Republican women's newsletter shows Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken

By GottaLaff

More nausea-inducing racism. Get ready:

The 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.

The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated says if Obama is elected his image will appear on food stamps -- 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."

I'm just bowled over by Republicans' sharp intellect and well-developed senses of humor.

The group's president, Diane Fedele, said she plans to send an apology letter to her members and to apologize at the club's meeting next week. She said she simply wanted to deride a comment Obama made over the summer about how as an African-American he "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

Oh, pish-posh! Think nothing of it! That's what we all do when we get annoyed by a comment: Publish vile racist tripe.

She said she doesn't think in racist terms, pointing out she once supported Republican Alan Keyes, an African-American who previously ran for president.

I can't be sure, but I bet some of her best friends are African Americans.

"I didn't see it the way that it's being taken. I never connected," she said. "It was just food to me. It didn't mean anything else."

She said she also wasn't trying to make a statement linking Obama and food stamps, although her introductory text to the illustration connects the two: "Obama talks about all those presidents that got their names on bills. If elected, what bill would he be on????? Food Stamps, what else!"

Hey Diane, you're a despicable, bigoted slimebally piece of fecal matter who is beneath contempt. But don't worry. I wasn't trying to make a statement linking you to racists or excrement. I don't see it the way it's being taken. I never connected. It's just words to me. It didn't mean anything else.

H/t: Clancy