And you thought Joe Wilson's "You Lie!" outburst was a low point for political discourse.
A Georgia businessman is using the N-word on a sign outside his restaurant to slam President Obama's health care plan.
The billboard outside the Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County reads, "Obama's plan for health care - [N-word] rig it," Atlanta CBS affiliate WGCL reported.
"I've used the N-word most of my life and there is different ways to put your opinion up, but that's just the words I choose to use," owner Patrick Lanzo told WGCL. "I've put signs up for 22 years. ... I've put all kinds of political signs up."
Despite the presence of a mannequin clad in a Ku Klux Klan outfit standing amid the pool tables, Lanzo maintained he's no a racist. The bar has pictures of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. on the walls, he pointed out, and he also showed a reporter his 2005 NAACP membership card.
Lanzo said he's just opposed to Obama's health care plan, which he called "substandard."
"I stand by my President, but I also stand by my right under the First Amendment to criticize him if I feel he's wrong," Lanzo said.
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