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Kansas tea party illustration draws racism claims [View all]
http://hutchnews.com/Todaystop/tea-party-skunk--1
HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- A tea party group in Kansas says its depiction of President Barack Obama as a skunk is satire, not racism as the leader of a civil rights group alleges.
Hutchinson-based Patriot Freedom Alliance says on its website that like the president, the skunk is "half black, half white, and almost everything it does stinks."
The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/vT6l8u) reports local NAACP president Darrell Pope sees no humor in the depiction, which he calls a blatant statement of racism.
Local tea party supporter Chuck Sankey says former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been the target of worse insults than what's on the website.
Patriot Freedom Alliance meets regularly and has hosted rallies in the Hutchinson Sports Arena.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/11/4115701/kansas-tea-party-illustration.html#ixzz1gI46edHD
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