Virginia GOPer Writes Racist Anti-Obama Column

The LA Times reports:

A local newspaper columnist, in a spoof of Obama's platform, wrote in one recent piece that the Democrat would hire the rapper Ludacris to paint the White House black (a reference to a pro-Obama song by Ludacris), and divert more foreign aid to Africa so "the Obama family there can skim enough to allow them to free their goats and live the American Dream." He joked that Obama would replace the 50 stars on the U.S. flag "with a star and crescent logo," an Islamic symbol, and that his policy on drugs would be to "raise taxes to pay for Obama's inner-city political base."

The columnist, Bobby May, is also treasurer of the Buchanan County Republican Party and was listed in a July news release as the county's representative on McCain's Virginia leadership team, though he said his column reflected his views alone, and he denied it was racist.

Comments

[munki]

GOP should be shamed of themselves...
Chairman of GOP in Buchanan County as well...

This is seriously WRONG...

[chitown8]

I swear these white folks are something else. Obama is more white that black. Yet they fail to see that.

[IndependentTogether]

I don't know about *more* white... if you have some way of measuring a persons "blackness" or "whiteness" you're probably more bigoted than you realize. Just an observation.

However, it is true that Obama is of mixed race, and the GOPers are ratcheting up that "good ol' down-home" racism; and it's only going to get worse. While it's to be expected that race would play a significant role in this election because the GOP was bound to have their backs against the wall, we'll truly see how far America has progressed on November 4th. I do remain optimistic, though.

[TheFoolkiller]

Thanks Indep. I was thinking the very same thing on the "More White "comment.

[respectingothers]

go to this website to see apicture of this creep. so you can know him when you see him!

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=9899

[HHarvey]

HEY! Look! It's Joe Six Pack!

[dct1999]

Nice one!

[Bompa]

Darsh - gone... don't this dude look like a real good-ol boy?

Sheesh!!! they actually let this guy on the radio???? He will probably be on Limbaugh as a "Repugnican expert"....... I know he will make "Worst Person In The World" on KO.

[Adam11]

I always give a cretid to the ones who tell you were they stand on your face.

what i DONT like is the BACK STABERS, AND DOUBLE FACE PPL.

[charlie1101]

Ever notice how the MOST racist people are the MOST ignorant on any and ALL subjects ?

Racists are not stupid JUST on the subject of race. They're dumber than stones on ALL issues.

[respectingothers]

The GOP author's email address is listed on the column. It is bobbyleemay @ yahoo.com. Lets let him know what we think of his smearing!!!

[LeftLeanWing]

The people of Buchanan County, Va overwhelmingly rejected his offal @ss during his candidacy for Country Treasurer

Here are the results:
https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/data/2007/196e44fa-8b19-4240-9a44-737216daa55d/unofficial/00_p_027_062896B4-62B3-48F0-9A9C-957F6DD69709.shtml

[HHarvey]

The columnist, Bobby May, is also treasurer of the Buchanan County Republican Party

Is Huffpo a couple of years off then? Is he still the treasurer of Buchanan County? Your article above is dated Nov. 07.

[DHinCT]

The article is actually much worse than the LA Times suggests. See quotations from it here: http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=9899

[123dee]

wow. what a sick man.

[cmbaldwin]

It is so disturbing as a bi-racial of African descent to read this racist garbage. But the best way to counter these ongoing negative attacks (because that's all the GOP has at this point) is to make another donation to Sen. Obama's campaign!! I can't wait until Sen. Obama is sworn in a POTUS - that will be the biggest F.U. to the racist pigs of our society.

Obama/Biden '08!!

[Msohio]

Haters. This is the population that Palin is winking to.

[MsCanadian]

I'm sorry, but I find people who are racist totally absurd. What in the hell difference does a person's skin colour matter? Obama is intelligent, educated, and eloquent. I don't care if he is green with purple polkadots. The question is - who is the better leader?

[RJKruger]

WHAT in heaven's name was the publication? This excerpt is an outrage. What editorial process, by the publication, decided to send this to print? I believe in free speech--100percent. And the newspaper, or whatever it is, has the right to publish it. We have the right to question its motives, its judgment and its decency. Bobby May? At least you're an honest jerk.

[triplbee]

Obviously you're not from Virginia. I grew up there. Bobby May would be considered the second coming of Shakespeare in many parts of the Old Dominion.

[OB08]

This is the more reason why all of us DEMS get out there and do whatever we can do to help out. Stay strong and vigilant. President Obam and VP Biden will prevail because the American people are a lot smart this time around. These negative attacks only appeals to the Rethugs and there are not enought of them to win this election. So lets get out there and work extra, extra hard to elect these two great men to office. I will send in another donation today.

Keep the faith and stay strong DEMS.

[alinsson]

Me too. I just mailed in double of what I donated last week. The Repugnants must be run out of this country

[OneAngryDwarf]

I live in AZ and I voted for McCain for Senator the last election cycle. I just shot of an email to his office to see where he stands on this. My bet is crickets...

McCain doesn't deserve to be president if this is where he is willing to go.

[Jules1]

Better check into what McCain is really all about, you may be shocked........
http://fightthesmears.com/
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/

[Bendersky]

They will paint out the bald-faced racism about to emerge from their party loyalists as"just a few bad apples" and try to convince us why it isn't representative of republicans in general. Don't be fooled. Their own V.P. candidate is starting to get more overtly racist in her public statements. This is not a coincidence. At a local "Christian" college where I live, someone just hung Obama in effigy. "Lynched" would be a better word. Look it up--George Fox College in Newberg, Oregon. We are now seeing what truly lies beneath the surface of these good Christian values--racisim, homophobia, rampant corruption.