The GOP would have more credibility …
posted at 3:50 pm on June 16, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
… if its staffers would quit sending out e-mails like this:
Newscoma posted details of a racist email sent from Sherri Goforth, legislative aid for Sen. Diane Black (R-Gallatin). The email depicts the Presidents of the United States with President Barack Obama as a pair of eyes in a black background.
I spoke with Sherri Goforth minutes ago to confirm she sent this email. She confirmed she had sent it and also said she had received a letter of reprimand from her superiors but said she will stay on the job.
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.
… and if the staffers in question would quit offering excuses like this:
“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.”
You can see the image at the link; I’ll skip reproducing it here. It’s well described by Nashville Is Talking, and it’s undeniably racist in nature. Given that, I’m at a loss as to why the Tennessee GOP kept Goforth in her position. Part of her job, whether explicitly stated or not, isnot to embarrass the Republican Party. Goforth just got an epic fail on that key mission. Keeping her, especially after the apology not for sending the picture at all but just for sending it to the wrong people, gives the distinct impression that the GOP considers this a minor issue and not a major blow to our credibility with black voters.
Tommy Christopher calls this the worst apology of the week. So far, it might be the worst apology of the year.
Conservatives just spent the last week roasting David Letterman for his crude and misogynistic remarks about Sarah Palin’s daughters. We need to demand the same level of responsibility from our own side, especially from within the Republican Party.
Update: AC Kleinheider says Ms. Goforth isn’t really a player in the game. I understand what he’s saying, but I think he underestimates how this can damage the party. If secretaries at the Tennessee Democratic Party were passing along racist or misogynistic e-mails, Republicans would rightly rip the Dems for it.
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In the words of Rodney King “Can’t we all just get along?”
mperek on June 16, 2009 at 4:46 PM
The racism is blatant, but just as bad is the stupidity. Are we saying an adult actually found this funny? A 5th grader might, but not an adult. This person needs to be shown the door.
zeebeach on June 16, 2009 at 4:47 PM
If the bar for being a full on racist is making a racially charged joke or stereotypical statement then I’d bet most people are racists.
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 4:47 PM
http://www.edwardcarterstravels.com/archives/buckwheat_murphy.jpg
somewher Eddie is laughing…
max1 on June 16, 2009 at 4:47 PM
She isn’t on “our side”. She is her own person and doesn’t speak for anyone outside of her office.
And it isn’t an excuse for racism. It’s a perfect illustration of how Ochimpy plays the race card until he has to defend his reasons for doing so. It’s a beautiful thing to watch ignorant people gnash their teeth when the cognitive dissonance catches up with them.
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I heard that one in grade school: “posies” being a ward against the plague, and “all fall down” symbolizing something rather more permanent.
Not racist, mind you, but rather disturbing for a nursery rhyme.
Count to 10 on June 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM
You will never make it to Heaven if you are not seriously offended.
MB4 on June 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Are most people political aides commenting on a political opponent by invoking their race?
Try watering it down a little more.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM
What else was he supposed to run as? A purple man? This is ridiculous. And no, the picture isn’t a social commentary on how he played the race card but rather a very simple, childish commentary on the fact that black people are very dark.
It’s stupid and shouldn’t be defended.
No, she said she sent it to the wrong people, implying that she will continue to send racist crap like that to the “right” people. That’s not an apology.
Please don’t. Plenty are arguing against that.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I’d prefer having someone who was aware and enlightened enough to know how racist such things are, period.
starfleet_dude on June 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Its a racist picture…to deny otherwise is silly. The GOP can do better (I think), and should…she should be gone just for spending time emailing junk instead of focusing on winning back seats.
changer1701 on June 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM
The snarky, smartass part of me wants to say, “Gee, she gave a half-assed apology that blamed everyone who got offended for being offended. Mission accomplished! Let her continue on her merry way.”
The part with a brain realizes that she’s not a washed-up has-been entertainer and considering her job should be fired immediately for passing along that e-mail.
We need to continue to hold ourselves up to a higher standard, like it or not.
With all the things Obama and his administration does that can be fairly ridiculed, to pass along a joke based only on his race just can’t be tolerated.
Next time, send out that picture with an empty suit or a teleprompter in the last position and we would have all had your back. Take the racist route and you deserve termination.
