(RALEIGH) -- The conservative leaning John Locke Foundation said a blogger for its Charlotte website has resigned after posting a picture of President Obama dressed in drag with a bucket of fried chicken.  The post quickly drew criticism from groups like the North Carolina NAACP, which called it highly offensive.

John Locke President John Hood agreed and said he was embarrassed and angered by what he saw. He said he pull the image as soon as it was brought to his attention.

"I thought for a while that may somebody hacked our site and put up an offensive image.  I didn't know, so I waited until I heard from Tara that, no, she was the one that posted the image," said Hood.

He said the blogger, Tara Servatius, resigned Thursday morning. Hood added that if she had not resigned, he would have fired her.