Racist, anti-Obama Button Being Sold at Texas GOP Convention

[El Pinko]

I guess I'm a bit naive, because I'm actually a bit surprised at this...






http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/06/stick-a-pin-in-it.html


Stick a Pin in It
1:25 PM Sat, Jun 14, 2008

While a number of speakers -- such as Railroad Commission chairman Michael Williams and Mike Huckabee -- have praised the advance of Barack Obama and what it means towards a colorblind society, at least one vendor hasn't gotten the message.

At the Republican state convention, a booth hosted by Republicanmarket was selling a pin Saturday that says: If Obama is President will we still call it the White House.

There were other pins that weren't necessarily conveying the positive, inclusive, united front that has been portrayed during the convention. One said, "Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Deportation" and another, "I will hold my nose when I vote for McCain"

[a kennedy]

1. This is just wrong......

:puke:

[mwb970]

2. Republicans are nasty, mean-spirited and hateful.

So where's the surprise?

[Echo In Light]

3. Not surprising at all

[mucifer]

4. consider that the white house was built with slave labor

[frogcycle]

5. need a pin saying "yes, and you'll still be a redneck"

[cyberpj]

9. friends and I were just talking the other day about how CMT channel has made it 'cool' to be redneck

with their shows about redneck weddings, mobile home makeovers and the Blue Collar Comedy tour guys. It feels as if they've turned the humor and sarcasm into a badge of honor. And Bush only made matters worse.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. They're reclaiming their heritage.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. I commented about this on the other thread...

...that the language of the pin is curious.

It says: "will we still call it the White House" not "can we still call it the White House" or "will we be able to still call it the White House".

To answer their question, no, I don't expect that they will call it the White House once Obama is elected (praise FSM).

I full expect them to call it something else since they're bigots.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Pretty rotten, but not surprising. Remember this?

[NewJeffCT]

7. I wish I was surprised by this

but, I'm not.

They also had a Hillary one for sale that labeled her a Bitch...

[CanonRay]

8. Remember the band-aids in 2004?

Why would anyone be surprised at these people anymore.

[cyberpj]

10. Why not? Bush is president and we're still calling this a Democracy. nt

[maxrandb]

13. If the Dems can sweep to a super majority this November

It might be time to re-visit reconstruction.

[old mark]

15. or to re-investigate secession.

It is Texas, after all, and GW was their governor...


mark

[gilpo]

14. Matt Taibbi...

Wrote recently that he wouldn't be surprised if we saw a "Vote White, Vote McCain" bumper sticker soon....