This five dollar bill ended up in someone’s pocket in Staten Island. It reads: “Lets (sic) keep the white house white.”
Point: Okay, so this means some guy is a real racist a-hole, no doubt.
Counterpoint: Um, yeah, but this pin was sold at the Texas Republican Convention last week:
Sigh.
Via Jezebel.
Comments 6
Breck — June 17, 2008
Funny, I was just looking at the button via Huffington Post. I went to the website that was supposed to sell them (republicanmarket.com, if you must), but couldn't find that button. There were plenty of other nasty things, though - mostly anti-Clinton, anti-immigrant, etc. The anti-Obama stuff was fairly benign. Maybe this was a special product for the Texas GOP convention?
It is hilarious that the message on the $5 bill is next to the Lincoln Memorial, not the White House. Maybe that makes it more racist, I don't know. My assumption is that the stamper doesn't know the difference.
OP Minded — June 18, 2008
Just to be clear, the button was being sold by a private company, not the Republican Committee in Texas.
Le — June 20, 2008
Obama is half-white, but I guess his other half makes him not pure in the eyes of some Republicans.
RRsafety — June 28, 2008
Which Republicans?