DrAllecon on June 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM
No it wasn’t cool.
Fighting racism w/ racism, though, is ridiculous.
bluelightbrigade on June 16, 2009 at 4:50 PM
You go right ahead and keep thinking that.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Not really relevant to my point.
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 4:50 PM
True. But Ochimpy brought it upon himself by running on his skin color instead of his character. Considering he is a despicable person, I guess he felt he had no other choice.
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Because of his personality and the fact that slimes his way around, leaving a disgusting track in his wake. I have considered Letterman a slug for many years, now. What’s your point?
I’m more concerned about policy positions from people in power, like the Precedent, AG, SCOTUS justices, etc. Jokes, not so much. Get your priorities straight. The AG letting the Black Panthers go, when he just had to show up in court, didn’t cause too much reaction but this one funny (or semi-funny) image is driving people nuts.
I’ve had quite enough, myself.
progressoverpeace on June 16, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Well, I see what you’re getting at, but in fairness to any theoretical lefty, you can’t be calling a black guy a “chimp”, even if the previous President was called that all the time.
YYZ on June 16, 2009 at 4:51 PM
But Africans aren’t black, they are dark brown, so you should be able to pick him out against a black background. I don’t get it.
/innocence
Count to 10 on June 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Be careful. The infestation of ACORN and liberals into Republican offices is real. Sounds to me like this was deliberate on her part. We are seeing it here at rallies. ACORN and Liberals pretending to be conservatives and then raising all kinds of hell. Be alert.
suzyk on June 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
I’m just surprised there are so many to argue against. Didn’t you find it shocking?
LevStrauss on June 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Newbie question. Was the “smart aspirin joke” mentioned earlier a way of not saying *cough* “wise buttocks” and throwing a censor trigger or was there another racist joke incident this week that I haven’t heard of yet?
dieudonne on June 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
I dunno maybe I’m just a contrarian here but it’s kind of funny. Not in the sense that the picture is funny, it’s sort of dumb frankly, what is the joke you cant see black people in the dark other than their eyes? Not sure how that’s racist really other than it’s an obvious exaggeration. Is there some context i’m unaware of?
Dash on June 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Yeah, I’m trying to find a reason to be “outraged” but I just don’t see the racist element here. It looks like something a 4th grader might do. The race baiters really have won when we give them another knee-jerk response to prove just how tolerant we really are. Enough. This is nothing compared to that offensive Condi Rice cartoon–and that was published. This was an e-mail sent by one idiot to another. I’m really not going to play the “I’m not a racist because I get easily offended game”. I know what’s in my heart. I don’t have to prove it to Al Sharpton or the Republican party for that matter.
Redneck Woman on June 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
So you are a racist conservative? That is the only way she could be on your side.
I am not a racist and I know of now real conservatives that are, and therefore irrespective of any of her other beliefs, she is not on our side.
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 4:53 PM
I agree. Why is someone so insignificant getting national attention? A state senator no one has heard of outside of Gallatin has an aide who sent out an inappropriate email. Wow. Stop the presses. She’s not worthy of the attention. She should be fired for her unprofessionalism and that should be the end of it. If she had been a liberal, sending a bigoted a email targeting a Republican, this would’ve been a non-story given her lowly position.
Christina_M on June 16, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Yeah, about sums it up I’d think.
That’s illogical. Just because more minorities vote for them it suddenly means they’re not racist?
So, if we get 50% of the black vote next election but start lynching black people, it’ll all be cool?
Seriously?
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Thanks.
Loxodonta on June 16, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Yeah and if there was a watermelon in the picture they’d be arguing that they are in season so its no biggie.
LevStrauss on June 16, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Yes I can and I do it all the time. Ochimpy is as completely ignorant as the lleft tried to paint Bush as.
I’m not afraid of the PC police.
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Letterman jokes about sex with minors. An unknown staffer circulates a photo showing the president in the dark. Yup equal.
Letterman knows Levi’s name, who knocked up Bristol. He knows the names of all the Palin children. If you believe all the research he claims to have done, before he told the “joke” he cannot hide the fact he was talking about Willow. You are also trying to tell me what the “joke” is about this picture. You clearly don’t get it. I believe anyone who thinks this pic is racist, is racist.
infidel on June 16, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Fire her. Out of a cannon.
