Just a few weeks before the November elections, the poor editing of politicians' names continues.
This time, Green Party candidate Rich Whitney's name was misspelled "Rich Whitey" on 500 electronic voting machines. To add insult to irony, many of the machines were in predominantly African-American neighborhoods.
Learn more in this video from ABC News.
You Can't Make This Stuff Up
I mean, seriously. "Rich whitey?" I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I feel like I'm back in 1992, watching a Homey D. Clown skit on "In Living Color." Rich Whitey would be the owner of the restaurant Chez Whitey, of course. And Homey don't play dat!
The typo is so egregious that it almost has to be deliberate. If it was, shame on you, error maker. Really... painting the Green Party as a bunch of spoiled, rich, liberal white people? YAWN. It's been done. If you're going to malign a candidate, at least be original.
If the error was not introduced on purpose, then it's just a good laugh for all of us. And some free publicity (and is there such a thing as bad publicity?) for Whitney.
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