eat Fried Chicken and Watermelon?”
And lets see the response from them!
You’ll never say it again
Mowan
MR C, they are not going to say that. They know its racist they are just making lame excuses. Really lame excuses.
As for the people who say that Palin is being targerted against becuase she is a woman need to stop and look back at what they said, including Sarah Palin, about Hillary Clinton. Now THAT was sexist. Palin is getting it easy compared to what Hillary received.
And Ousslander, the only people firebombing anyone are the repubs who wanted to go to Iraq.
Sonny
There r times when one should keep their thoughts to themselves. Your depiction was one one of them. Moreover,don’t feel bad for thinking about the many negative stereotypes thrust upon u from Palin’s negative images of Obama. What I can’t understand is why u picked on the half of Obama that is black. Where u afraid of looking into the mirror and seeing the other half as a possible relation?
tpagy
Well goodness sakes How did they know this white Gay Man from Tampa’s Favorite Foods. But They Did Forget The collard Greens I Cook Mine with lots of bacon Fat and I like seedless watermellon myself and as for the Bucket of Chicken who in the hell can afford it! and I’m a sweet tea man myself and i can grill some bad ass ribs and 5 Bucks won’t go far with Food prices today! Again the Stupidity of Bigotry dosen’t even Have a Clue!