State GOP staffer sends racist image of Obama.
State GOP staffer sends racist image of Obama.
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.”
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Racism emanates from the Republican party.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:22 pm…
and the hate just keeps
on coming.
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June 15th, 2009 at 5:23 pmNow she feels bad and she keeps her job? Which GOP is she doing?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:24 pm. . . and just who is on that “wrong list,” Ms. Goforth?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:24 pmNo apologies for the outright racism, just that it went out to non-racists! Classy! Yep, big tent party for sure.
…and WHY does she get to keep her job?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:24 pmNow, in a second instance of Republicans playing the race card against Obama’s family,
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Did tp document all of the cases where obama himself played the race card during the campaign?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:24 pmAmerican Patriot. Would youlike to comment on this instance?You know the one which is the topic. Do you feel it is appropriate? A simple yes/no will do.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:27 pmthanks-
Stay classy, Republicans… Play to the 20%
June 15th, 2009 at 5:27 pm“Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It’s divisive, negative, shameful and wrong.”
June 15th, 2009 at 5:28 pmYes, hilarious. A total riot.
I wish there was a button for “sarcasm” when posting comments.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:28 pm“I don’t lose sleep over it because the realities are that . . . as a black man . . . Barack can get shot going to the gas station,” Michelle Obama said in the interview, set to air Sunday night.
Race card.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:29 pmDid tp document all of the cases where obama himself played the race card during the campaign?
Even a boy who’s pure at heart, and says his prayers at night, can vote GOP when election time comes, if the race card’s played just right.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:29 pmIt’s only satire, get over it.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:30 pmI see any discussion with the pretend guy will be pointless. Maybe I should just begin the endless as s kicking. The same little attention seeker never seems to tire of being owned by me…
June 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pmWell, I’m sure glad I’m white because that means I won’t be shot while “going to the gas station.” I forgot about that unwritten rule where only black men can be shot and no one else.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pmA foundation in Racism is just one Republican dark secret.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:32 pmA vote for a Republican is a vote for racism, first and foremost.
Official GOP apology #1:
“I am truly sorry I got caught”.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:32 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhZDzwuenM
Race card.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:32 pma racist e-mail was sent out by a legislative staffer for Tennessee GOP state senator Diane Black
– - The irony deficient GOP strikes again.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:32 pmThe Obama campaign sent their national co-chair Jesse Jackson, Jr. to tear down Hillary Clinton on MSNBC the other night. He took it too far over the top. His comments on Hurricane Katrina seemed to indicate he was saying Hillary Clinton doesn’t care about black people. It’s one thing when Kanye West says that about George Bush, it’s another when it’s Obama’s spokesperson saying it about Hillary Clinton. That is out of bounds.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:33 pmA comment from the link”
OM says:
June 15, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I feel equally bad about cheating on my wife with a cute goat and mistakenly bragging about it to her sister instead of to my buddies. I’m very sick about it.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:34 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Says the coward.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:34 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
“I don’t lose sleep over it because the realities are that . . . as a black man . . . Barack can get shot going to the gas station,” Michelle Obama said in the interview, set to air Sunday night.
Race card.
Fantasy of a gun-toting nut.
The arrested plotters keep on coming, and you remain ignorant. SC resident owned by a 17-y.o, much?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pmGoforth would only say she felt very bad about accidentally sending it to the wrong list.
Me? I’d like to see the names on the “right list”. Not sorry she sent it, not saying it’s blatantly racist, just sorry it didn’t get to her intended recipients.
KKKNice.
PEACE
June 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
Well, I’m sure glad I’m white because that means I won’t be shot while “going to the gas station.” I forgot about that unwritten rule where only black men can be shot and no one else
Tis is a ’straw man’ rule AP. In other words it doesn’t exist. no one falls for straw men any more AP.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pmSo American Patriot:
June 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pmCan you atleast explain to me what makes you a patriot? It will give you a nice little break from whining for attention. Come on don’t be that same pussy with so many other screen names…
How hard is it to tell the difference between your senate.tn.us email address and your kkk.org email address?
Mind. Boggled.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pmWhite male card — Sucks to be you if I offended you.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pmIgnore it, Flag it, move on
June 15th, 2009 at 5:37 pm—
Just give me a minute or two to first humiliate it’s little “hey pay attention to me” as s some more. It loves that..
