Texas GOP cuts off vendor that sold racist button

[sabra]

Source: USA Today/AP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Republican Party is distancing itself from a vendor who sold campaign buttons at last weekend's state convention that asked, "If Obama is president ... will we still call it The White House?"

The state GOP party said Wednesday that it will donate the $1,500 rent it collected from the vendor, Republicanmarket.com, to Midwestern flood victims.

State GOP spokesman Hans Klingler said the party does not vet the merchandise being sold, but officials plan to discuss doing so in the future. The button sales at the convention in Houston were first reported in the Dallas Morning News.

"This vendor need not apply to another Texas GOP state convention," Klingler said. "We will neither tolerate nor profit from bigotry."

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-06-18-button_N.htm

[L. Coyote]

1. How can those Midwestern flood victims tell them to "Get Screwed"?

Why don't they give it to a civil rights group? Even they might refuse such tainted money!

[Ishoutandscream2]

2. Yeah, right. It was okay when no one called ya'll on it

Racism and sexism is the Repig mantra. Ya'll got caught once again, so ya'll gotta "make amends." Too late - your cover was blown a long time ago.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. What I want to know is

how much did Republicanmarket.com make selling the buttons? Wonder if they'd mind sharing that information?

[jdadd]

15. Hmmmm.......

Wonder if He'd tell us?

Registrant:
Alcox, Johnathan

1741 Cherry Ridge Drive
Lake Mary, FL 32746
US

Administrative Contact :
Alcox, Johnathan
[e-mail]
1741 Cherry Ridge Drive
Lake Mary, FL 32746
US

[krispos42]

4. WTF?

They just did the right and moral thing.

Ay iz confuzzilledidd.

And in TEXAS???

Mi brane herrtz!

[Ishoutandscream2]

5. Only doing it because they were called on it

Deep down, they dug those buttons. I'm sure they had a great laugh over it.

[Shipwack]

12. It happens, occaisionally...

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...once all other options are eliminated!

[redqueen]

6. "We will neither tolerate nor profit from bigotry." ... IF they're caught and called on it.

:eyes:

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

7. I wonder....

....what Mr. Delay is going to do now that they shut his booth down.

[gratuitous]

8. The Texas GOP did the right thing???

Well butter my buns and call me a biscuit!

Though I note with some chagrin that USA Today gave free advertising to the racist vendor's web site.

[Fovea]

10. I just see that

address as DoS bait...

Goodnight, racist fucks.

[OhioChick]

9. "We will neither tolerate nor profit from bigotry."

What a load of BS. :eyes:

[VP505]

11. The left off the first part of that statement

the most important part, IF WE GET CAUGHT and CALLED ON IT "We will neither tolerate nor profit from bigotry."

[and-justice-for-all]

13. Oops, too late repig bastards...

We all know your the bigot party.

[scarface2004]

14. "We will neither tolerate nor profit from bigotry." except

when we profit from bigotry!!!

[sofa king]

16. ... now that they've been caught.

As far as the actual button slogan goes, well, is it even racist? If I didn't know the source, I'd suspect it was a Parliament-Funkadelic reference.

"They still call it the White House, but that's a temporary condition." --George Clinton, 1975