Republicans "spooked" by Obama. Get it? Spooked?
Russ DePass, a South Carolina GOP activist who found himself in hot water after a basically calling Michelle Obama a gorilla, is probably thanking his lucky stars today for Sherri Goforth. Goforth, a legislative aide for Republican state senator Diane Black in Tennessee, has taken a wide lead in the party's exciting racial insensitivity sweepstakes.
She did it by sending out an e-mail with images of all the presidents of the United States, with Barack Obama depicted below in the bottom right hand corner only as a pair of bright white eyes on a black background. Sort of like a ghost. But between just us, probably more like a spook. And for those not steeped in quaint Southern terminology for blacks, "spook" was once (an apparently still is) a popular slur.
Her boss, who reprimanded her, is emphasizing that she had nothing to do with it. The senator says she has always been a friend to "people with black skin."
And Goforth? At first she explained that she sent it "to the wrong list of people." Which begged the question, what was the "right list" of people? So she tried again and issued this statement:
"I want to offer my deepest apology regarding the offensive nature of the email forwarded to several of my colleagues."
And to think it's only Tuesday. I wonder what the GOP has in store for the rest of the week?
Keep digging your own hole Republicans, keep digging. I wonder party will replace them soon?
Posted by: bcs2k | June 18, 2009 at 08:35 PM
Mike Hunt, I feel that is is necessary to further clarify my statement since it's obvious that you are a little lacking educationally. When a person is referred to as an African it
is a reference to the continent, not the country that person was born in. Examples-Asian, European, Australian...all
continents, not countries.
Posted by: Lee M | June 18, 2009 at 07:55 AM
Mike Hunt, since you are a racist it's very unlikely that you'd deem the everyday behavior of you and your peers anything but ordinary. FYI when someone is referred to as an American, it could mean that he/she could have has roots in Canada or even Brazil since both are in the Americas. Therefore your point is moot .
Your racist comment about his mother being White and his father a deadbeat Kenyan is very typical. Is Kenyan a race? If you spent a little less time spewing hate and a little more time educating yourself, perhaps you'd also learn what a dictator is.
The only thing that supersedes your bigotry is your ignorance.
Posted by: Lee M | June 18, 2009 at 07:37 AM
It's only a racist statement/photo if you make it out to be.
Could be worse it could have had the same eyeball picture in a noose.
Besides, what makes the Dictator in Chief Black, the color of his skin?
Do we all forget that his Mother was WHITE and his father was a Dead Beat Kenyan.
Their is no such thing as African American, Africa is not a Country, it's a Continent which would make him half Kenyan and American.
But if he were an American Citizen which is still questionable he'd be an American.
Posted by: Mike Hunt | June 18, 2009 at 04:58 AM
Post-Racial America...yeah right.
Posted by: Kay | June 17, 2009 at 01:08 PM
Likening George W. Bush to a chimpanzee (not a monkey) was offensive only in a personal sense - specifically tied to George W. Bush. Likening Barack Obama or his wife to a gorilla or to a spook is offensive in a general, racial sense because their own behavior is not what is generating the comparison - their race is. White people have not been demeaned as apes or spooks or whatever for centuries the way black people have. Calling Michelle Obama a gorilla was not to say that her personal conduct inspired the comparison - it's to say that she, like all black people, is an ape. If you don't understand the difference between calling all black people apes and specifically making fun of one particular white person as a chimp, then you simply do not get it.
Posted by: Thomas Beck | June 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM
I don't really think all Republicans are like the two mentioned in this article. It would, however, be more reassuring if the ones who aren't would come out of hiding.
Posted by: David Dial | June 17, 2009 at 08:07 AM
Did Sherri really think that she would get away with this?? Oh I get it now, she was not thinking at all!
Posted by: DHWalker | June 17, 2009 at 06:03 AM
He just got elected president less than 200 days ago.
Why ain't he smilin???
Posted by: P.D. C | June 16, 2009 at 10:13 PM
If the GOP is puzzled as to why more African-Americans do not join their party, this should explain it.
Posted by: James | June 16, 2009 at 08:25 PM
So where were you when George W. was likened to that of a monkey?
Oh I see... it didn't matter then. Why? Because he was white? ...
*eye roll*
Posted by: Jon | June 16, 2009 at 08:18 PM
Where's Newt and Rush on this one?
Posted by: Lloyd Farrin | June 16, 2009 at 07:37 PM
You can expect comments, emails,instances such as these for the next 4 years for sure. Every "in the closes" rascist will eventually show their true colors. Their anger is so intense that it will not allow them to continue to mask it.
Posted by: shirley a harris | June 16, 2009 at 04:28 PM