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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7w3PIV...up...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A San Bernardino County Republican group has distributed a newsletter picturing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on a $10 bill adorned with a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken.
Linking Obama to demeaning racist stereotypes drew denunciations from various GOP officials after the illustration appeared in the October newsletter of the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported Thursday.
Diane Fedele, president of the group, said she had no racist intent.
"I never connected," she told the newspaper. "It was just food to me. It didn't mean anything else."
The Obama campaign declined to comment, saying it does not address such attacks.
The newsletter was sent to about 200 club members and associates last week by mail and e-mail. The club is a volunteer group that is not directly responsible to the state party, said California Republican Party press secretary Hector Barajas, who denounced the newsletter.
Fedele said she had received the illustration in e-mails and decided to reprint it to poke fun at a remark by Obama that he doesn't look like other presidents.
"It was strictly an attempt to point out the outrageousness of his statement. I really don't want to go into it any further," Fedele told the newspaper. "I absolutely apologize to anyone who was offended. That clearly wasn't my attempt."
Sheila Raines of San Bernardino, a black member of the club, complained about the image to Fedele.
"This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party," she said. "I'm really hurt. I cried for 45 minutes."
the Upside -- the group's web site got so many negative comments it either crashed or they had to take it down.
However, her is contact information from the GOP web site
http://www.sbgop.com/organizations.htm
I just read with great dismay that you have forwarded a demeaning image of Senator Obama along with ribs, fried chicken and watermelon. I imagine that you have no shame, no ethics and most of all no understanding of how racist that portrayal is. Then you claimed that in fact it was just to show him with some food. Republicans and the Republican Party are going down to defeat and deservedly so. There is no place in this country for this type of behavior and this kind of bigotry. You hide behind Freedom of Speach as a right but fail to show one ounce of compassion. I am sure you wrap the bible around your actions and claim to be a Christian. Lady there is nothing Christian about this action or in fact about anything that you believe. Your time as a party is over and it is time for America to get over its racist ways and accept all Americans.
Shame on you.
when their sole function in the campaigns is to PROTECT the candidates from physical threat...
McEliteFancypants.
Projecting much?!
My friends, we don't want this guy within 30 miles of the button.
Yes, they will try to steal it.
Obama announced the other day that he had put together a team of lawyers who will be ready to go to any state where there is a problem.
The Atty. Gen's actions re ACORN are despicable.
But, since I can't do anything about it, I am going to try to keep positive thoughts and visualize Obama being sworn in---and continue to donate to Barack.
Yes, I think being positive is a good choice, but truthfully, I really do believe (and have for quite a long time now) that Obama is not only going to win, but will do so by a huge margin. That said, all of this criminal activity surrounding the election makes me crazy and the "evil doings" of the Bush Cheney team never cease to amaze.
Once this is over and Obama is sworn in, I'll buy you a drink to celebrate!
Americans are already angry about the way things are going. We don't need a angry government, we need a government with a level head.
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What on earth are you trying to sell now? I simply cannot fathom the nonchalance with which you say these kinds of horrific "predictions/preferences".
What happened to the GOP so called "moral high ground"?
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