It’s the staffer’s first rule in politics. She broke it. Done. Gone.
She ought to be so radioactive after that insipid apology that alien civilizations can use her as a navigational beacon.
DrSteve on June 16, 2009 at 4:55 PM
There is an old joke to the effect that black men can only be seen half the time when they are using a zebra crossing/crosswalk. Is the joke still racist if you change the butt of the joke out with a white man and say the same thing?
dieudonne on June 16, 2009 at 4:55 PM
No matter what you think, in the eyes of public opinion, she works for “us” (ie, conservatives).
besides, she works for a conservative…or did…is she fired yet?
bluelightbrigade on June 16, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Are we seriously convincing ourselves that this crap isn’t prevalent pretty much everywhere? Because it is. It’s one of humanity’s besetting sins, and it goes every direction from minority to minority to majority and back again. Don’t kid yourself.
I think people know this. At most we’re surprised that someone was stupid enough to get caught.
That’s really the discussion on race that we need to be having. We really don’t need to go into freak out and lynch mode every time the cracks in someone’s facade show. Dems do this too, they’re just a lot more subtle about it. After all, they’ve decided that white males have held a lot of power recently they’re all horrible people incapable of empathy. And then there’s the soft bigotry of low expectations. I could go on.
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 4:55 PM
That’s how racists think and Ochimpy and the lefties shouldn’t be surprised when others respond to him in kind after they opened the door to it..
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Double whammy for you. First of all, she’s Republican, which is, sadly, no longer synonymous with conservative. Secondly, racist Republicans and non-racist Republicans are both Republicans, and my voting history has been strictly Republican. That puts me on the same side as her, unless I’m looking to go third-party, which I’m tempted, but not keen, to do.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2009 at 4:56 PM
No one should laugh at slapstick humor.
People actually get hurt slipping on things, and theres nothing funny about having a bucket of paint dropped on your head.
People who make or act in those type of “humor pieces” don’t see the cruelty and bad message that those types of things send to our children, and should be fired.
The people who laugh at that type of humor are sick and something should finally be done about them.
I’m mad as hell…and I’m not going to take it anymore.
Itchee Dryback on June 16, 2009 at 4:57 PM
All things being equal, is this really as bad as the president illegally firing an Inspector General for exposing his allegedly corrupt friend?
All things being equal, is this really as bad as the president issuing miranda rights to terrorists despite Amendment XI of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting it rather explicitly?
All things being equal, is this really as bad as (Insert any one of a million things Obama has done since being inaugurated)……..
What’s worse? A party staffer sending an offensive email or the POTUS breaking laws at seemingly breakneck speed while burning the Constitution?
Uh, how about a little perspective here?
Barrack on June 16, 2009 at 4:57 PM
It does bear a certain similarity to someone telling everyone every five minutes. I LOVE JESUS!
MB4 on June 16, 2009 at 4:57 PM
There is no way the state GOP will risk losing their first combined Senate and House majorities since reconstruction – she will be going…
ladyingray on June 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Some in public do. But most of us are rational thinking adults and allow that a person is held accountable for their own words and not the words of an associate. Now the reaction of her boss will reflect on the boss. The woman should be fired immediately.
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM
You can’t win this one – not here anyway. Believe me, I’ve tried.
YYZ on June 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Nah. We’ve got to do some CYA because we’re terrified of being called a racist. Even though the term is practically meaningless these days. We want the left to think that we’re the good, sensible conservatives. Code words, you know?
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM
I go on the assumption that people have free will and are able to make their own choices at the ballot box, and that when a very significant majority of blacks and a majority of hispanics vote for the Democrats, there are reasons they have for it they think are good ones.
starfleet_dude on June 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Good link to bookmark.
Loxodonta on June 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM
It was a joke. And you want her to lose her job over it. That is a pretty hefty price to pay for such a little offense. Let’s concentrate on getting some bigger fish fired for their racism that affects all of us a little more directly than a lowly staffer of freakin’ state senator. How about a KKK member in the Senate or maybe our racist messiah BHO. Wanna start smaller, how about DL Hughley on CNN who can’t go 5 minutes without referencing ‘whitey’. We could go on for days listing the degenerate racists on the Left and in the Democrat party who should lose their jobs for much greater offenses than sending an emal.
