Tuesday, June 16, 2009

State GOP staffer sends racist image of Obama.

Thinkprogress:


Over the weekend, a GOP official in South Carolina posted a comment to Facebook comparing Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla. Now, in a second instance of Republicans playing the race card against the Obamas, Wonkette notes that a racist e-mail was sent out by a legislative staffer for Tennessee GOP state senator Diane Black. The staffer, Sherri Goforth, e-mailed this composite picture of the country’s 44 presidents, which represents President Obama with only a set of eyes:

Nashville Is Talking asked Goforth about the e-mail:

When I asked her if she understood the controversial nature of the photo, Goforth would only say she felt very bad about accidentally sending it to the wrong list. When I gave her a second chance to address the controversial nature of the email, she again repeated that she only felt bad about sending it to the wrong list of people.

“I went on the wrong email and I inadvertently hit the wrong button,” Goforth told NIT. “I’m very sick about it, and it’s one of those things I can’t change or take back.”

Obama hate will not go away by the GOP wingnuts: It's either play the race card, non-citizen card, or the Muslim card.

1 comment:

airJackie said...

Notice how Sarah is getting all the attention with Letterman's correct joke while nothing is said about the racial jokes and comments made about our President. The World is watching as the US is seen for what we truely are.