Texas GOP Disavows Knowledge Of Racist Anti-Obama Button

[RamboLiberal]

We just got off the phone with a Texas Republican Party official, who tells us that the party had absolutely no knowledge whatsoever about this tasteful button that was for sale at this past weekend's state GOP convention:



The button, which was flagged by AmericaBlog, was sold at a booth run by RepublicanMarket.com, a business that sells a lot of red-meat buttons, bumper stickers and other paraphernalia for GOP voters.

So did party officials know about this button being sold all weekend at their convention? In an interview with Election Central, Texas GOP political director Hans Klingler answered with an emphatic No. "We had hundreds of vendors at the convention," Klingler said. "I don't know what the merchandise is, we don't check the merchandise."

Klingler added that the party would have done something if it had been brought to their attention at the time. "We wouldn't have let him sell it."

Hmmm. This button seems like the sort of thing that would have been hard to miss, doesn't it?

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/texas_gop_we_didnt_know_about.php

Texas Repukes must be blind! Blind racism!

[johnaries]

1. Yeah, just like they disavowed the "call me, Harold" ad here in TN. nt

[rpannier]

2. Disavowed will soon be

a person who is unaffiliated with the party, but has volunteered on occassion.

Which will soon be

A very low level member of the party

Which will then be

A low member of the Party

Then

A mid-level part-time volunteer

Then a

mid-level volunteer

Then...

Mid-level paid employee

You get the point

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. It's just as damning to the Texas GOP that nobody there

"Brought it to their attention".