Sporty1946 on June 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Regardless, I should add, if it was meant as racist or even if in fact it is racist…it gives some folks the perception of racism…right or wrong, doesn’t really matter here…
ladyingray on June 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM
OK fine. You’re a racist because she’s a republican.
See, I knew your claim to be a conservative was hogwash.
csdeven on June 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM
I don’t care what they think…and I’m sure they’re not surprised.
We have to fight BHO on issues and his character, his operations, policies, decisions (or lack thereof).
We’re moving beyond race as a nation. It may not look like it in this administration, but its happening. Just like the military had to do in Iraq, Americans have to adapt to fighting in politics under new circumstances.
So leave race out of it, and hit Obama where it matters most…Barack Obama the MAN.
bluelightbrigade on June 16, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Please non-sequiter more. Your logic is even more laughable than your namesake’s.
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 5:01 PM
So because minorities hate Republicans, Republicans are racist?
Does anybody still think there is hope that Democrats will ever use their head for anything but a bong rest?
TMK on June 16, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Hah. No, really! Come back here and argue with me heathen!
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Me too. I don’t get offended, I just have contempt for ignorance and stupidity with all things, racism [and religion] included.
LevStrauss on June 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Yes, I do actually.
You think she doesn’t know?
Really? Well, let me put it this way. When I was in junior high, we had a very cheaply made yearbook that was all black and white made from an old copier. The darkest black people at my school had only their eyes and their clothes showing.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I dunno maybe I’m just a contrarian here but it’s kind of funny. Not in the sense that the picture is funny, it’s sort of dumb frankly, what is the joke you cant see black people in the dark other than their eyes? Not sure how that’s racist really other than it’s an obvious exaggeration. Is there some context i’m unaware of?
Dash on June 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
zactly! Apparently any reference to Obama’s blackitude by someone other than a fellow traveler is to be taken as racist and to evince the proper amount of outrage. “Oh it has brought back all those feelings of oppression I had I CAN FEEL THE CHAINS BITE INTO MY SKIN.. THE FIREHOSES! ! AH! AMISTAD AMISTAD! !!”
gimme a freakin break already
max1 on June 16, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Logic confounds you. It’s all right.
Simplified: What reflects poorly on a representative of a political party reflects poorly on the rest in the party.
Is that easy enough for you?
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM
I saw this comedian on Comedy Central a couple of months ago who did a bit on fighting a black guy at night, with almost the same punchline. It was a funny bit, and now I’m wondering if I’m a complete hypocrite for laughing at the comedian but thinking the email was racist.
I think the context you’re missing is the other 43 presidents who have normal portraits. The clear implication being that something is wrong with only the 44th, and that “something” is his skin color. That’s why the email was racist.
RightOFLeft on June 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Of course!
Hat Rack
Keffiyah Storage
Saudi King Arse Massager
Paper Weight
The list goes on and on!
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM
For those here who can’t see the racism in the cartoon.
I’m old enough to remember old black and white cartoons
that I saw as a kid. These went back to the early 30′s or maybe even the 20′s
Blacks were constantly portrayed as lazy,stupid and slovenly.
The joke being talked about here actually goes back at least to those cartoons and was a vehicle used regularly by the movie makers. It was racist then because of the way it was used and is racist now, at the least, because of it’s history.
oldernwiser on June 16, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Not to mention, whatever one seems to gloss over, is Tennessee politics…in this case, they do matter.
ladyingray on June 16, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Car garage?
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Great news.
blatantblue on June 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Way to make me feel stupid. :(
TMK on June 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Right on Pilgrim!
I would like for her to be fired. For those of us who live in the South, we fight being labeled like this “starfleet” person conservativepilgrim responded to. One person does something racist, and we all get slapped with the label. And right now Obama and Gang are doing their darndest to make sure we Southerners are tarred and feathered every chance they get. So I want her fired because this is not the way we roll down here, and it was a beyond offensive. This cannot be tolerated no matter which party it occurs in.
freeus on June 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I’m horribly offended by your inclusion of religion in this discussion! Horribly! Offended!