I thought this was the “GOP are race card against the Obamas” thread? There’s a troll here who’s missing out on another lively and heated discussion about Obama’s birth certificate at Little Green Footballs.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:37 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Ignore it, Flag it, move on.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
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Done and done. I have nothing to say to American Puppykiller.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:37 pmShorter troll:
“Obama played the race card when he neglected to bleach his skin”.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:38 pmnotdbadass Says:
My patriotism is not the topic.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:38 pmheated discussion about Obama’s birth certificate at Little Green Footballs.
Do you have the link?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:39 pmOh dear, Archie’s back. From The Liberty to American Patriot, it sure does think a lot of itself.
Gotta run, but y’all have fun!
PEACE
June 15th, 2009 at 5:40 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
notdbadass Says:
My patriotism is not the topic.
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can’t make a topic
out something you don’t have.
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June 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Ignore it, Flag it, move on.
Ignore what? All I see are magic quotes from McCain’s campaign advisor Rick Davis, Ian from Hot Air, and Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pm…
out = out of
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June 15th, 2009 at 5:42 pmThe troll just reminded us that his patriotism is not the topic immediately after trying to change “the topic” by charging use of the race card by Obama.
Irony alert!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:42 pmHeavy is the head that wears Archie’s crown. I think I willplay with this little pos pussy poser a bit longer. Pretend patriot come on make your case or be label a fraud.As you know I will fu ck with you allnightand you will leave the loser. Do we really also have to go through the same dance when we both know what the end result will be?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:43 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
heated discussion about Obama’s birth certificate at Little Green Footballs.
Do you have the link?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:39
pm
Here ya go. Have fun over there – we’ll miss you!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:43 pmhttp://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31773_Hawaii_State_Verifies_Obama_Birth_Certificate
mary lacewing Says
Sock alert!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:43 pmTime for the Republican party to take it’s rightful place next to the Communist party and the Nazi party as absurdities of the past.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:44 pmNow the silly troll wants to talk about socks!
Geez, can anyone bring him back on track? He’s veering off into the ditch!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:44 pmthe birth certificate things is beyong idiotic ala Gore/internet and Clinton Staffers/Treashed WH. Nobody but idiots believe any of that debunked shit. Besides how is that on topic? Shit let’s talk about your pretend patriotic acts…
June 15th, 2009 at 5:45 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
mary lacewing Says
Sock alert!
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you need new material
twajie.
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 5:46 pmApe-Man Says:
Time for the Republican party to take it’s rightful place next to the Communist party and the Nazi party as absurdities of the past.
It’s true.
They’ve become the party of no, the party of torture, the party of racism, the party of don’t-trust-the-government, the party of violence and the party of willful ignorance.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pmSOCK BAILOUT!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pmmary lacewing Says:
Now the silly troll wants to talk about socks!
Geez, can anyone bring him back on track? He’s veering off into the ditch!
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old troll.
new name.
same racism.
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June 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pmYou could send your comments to:
sherri.goforth@capitol.tn.gov
June 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pmdbadass, I admire your perseverance. I will leave this one to you to dismember.
Be careful, though, he’s adopted the defense tactic of covering himself with his own feces to discourage predators from approaching.
Unfortunately, he doesn’t realize he undercuts that defense when he flings the leftover feces against the wall here and gets us accustomed to the offensive odor.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pmmary lacewing Says:
They’ve become the party of no, the party of torture, the party of racism, the party of don’t-trust-the-government, the party of violence and the party of willful ignorance.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
___________
You mean they weren’t all of these things already?
June 15th, 2009 at 5:48 pmthat pretend columbian dicktard is so simple it almost takes the fun out of goofing on their stupid pretend ass
June 15th, 2009 at 5:48 pmdbadass Says:
I see any discussion with the pretend guy will be pointless. Maybe I should just begin the endless as s kicking. The same little attention seeker never seems to tire of being owned by me…
I think it helps him get up in the morning with a purpose. Living in mommy’s basement with no hopes of employment must suck for him.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:50 pmalmost.
Still, you’ve got to enjoy the way he just sits there and lets you say the most vile and abusive shit, because he’s a pussy.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:50 pmHi ralph. I have some take out to pick up in about an hour but I do wish to pursue this new line of therapy I have been experimenting with. A more aggressive program of in your face treatment may offer some unique benefits to those few for whom more traditional approaches have been less successful
June 15th, 2009 at 5:51 pmI’m guessing it’s a South American “patriot”. “Banana Republic” views seem to have a wider audience down there.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:54 pmAh, the Republic Fascist Party just can’t separate themselves from racism, it’s what they are, racists, bigots, war mongers, liars, spreaders of hate, closeted, treasonous, knuckle-dragging neanderturds.
