I don't think they're racist, I'm sure that's what Sir Potty would have said, but seriously WTF were they thinking?
Seriously...baaaad idea. Bad...
WASHINGTON - The Republican party has found itself in more race-related hot water, this time involving a top South Carolina party member who attended a recent event in Civil War attire and posed for photos with two African-American men apparently dressed as slaves.
Glenn McConnell, the president of the South Carolina Senate, is a Civil War re-enactment enthusiast who attended a function last week called "A Southern Experience," hosted by a Republican women's group in a state that still flies the Confederate flag at its legislature.
Photos of him in a Union uniform posing with two smiling black men dressed in peasant clothing, one holding a washboard, have gone viral after they were posted to a Facebook site. The men were hired to appear at the event.
It's just the latest in a series of race-related incidents that have plagued Republicans — who proudly abolished slavery in 1865 — since the election two years ago of America's first African-American president.
In the 22 months since Barack Obama won the historic vote, a Florida Republican official was forced to resign for sending a racist e-mail about African-Americans who celebrated inauguration day in D.C., while a southern California mayor lost his job for sending another e-mail depicting the White House lawn as a giant watermelon patch.
Continue reading: Republicans face new race controversy after South Carolina 'antebellum' party - Winnipeg Free PressGlenn McConnell, the president of the South Carolina Senate, is a Civil War re-enactment enthusiast who attended a function last week called "A Southern Experience," hosted by a Republican women's group in a state that still flies the Confederate flag at its legislature.
Photos of him in a Union uniform posing with two smiling black men dressed in peasant clothing, one holding a washboard, have gone viral after they were posted to a Facebook site. The men were hired to appear at the event.
It's just the latest in a series of race-related incidents that have plagued Republicans — who proudly abolished slavery in 1865 — since the election two years ago of America's first African-American president.
In the 22 months since Barack Obama won the historic vote, a Florida Republican official was forced to resign for sending a racist e-mail about African-Americans who celebrated inauguration day in D.C., while a southern California mayor lost his job for sending another e-mail depicting the White House lawn as a giant watermelon patch.
Seriously...baaaad idea. Bad...