President Obama target game yanked

[The Straight Story]

President Obama target game yanked
Carnival game allowed people to 'shoot' black man with presidential seal.

The president of a Hellertown-based amusement company apologized Wednesday for a target shooting game depicting the image of a black man that appears to be President Barack Obama.

Irvin Good Jr., president of Goodtime Amusements, said he did not intend to offend anyone by offering the game, called "Alien Attack," which recently appeared at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Big Time Fair in Roseto and sparked a complaint.

"I guess we made an error in judgment and we apologize for that," said Good, who has had the game for about six weeks. "I voted for the man. It wasn't meant to be him. If they took it that way, we apologize."

The game depicted a black man dressed in a suit holding a rolled up piece of paper labeled, "Health Bill." The man also sported a belt buckle fashioned after the presidential seal. Participants shot darts at targets, located on his head and heart, to score points and win a stuffed animal prize.


The White House issued a statement Wednesday through Spokeswoman Moira Mack saying it disapproves of using the president's name and likeness for commercial purposes. The longstanding policy precedes Obama.

Federal law prohibits anyone from knowingly displaying any print or likeness of the presidential seal. Violators can face a fine and up to six months in prison. The U.S Attorney's Office in Philadelphia declined to comment on if it is looking into the matter.


http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-president-obama-target-game-20100804,0,5344153.story

[emulatorloo]

1. I don't like to curse, but I have one word for this - ASSHOLES

Thanks for posting

(And actually I do love to curse, but not in post titles)

[Webster Green]

2. "It wasn't meant to be him"....With a rolled up health bill and presidential seal?

Sure pal. :wtf:

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. It wasn't meant to be Obama?

But it was a black guy holding a paper that said 'Health Bill'.

Oh. Kay.

[JuniperLea]

4. The Idiocracy has been emboldened...

For the love of GAWD! What the hell is wrong with people? We as a society are taking massive leaps backward! Some of these asshats need to slither back into the brackish pond from whence they came.

:banghead:

[movonne]

5. This kind of shit makes me sick....just making him a black man is

bad enought...

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Playing to the loonies. Who was it supposed to be then, Irvin?