Wingnuts Furious: Obama Hugged A White Guy

Scott Van Duzer, the charming beefy pizzeria owner who gave President Barack Obama a big ol' bear hug the other day, says that he has been targeted for retribution by angry Republicans who are boycotting his Fort Pierce, Florida, restaurant. He was also the target of a brief war on Yelp, between negative and positive reviews, most of which came, of course, from "reviewers" who have probably never even been to Florida for chrissakes and what is WITH people anyway?

Van Duzer, a Republican who voted for Obama in 2008, rode his bicycle over 1000 miles from Florida to Washington DC earlier this year to raise money for a charity he founded to promote blood donations in St. Lucie County, Florida. Obama scheduled the campaign visit in part because of Van Duzer's civic-mindedness. The president-hugging pizza man says that, in the wake of his moment on Youtube,

“People are saying a lot of bad things and boycotting my restaurant...There’s no middle line anymore, and that’s exactly what’s wrong with our country right now.”

The possible boycott of a guy who hugged a filthy leftist follows in the wake of momentary business surges for a cupcake-selling guy who refused a campaign visit from Joe Biden and an asshole baker lady who proudly told the Poors that their filthy food stamps are not good enough to purchase her fancy cakes. Oh, and there was something about the deep-seated desire of wingnuts to show support for homophobic deep-fried chicken sandwiches, too.

We are planning to start a Facebook petition in support of Scott Van Duzer. That should set everything right.

Update: PayPal linky for the Van Duzer foundation. Also, "Presidident"? How did we miss that? Fixed!

[ Politico / New York Daily News ]