Fcuk the Republic Fascist Party
June 15th, 2009 at 5:54 pmI’m European, pretty sure that I’m not racists and I laughed when I saw that picture.
Seriously; it’s as tasteless as a joke about a fat person or similar.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:55 pmIt’s at least possible to think it’s funny without being racist.
chiroptera toasterhead Says:
mary lacewing Says:
They’ve become the party of no, the party of torture, the party of racism, the party of don’t-trust-the-government, the party of violence and the party of willful ignorance.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
___________
You mean they weren’t all of these things already?
They seem to be more open about it now.
In fact, they seem to be proud about being that way.
THAT’s why ‘proud’ calls himself that! Now I get it.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:56 pmThat’s soo wrong…..
His eyes are too far apart /snark off
Seriously this ahem woman needs to be fired.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:57 pmIt continues to be a part of being Republican. Imagine, she is not feeling bad about how racist she is, only that she sent it to the wrong people. These people have no shame. None. Racism permeates this right wing. And weekly, it comes out in one form or another. This party deserves to be what they are. A second rate, disintegrating, shallow collection of wannabes.
And they don’t see just how far behind the American mind they are. They spout the same old talk and the same old ideas and still they think they are viable. The old south is still the old south. And they represent the old GOP. A match made for one another.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:58 pmSven, with all due respect, where do you live? Do you live in Europe?
Because if you lived in the U.S. these days you may not see the humor in it. The racism has been oozing through the cracks in the GOP facade and it doesn’t smell very good.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:59 pmWhite racism, bad to the very last drop…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:02 pmpete, they are gaining popularity up here. Trolls and their pet sock puppets are trying to gain stature by hurling their fecal matter in a massive whirlwind.
They just miss that they live in a sock. Don’t touch the outside, its gross.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:04 pmI was watching a little bit of an episode of ‘No Reservations’, a silly cooking show, and for some absurd reason he had Ted Nugent on the show. Maybe Ted was going to cook some road kill or something.
Anyway, the host asked Ted what he thought about Obama winning the election. Ted snorted and said something about how it was now a “target-rich environment”.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:04 pmAmerican Patriot, you are neither American or a Patriot.
Unamerican Traitor
June 15th, 2009 at 6:04 pmSo “Sven” is “pretty sure” he’s not racist.
Yanno, I think most racists are “pretty sure” they’re not racists. either.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:04 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
June 15th, 2009 at 6:06 pmWell, I’m sure glad I’m white because that means I won’t be shot while “going to the gas station.” I forgot about that unwritten rule where only black men can be shot and no one else.
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un-American Patriot, your children will than announce and suffer the consequences for that unwritten rule by having to tell the world that, “you should be dead?” And your kids will be thrown out of the country and listed as “terrorist” because you contracted the von Brunn virus.
Sorry about all that folks. Pest control was not my first choice of occupation… Please return to your thoughtful adult discussion…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:06 pmPeople like Goforth (ironic name if there ever was) are a dying breed and they know it and it just kills them…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:09 pmranus69 Says:
American Patriot Says:
Well, I’m sure glad I’m white because that means I won’t be shot while “going to the gas station.” I forgot about that unwritten rule where only black men can be shot and no one else.
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un-American Patriot, your children will than announce and suffer the consequences for that unwritten rule by having to tell the world that, “you should be dead?” And your kids will be thrown out of the country and listed as “terrorist” because you contracted the von Brunn virus.
We really shouldn’t be mad at AP/$0 for what he put there, since all he did was copy-paste-copy-paste-copy-paste his opinions from other sources.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:11 pm…
i’m relieved that “sven”
is not offended. he sounds
like a “real vet”.
:|
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June 15th, 2009 at 6:11 pmjoe cantwell Says:
Who is this twajie that you speak of?
June 15th, 2009 at 6:12 pm/
I can’t see that there are any “right” people to send this to.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:12 pmThere are no “right” people to send it to…only reight-wing people…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:14 pmmy initial (and incredibly short lived) reaction to this was that it didn’t strike me as particularly racist.
but then i thought a bit more and realized if it had something to do with Obama being a democrat and not the color of his skin… then why aren’t other democratic presidents blacked out of the photo as well.
it doesn’t take very long to unpack this photo… and there’s nothing in it that would suggest its about party affiliation and not race.
to only apologize for sending it to the wrong people is disgusting… “i’m sorry you had to see that” is a lame way to excuse something you know you should be ashamed of.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:15 pmGood excuse. The distribution list should have been KKK.wab
June 15th, 2009 at 6:18 pmThere’s a “right” list for this sort of thing? Where? Stormfront?