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Those on either side who accepted Letterman’s “apology” (either one), should be able to accept this one as well. And do so with a clear conscience. Neither of them actually apologized for their so-called joke.
My question is not whether conservatives will be consistent on this – it’s whether the left will. The Palin thing was just a joke, we were told. Get over it, already. You’re making fools of yourselves by defending that bimbo.
In that case, they should have no problem joking about the president in the most superficial way possible. If not, why not?
Personally, I object to both jokes on the grounds that they’re just not funny. Tasteless, sure – funny, not so much.
landshark on June 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM
…Blacks would still believe that conservatives and Republicans are all racists and refuse to vote for them.
2Brave2Bscared on June 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I’ll ask again – when I was a child there is an old joke passed around the english children to the effect that black men can only be seen half the time when they are using a zebra crossing/crosswalk. “Now you see him. Now you don’t.” Is the joke still racist if you change the butt of the joke out with a white man and say the same thing?
dieudonne on June 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM
fixed it myself…sheesh
ladyingray on June 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Yeah, that was in poor taste. Did anyone fire Ted Rall or any other of the cartoonist for their racist cartoons? Did any one can that idiot Aaron something or the other when he also made racist comments about Condaleeza Rice? If not, don’t expect me to get too upset about this.
Blake on June 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM
This is totally untrue. This nation is being dragged into tribalism, even without The Precedent. That has been evident in voting patterns for a long time. That’s what happens when we import tribalists into the country like they’re going out of style.
That said, making jokes about someone’s race/ethnicity/looks/etc. is fine and always should be. Making policy based on those factors is not. Sherri makes a joke. The Precedent makes policy – and highly destructive policy at that.
It is the immediate reaction of many to claim how awful this little joke is that makes it a problem. If people stood up and said that it’s just a joke, and it’s a perfectly acceptable joke, then people wouldn’t even try to make hay of it.
The apology is what causes the problem. It’s just a joke and a pretty tame one, by any standards. I mean, think about it.
This is not “hitting him”. It’s just a joke. Maybe Sherri should have put the picture on a dollar bill, instead. How would any hyper-sensitives be able to complain about that? I’m sure they’d find a way.
progressoverpeace on June 16, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Update from The Tennesseean:
GOP aide rebuked for racist e-mail
Sen. Black tells CNN she won’t fire staffer
To me, this is not at all an acceptable response. It’s been over an hour since this story first broke. I hope the State and National GOP rebuke the State Senator and make it clear that she is not getting any campaign support from them.
Please do what is needed to weed the racists from our midst.
Loxodonta on June 16, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Haha…”offended” maybe, surprised never.
Besides with all the talk they do about chosen people, only my people will be saved, infidels, etc. I figured it was a good fit.
LevStrauss on June 16, 2009 at 5:11 PM
I think she’ll be going…she’ll probably resign. The state Senator will get some heat from Ron Ramsey, Lt. Gov. He’s running for Govenor next year. The others running for the GOP aren’t elected officials…he won’t want this to be brought up against him.
ladyingray on June 16, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Is it just about the vote then? Or does doing the right not count anymore?
oldernwiser on June 16, 2009 at 5:12 PM
What a missed opportunity.
If that had been a teleprompter instead of two eyes on a black background…it would have been the funniest poster of presidents evah!!!
BillaryMcBush on June 16, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Your ego’s outside. It wanted to tell you it couldn’t fit through the doorway.
…of an airplane hangar.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2009 at 5:12 PM
ROFLMAO!!
progressoverpeace on June 16, 2009 at 5:13 PM
It’s already been done:
GOP mailing depicts Obama on food stamp
starfleet_dude on June 16, 2009 at 5:13 PM
So you believe he meant to make the joke about Willow, even though it was her sister who got pregnant out of wedlock? Does that even make sense as a joke to anyone?
Personally, I find the joke abhorrent either way. I just don’t get those who really thought he meant Willow. I mean if I were to make a joke about Biden’s kid doing coke, I wouldn’t pick the one without a record.
And I’m just explaining what the joke is. Either you get it, or you don’t. If you really think it’s just about him being “in the dark”, then please explain why he’s the only one “in the dark.”
