Players tried to knock plates out of Obama's hand
Complaints that a life-size effigy of US President Barack Obama was “racist” have prompted the owner of a Jersey Shore boardwalk game to replace it with ones of former President George W. Bush and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In the “Walkin’ Charlie” game, life-sized mannequins are rotated across a stage and players try to knock plates out of their hands by throwing baseballs at them. Many of the dolls featured in the game are caricatures of infamous people in the news, such as Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez.
Many said the Obama caricature was racist
Many customers complained the mannequin depicting Obama is much darker than the American president and his broad, toothy smile is reminiscent of racist caricature of African-Americans from the segregationist era, leading to charges of racism. Tommy Whalen, manager of Lucky Leo’s where the game debuted this summer, denied the charges.
An editorial in The Asbury Park Press blasted the game as “tasteless,” noting the “visual racial stereotyping” of the Obama figure. Others defended the game on the grounds of free speech, citing its political nature.
“It’s just a game,” said Tommy Whalen, the manager of Lucky Leo’s, which features the game. “I don’t have bulls-eyes on the guy’s head or chest.” Secret Service agents investigated “Walkin’ Charlie” and found no problems with it.
Video of the game found on YouTube does show a customer yelling “F— You Obama” before hurling a baseball at the effigy:
A plastic bag was eventually put over the Obama doll’s head but people still knew who it was, Whalen told The New Jersey Star Ledger. Now, in the spirit of “bi-partisanship,” the mannequin will be replaced with ones of Clinton and Bush. Sarah Palin and Bill Clinton may also appear in the game, he said.
Whalen also said the Obama effigy may come back “in a couple weeks after everything dies down.”
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White devils
Man im sorry, the whole racist game has been shoved down the white mans throat, the whole thing ! wish this man being in power is a massive operation, they are using him to implement policies to destroy america within and who ever mentions or says anything is called a racist. This started with the filth in hollywood back in the 70s when they used to have actors playing characters of being in charge, Common, they can have bush, but not obama! When is the white man going to get some BALLS and actually say enoughs enough, you have been crying racism since god made you black and you want to make you inadequacies ours!
@ drolbokkkie
Do you realize that you are a nazi?
This article is racist. The moon is racist. Water is racist. Toilets are racist. Gravity is racist. Racism is racist. truth is racist.
When are people going to realize that it is only a game and just that. You can have george bush on this game and not one white or black person will complain, but if you put obama in this game well then the entire black community and some white folks will cry racism.
Hussein Obama is an America-hating Marxist hell-bent on detsroying this country, and yet, all that the the brain-dead Liberals in New Jersey care about is that their patron saint is being depicted in a satirical light. BTW, I wonder how many of the people complaining were black, themselves.
Meanwhile, all the other mannequins in the game have the same satirical exaggerations.
These people hate this country just as much as their hero in The White House does.
I’m so glad that Barack Hussein Obama succeeded in being the “first post-racial president” and that racism no longer exists.
Yet, if you oppose his socialized health-care scheme…you’re called a racist.
If you oppose his Cap-and-Tax scheme……you’re called a racist.
If you oppose his massive tax hikes….you’re called a racist.
If you oppose his plan to give amnesty to all the illegal aliens….you’re called a racist.
If you oppose his massive spending policies….you’re called a racist.
If you oppose his job-killing economic policies….you’re called a racist.
If you criticize him constantly blaming Bush for everything….you’re called a racist.
If you criticize his incompetence in handling the Gulf oil spill….you’re called a racist.
If you criticize his black attorney general who refuses to prosecute civil rights-violating, black-on-white crimes…you’re called a racist.
If you criticize his constant vacations, golf outings, and White House parties….you’re called a racist.
If you criticize his constant “World Apology Tours”…you’re called a racist.
If you criticize his constant bowing before Third-World tyrants….you’re called a racist.
If you support the Tea Party movement….you’re called a racist.
Gee, I’m sure glad Barack Hussein Obama has “healed” the country.
The owner should put a Curtis Sliwa Mannequin in that game!
Remember the left always accuses the other guy of exactly what it is that they themselves are doing. If they say you are a racist then that means that they are a racist. The term "social justice" is code talk for "black racism". The first thing we have to do is tell the truth. The left has not told the truth since I can remember.