Here’s a little something I found as I was surfing the Cheddarsphere today. In a post over at his blog, The Way I See It!, Cudahy blogger Randy Hollenbeck posted a few of his favorite pictures of Barack Obama:
Now call me crazy – and you wouldn’t be the first to do so – but the pictures above strike me as being more than a little racist, and not even in a subtle, *wink wink, nod nod* kind of way. I’m not saying Randy Hollenbeck’s a racist – I don’t really know the man – but in my opinion these images reek of the kinds of negative racial stereotypes that shouldn’t have any place in our political discourse. Now I’m sure some will say, “Zach, don’t you think you’re making a mountain out of a molehill?” and I’ll say I don’t think I am. While I know these kinds of prejudiced and racially insensitive aren’t representative of how all conservatives feel, they sure don’t do much to dispel the idea that there’s a large group of conservative folks who can’t bear the thought of an African-American serving as President.
I emailed Randy Hollenbeck to get his thoughts on why he’d post pictures with such racial overtones, and his response was to ask what was racist.
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Well racism is the worst form of ignorance, so that question doesn’t surprise me.
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I agree Zach. These pictures are uncalled for and they do nothing to further McCain’s bid for the Presidency.
These pictures do not represent anyone but Randy Hollenbeck. It’s nice to hear you emailed him before posting this…LOL.
I think I will ignite! You make the fun about Obama. This should not be. If you did this in home country, a fatwa would be ordered on you.
Your country need Obama for president because the future will have many of Islam in USA just as in GB, Netherlands, France, etc.
Obama will know how to do the best thing for them and make the USA work much better.
Many in the USA will help us do this. The conservatives are our enemies I think. Yes…we are ready for more CHANGE. This will be more fair to us and will help us bring our friends to the USA where we can make much money and have much fun.
Ahmad Faizabad
Milwaukee