I figured as much, but I came to this one late. I was at a music festival until last night and missed all of it.
So the majority is always right?
Cultists initially choose to join as well. Did they believe they had their best interest at heart then? What about the slaves who willingly joined the Confederacy during the war?
It’s called pandering, Dude, and the Democrats are skilled at doing so, specifically to minority populations. Perception is not always reality. You generally make much better arguments than this.
Esthier on June 16, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Keep dreaming, neocon. Today’s liberal, multi-ethnic America is more tribal and obsessed with race than it has ever been. And we’re not even to the worst of it yet.
2Brave2Bscared on June 16, 2009 at 5:14 PM
If that’s the bar I assume you’ll be leaving the planet soon to get away from all the horrible racists?
Truth is everybody has a racist twinge or two. Some people just allow it make them a jerk, or in some cases, hurt others with it.
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Heh. Agreed.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Okay, by now the senator in question has received more emails from people she doesn’t know demanding her to fire someone who works in her office. Said employee, still clueless, is in tears and is probably packing up her desk at this moment. Can you stop beating each other up with the rage-o-meter now?
Cindy Munford on June 16, 2009 at 5:16 PM
and just to point out the obvious and perpetually unaknowledged — Mr. Obama is just as white as he is black!
max1 on June 16, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Man speaks truth.
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 16, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Joe Lieberman in blackface (as seen at the noted Lefist manure pile firedoglake in 2006) could not be reached for comment.
Del Dolemonte on June 16, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Agreed. I get non-PC jokes/forwards all the time, but on a home computer and I certainly know who and who not to pass them on to. When you are in such a position that you represent something bigger than yourself, then conduct yourself accordingly. If you can’t do it, face the consequences. And don’t be naive thinking that, among the MSM press, we are not held to a higher standard, being Republicans or Conservatives. We are. It’s like being in the Army. We can’t go on a run for a PT test in the local park without being reminded that we represent the Army and any poor behavior (on a run??) will be dealt with accordingly. Same rule applies here, IMO.
XWing5 on June 16, 2009 at 5:17 PM
It’s what democracy assumes is true most of the time, no?
I hear this a lot, but I don’t think it’s very effective with minorities to tell them that they’re dumb enough to be taken in by such pandering.
starfleet_dude on June 16, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Yes. Just shocking! Civilization will fall.
Oh, wait! Because of race, and race only, we have a total moron in the White House who might actually bring civilization to its knees. I’d be surprised if the idiot even broke 500 on the math section of this SATs (“profit and earnings ratios”).
But, shhhh. Let’s all pretend that he’s Precedent because he was qualified in some way. All that moronic stuff that he says every day … just ignore it. Affirmative action selectees must always be treated as if they had earned their positions. That’s the law, right?
progressoverpeace on June 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Screw it it’s no worse than making jokes about raping willow palin.
F*ck em.
BillaryMcBush on June 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Thank you Cindy for reminding people about both reality and humanity.
Of course if they don’t fire her I’m sure that the internet will arrange something special for her.
dieudonne on June 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Someone do it. I am all photoshopped out on Barack the idiot and his hopenchange bs.
BillaryMcBush on June 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Maybe that’s why I have to shout from the wilderness.
LevStrauss on June 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM
… and we’d not be hearing about it at all. I don’t condone this, but it’s hardly worth the party self-flagellating over it.
Midas on June 16, 2009 at 5:21 PM
If you really believe that it’s only race that’s the reason for Obama winning the election, you’re very mistaken.
starfleet_dude on June 16, 2009 at 5:21 PM
I was responding to Morrissey’s assertian that “if its staffers would quit sending out e-mails like this” and “if the staffers in question would quit offering excuses like this” then “our credibility with black voters” wouldn’t be so bad. Poppycock.
To the left, and this includes practically all of black America, conservatives and Republicans are and will continue to be racist no matter what they do, short of repenting and joining the ranks of the left. When are you guys going to figure this out?
2Brave2Bscared on June 16, 2009 at 5:21 PM
It already has.
starfleet_dude on June 16, 2009 at 5:22 PM
I’m sorry – I was never under the impression that the flagellation was about this isolated incident.
dieudonne on June 16, 2009 at 5:22 PM
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