Finger in Wendy's Chili Likely a Hoax

Now that it appears the finger tip found recently in a bowl of Wendy's chili in the San Francisco Bay area was planted there to extort money from Wendy's, SRB hopes that any customers nationwide and especially in California who have been avoiding Wendy's will return to the restuarant chain, which (like much of the fast food restaurant industry) has long been a reliable supporter of federal Republican candidates, e.g.:

2004 election cycle
2002 election cycle
1998 election cycle

Update on the case and on the economic damage the finger scare has caused to Wendy's and it employees, some of whom have been laid off as a result of the incident:   Finger Traced to Woman Who Blamed Wendy's  AP via Guardian UK 5/14/05