Obama Receives Unexpected Greeting

Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Barack Obama got an unexpected greeting from a voter at the Cape Fear BBQ and Chicken. “Socialist, socialist, socialist — get out of here!” 54-year-old Diane Fanning yelled when the Democratic presidential nominee made a surprise visit to the restaurant. Stephanie Bruce/Associated Press/The Fayetteville Observer Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., orders chicken at Cape Fear Barbeque & Chicken in Fayetteville, N.C. on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008 before making his way to the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville. Fanning, who works a nearby Sam’s Club, said she’d heard Colin Powell had endorsed Obama but that “Colin Powell is a RINO, R-I-N-O, Republican In Name Only,” she said upset that Obama and his entourage had interrupted her meal. “This is my one day off,” she muttered. The gentleman next to Fanning, Lenox Bramble , 76, flashed an angry look at her. “Be civil, be ... (link)