Republican group guffaws at Obama/fried chicken/watermelon jape

In Riverside, California, the local Republican Ladies group has paused from sharing ever-more exciting flan recipes to distribute its monthly newsletter, which states that Barack Obama's image should appear on food stamps, along with images of watermelons and, yes, fried chicken - accompanied by the image above.

'The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated says if Obama is elected his image will appear on food stamps -- instead of dollar bills like other presidents. The statement is followed by an illustration of "Obama Bucks" -- a phony $10 bill featuring Obama's face on a donkey's body, labeled "United States Food Stamps."'

Gosh, how positively hilarious.

Even more hilarious: a Los Angeles Times columnist writes that: "Paranoid, rage-driven, xenophobic nuts are taking over the Republican Party." Also in the Los Angeles Times: the same columnist wonders will the noisy new horseless carriage which some have called the 'Auto-Mobile' ever replace the sturdy and reliable Mule?