Obama’s likeness used to sell fried chicken in China
While President Barack Obama seeks the secret recipe for U.S. economic growth, a fast-food restaurant in China is inferring he’s already privy to Colonel Sanders’ secret for fried chicken.
The short arm of trademark law.
The Daily Mail and other media outlets report Obama Fried Chicken is using advertising very similar to that used by KFC, aka known as Kentucky Fried Chicken before the word “fried” became a marketing pariah.
The Beijing business sign allegedly contains the phrase ‘We’re so cool, aren’t we?’ in Chinese, but Google translate cannot confirm that for me.
The restaurant’s name may be a way for restaurateurs to decry a tariff on U.S. chicken exports that, according to the New York Times, forces importers in China to pay twice as much per bird.
The restaurant’s sign was first spotted by TheShanghaiist.com.
Mediaite.com writes that using Obama’s likeness to sell fried chicken could be considered “unacceptably racist,” but this isn’t the first time such a thing has happened.
The Daily Mail article has pictures of U.S. businesses using the exact same name in Brooklyn and Harlem.
And KFC itself used an Obama lookalike in a television commercial that ran in Hong Kong. In that clip, KFC even borrows a sentiment from Obama’s 2008 campain … “Change is good.”
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117 comments Add your comment
Ivory
October 3rd, 2011
7:31 pm
I think China and other countries need to take notice that in 2012 President Barack Obama will still be President of the United States Of America. So to all of you Liberals, Conservatives, Republicans and Fake Democrats, be careful of the toes you step on now because those are the same toes who will be running the country in 2012.
Chris
October 3rd, 2011
7:39 pm
Obama must be racist too.
ajc.com/sports/espn-pulls-intro-after-1193733.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
SMH
October 3rd, 2011
8:40 pm
Racist, Racist, Racist!!! Yeah, I said it.
Mel
October 4th, 2011
12:23 am
@ laydeeliberty
You are dilusional if you think the GOP is going to let Herman Cain get the nomination. They already tested the waters with Michael Steele… Look where that got them.
That and this thread wasn’t to be used as a political soapbox for your candidates futile campaign efforts.
Weird Science
October 4th, 2011
7:23 am
He’s creating more jobs in China at OFC than in the U.S.
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October 4th, 2011
11:09 am
obama sucks
KelShanique
October 4th, 2011
11:48 am
I love it. One of (the many) reasons the Chinese are on the way to becoming the new economic masters of the universe is that they’re not paralyzed by political correctness.
You know what
October 5th, 2011
12:44 am
I have yet to hear a resonable well thought out argument as to why President Obama has single handedly ruined this country. All I hear is the bashing, but nothing founded in facts. He’s the president not a King remember? This place was set up with a system of checks and balances. In other words, the founding fathers didn’t trust each other. And who could really blame them. After all, they just hoodwinked the Native American out of land for some “fire water and a couple of blankets.” Sent the Native Americans on their merry way to the lovely southwestern part of the country. Oh did I mention they made them walk on their trail of tears itinerary?? Then after snatching up the land they, founding fathers/pioneers/land barons/squaters quickly set up “rules” for all to abide by. Funny how no one hollered about immigration laws back then. Oh if the Native Americans only had a “Homeland Security” act written up. Maybe there would have been a fence up along the Atlantic Ocean. So once again I ask, my Sean Hannity listening, Rush Limbaugh pill popping, Fox News tea sippers, what has President Obama done so bad that he gets bashed over and over again? Time is yours…
Ms unknown
October 6th, 2011
4:42 pm
ladydeeliberty is a complete A!!!
impeach obama
October 7th, 2011
1:21 am
@Born with a tan STFU and get back in the kitchen and bring me some more fries b*tch–these you brought are cold. LMFAO