Cudahy blogger shares a few of his favorite photos of Barack Obama

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.