June 15th, 2009 at 6:18 pmcalavzma Says:
it doesn’t take very long to unpack this photo… and there’s nothing in it that would suggest its about party affiliation and not race.
Well, if I were to pick out one detail about party affiliation…
The pictures of both Bush 41 and 43 take up a lot of comparable area. Heck, GWB has two spots all to himself! Photo hog!
June 15th, 2009 at 6:18 pmElBruce Says:
Projection!
June 15th, 2009 at 6:21 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
It’s only satire, get over it.
From Wikipedia:
Making fun of someone’s skin color is not “satire,” you bigoted pig.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:21 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
ElBruce Says:
Projection!
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Priapism !
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June 15th, 2009 at 6:23 pmWHY hasn’t this racist twit been publicly fired yet????
June 15th, 2009 at 6:23 pmOh Geez,
June 15th, 2009 at 6:23 pmSeems it is time to get back to work…
Let’s go posers get your lame asses over here…
Reggie Says:
joe cantwell Says:
Who is this twajie that you speak of?
/
link.
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 6:24 pmThe picture doesn’t make fun of skin color. Is it ok for progessives to call people “bible quacks, crackers, honkeys, old white guys” among many other hateful one liners?
June 15th, 2009 at 6:26 pmHi Reggie:
June 15th, 2009 at 6:26 pmThat’s an easy one. The entity that Joe Catwell references is a longtime negative attention seeking mental patient that has skanky girlfriends, listens to shitass music, pretends to be a gangsta, and overall is just a tiresome load of crap. Does that help?
dbadass Says:
Hi Reggie:
That’s an easy one. The entity that Joe Catwell references is a longtime negative attention seeking mental patient that has skanky girlfriends, listens to shitass music, pretends to be a gangsta, and overall is just a tiresome load of crap. Does that help?
June 15th, 2009 a
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see below:
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American Patriot Says:
The picture doesn’t make fun of skin color. Is it ok for progessives to call people “bible quacks, crackers, honkeys, old white guys” among many other hateful one liners?
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June 15th, 2009 at 6:28 pmI like the one where she does that dumbass hand on head hand on hip thing. Charming….
June 15th, 2009 at 6:28 pmIs it ok for me to call you a doosh bag attention seeking piece of shit made up nobody that is too much of a pussy to do anything about it but piss and moan?
June 15th, 2009 at 6:29 pmRepublican = racist, and these stories, which are exposed lately on a daily basis, simply prove it. The appalling part is that they have the audacity to call others racist (Sotomayor) when it is the REpubs & right-wingers who perpetuate the hatred of racism every day. They’re sick.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:31 pmI’ve met non-racist Republicans and racist Democrats, dasm.
Not many.
But I have.
(Not biting joe’s style, I swear.)
June 15th, 2009 at 6:32 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
It’s only satire, get over it.
From Wikipedia:
Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although, in practice, it is also found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:34 pm=======
And Obama is your Commander-in-Chief, get over it.
Does she have methmouth going or is it just a bad dental plan?
June 15th, 2009 at 6:35 pmAP. Is it ok for progessives to call people…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:35 pmNone of it is OK AP. Just put some scale and perspective on it, and you’ll see how the Republicans are slime.
joe cantwell
June 15th, 2009 at 6:37 pmI regret the typo as related to your respectful name. It was unintentioned.
dbadass Says:
joe cantwell Says:
Thank you
June 15th, 2009 at 6:39 pmIs it ok for progessives to call people “bible quacks, crackers, honkeys, old white guys” among many other hateful one liners?
It’s a choice to be a bible quack so that one is ok. Crackers and honkeys are words I haven’t seen here at TP until YOU mentioned them. Old White Guys is just the plain truth.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:39 pmHere is her office contact information. This Goforth is listed as the staff contact.
Phone: (615) 741-1999
Fax: (615) 253-0207
I feel like I’m always calling some congressional/senate office and another organizations to express concern about some stupid thing that’s been said or correcting some lie that’s been told. I’m always polite, but I make my point. I know it seems like this is futile, but I’m thinking that if they get 500 such calls in a couple of days, maybe they’ll get the point (wishful thinking?) and keep their mouths shut. I’m getting to the point where my idea of heaven would be a week where no republican/conservative/winger made a public statement that was stupid, outrageous, inaccurate, or bigoted. Ah, to dream…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:40 pmIt’s only satire, get over it.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:40 pmSo I assume you laughed at Letterman’s Palin joke. Since you’re clearly a sharp guy with a mind for Teh Polit’kul Satire, I’ll leave you with:
“When Ronald Reagan got Alzheimer’s, how could they tell?”
