How looooow can they go?

It’s like a game of Limbo. Apparently blatant lies are within range for the Snohomish County, Washington Republican Party, who were selling the above fake bills for $3 from their booth at the Evergreen State Fair. Now they’re trying to pass if off with a ha ha. Not only is Obama wearing an Arab headdress with a camel on the seal, but to add another dash of racism “da man” appears under the forged picture.

From KOMO News:

Republican county chair Geri Modrell says she never approved the bill.

“It’s not the policy of this party to use this low-level of humor,” she said.

Calling the bills a bad joke and nothing more, Modrell says she has asked volunteers to put them away.

Somebody thought it was funny. Somebody thought it was funny, that’s all,” she said.

Those bills are no longer being sold at the fair, but they’re available from several sources on the Internet. One Web site is even selling a pack of 25 for $5.

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Modrell says she’s working to track down the person responsible, but says she doesn’t plan to conduct an extensive investigation. She says it’s tough enough to recruit volunteers and she doesn’t want to alienate another.

That’s right. They’re more worried about offending one of their own volunteers than in enforcing any level of ethics in their campaign.

Now we know where the truth falls on their scale of priorities. I don’t expect them to show any shame, but at a minimum they ought to publicly apologize to Sen. Obama and donate the money they made on this travesty to a charity of his choice.

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