Texas GOP distances itself from vendor who sold racist Obama buttons.

A booth at last weekend’s Texas GOP convention sold offensive buttons asking, “If Obama Is President…Will We Still Call It The White House?” After strong public criticism, the state Republican party said that it plans to “donate the $1,500 rent it collected from the vendor, Republicanmarket.com, to Midwestern flood victims.” Additionally, in the future, the party will begin vetting the merchandise being sold. “This vendor need not apply to another Texas GOP state convention,” GOP spokesman Hans Klingler. “We will neither tolerate nor profit from bigotry.”