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[mrph]

Spotted via warren_ellis and asw909 -

Barack Obama badge, on sale at the Texas Republican state convention

Words aren't actually failing me, but I'm not finding any that are useful and appropriate.

Comments

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

You're surprised? Not really being keeping up with the US election, have you?

[mrph.livejournal.com]

No, 'surprised' wasn't quite the word I was looking for...

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

In politics it seems one needs a word for astonished-but-not-in-the-least-surprised. purplerabbits and I eventually settled on "struck"...

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Ah, so you've not seen the one that depicts him as a monkey, then?

http://wonkette.com/390464/rednecks-enjoy-obama-monkey-t+shirt

[mrph.livejournal.com]

I have now. I think I'm going to take a short break from the internet for the rest of the evening.

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

I find it rather harder to get irate about that one given how often I, and others, have described Dubyah as a chimp.

Mind you associated blacks and monkeys seems to have a bitter history in the US which is, I think, rather lost on me.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

He'll still win.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

In fact he's more likely to win the more ridiculous shit like that the racist part of the Republican party pull, I would like to think.

[aoakley.livejournal.com]

The original blogger's apparent shock at such prejudice is somewhat marred by his trivialisation of disabilities such as red-green deutanopia (colour blindness).

[dakiara.livejournal.com]

I think my brain has words, it's just that they're falling out of my open mouth... O_O

[mhw.livejournal.com]

That's a jawdrop moment, that is.