With all of the budget cuts proposed by Republicans which would impact average Americans adversely, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) felt that the $7million taxpayer dollars per year which is spent by the Pentagon to sponsor an Army NASCAR, could be better used to relieve the plight of veterans and their families.
Police were called when this charming fax arrived at McCollum’s office. The crude racial and anti-Obama sentiment speak to more than a mere proposal to stop one area of frivolous Pentagon spending. Well, ain’t that America – to paraphrase John Cougar Mellencamp. Little pink racists for you and me. It didn’t take long for the truly horrific nature of the far right to proudly come to the fore. Unabashed threats to women and blacks. Gun lunacy and lack of respect for the office of the President, with the cherry of ignorance on top does not speak well for the ‘family’ sport of NASCAR, and I somehow doubt that it comes from the fans, unless they are being seriously misinformed.
A McCollum aide said he found it "ironic" that McCollum’s amendment, which he said is the exact kind of government waste-cutting the new Republican majority has championed, is riling up NASCAR fans to the point of calling McCollum’s office.
"We’ve heard innumerable times that the Republicans were elected to send a message from the people that we should stop spending money," he said. "And yet the people who sent that message want us to spend $7 million for a sticker on a NASCAR."
RJ Update: Republicans stayed up all night last night cutting $60 billion in ENTITLEMENTS – you know, $50 golden parachutes for women, children, the poor and the unemployed. But they did not pass this one! So their NASCAR Republican Base, as you see expressed well with the graphic, is safe from LIBERAL BITCHES and UPPITY NWORDS.