-George Carlin
dbadass Says:
joe cantwell
I regret the typo as related to your respectful name. It was unintentioned.
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no worries.
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June 15th, 2009 at 6:42 pmRarely am I speechless, but the composite picture + a party official sending the picture to anyone + only apologizing that she sent it to the wrong people = beyond comprehension.
Remind me again: The party that values life, that supports family values, that believes in the Golden Rule. This is what they stand for???
Nail, meet coffin.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:42 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
June 15th, 2009 at 6:46 pmThe picture doesn’t make fun of skin color. Is it ok for progessives to call people “bible quacks, crackers, honkeys, old white guys” among many other hateful one liners?
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Your cognitive thinking skills should be examined.
Goforth, if she were being honest, “I’m not sorry for being a racist, just for having been exposed as a racist.”
June 15th, 2009 at 6:46 pmSo she’s only sorry that it got out — she’s not sorry that she sent it, she’s not sorry that it was her idea to send such a racist joke to her clique of racist friends.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:47 pmAmerican Patriot – is neither.
Flag the fool.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:48 pmcoward
June 15th, 2009 at 6:50 pmcoward
June 15th, 2009 at 6:55 pm—
Well atleast you seem able to admist it.So how long will I have to continue to pwn your silliness? Just get out of here or grow up and come in with reasoned disagreement.No one here does not welcome grown up discussion, The problem is that you just want t o jerk around like a little child… Why not start over in a more grown up way?
So did you put a ring on her finger or put her ass to the curb? Just wondering…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:56 pmDoes anyone else remember WhiteHouse.org? They had a (joke) Bernard Kerik quote ()that sums up Goforth’s attitude and that of the GOP in general:
June 15th, 2009 at 6:56 pm“I know as Republicans we believe in moral values and s___t like that. So, I’m real sorry I got caught.”
Sock puppet says:
The picture doesn’t make fun of skin color.
Oh Please! Get over yourself! It DOES make fun of skin color. How stupid of you to believe otherwise.
By the way, archie/habib, I see you getting your ass kicked and handed to you, here, on a daily basis. You must enjoy it. You keep coming back for more and more.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:57 pmcancervative:
June 15th, 2009 at 6:58 pmnot sorry for insulting the president of the united states (remember, just last year you were a “traitor” if you DARED to question 43) nor for being racist pieces of sheeyat. they’re “sorry” that the picture was sent to the wrong list. and they wonder why they are becoming a regional party at best
Horribly racist, I can’t believe that she uses sending to the wrong people as an excuse. She never should have sent it to anybody.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:01 pmThis picture is not racist. Period.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:05 pm…this coming from the same party that’s trying to brand sotomayor a “racist”? sotomayor has a lot to learn from these clowns to even come close to qualifying for that misnomer.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:06 pmBozo The Neoclown Says:
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…this coming from the same party that’s trying to brand sotomayor a “racist”?
She did that herself. obama said as much.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
This picture is not racist. Period.
what is it then?
what is the parody about?
why is only obama blacked out?
what other conclusion is there to draw?
June 15th, 2009 at 7:10 pmwhat other conclusion is there to draw?
Maybe the printer ran out of ink?
June 15th, 2009 at 7:12 pmThe picture is racist. Period.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
Maybe the printer ran out of ink?
Stick to your day job.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
what other conclusion is there to draw?
Maybe the printer ran out of ink?
Well then wouldn’t it be a white image?
clearly the image was not printed on black paper
and
clearly you are a fool
June 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pmSock puppet Says:
She did that herself. obama said as much.
No proof! Shocker!
June 15th, 2009 at 7:16 pmShe did that herself. obama said as much.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:16 pmAnd we’re back in the wonderful land of combining idiotic talking points with things you just made up. Pappas v. Giuliani, troll.
Maybe the printer ran out of ink?
And she drew in two eyes, and called it Obama?
Clearly racist.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:25 pmI can’t believe it has to be pointed out: referring to race, acknowledging the fact of race, pointing to one’s own experience of race as being different from that of others of different races – these are *not* “playing the race card.”
So, no, Obama’s referring to his experience as a black man informing him differently than others’ experiences as white men informing theirs is not “playing the race card.” This kind of false equivalency stems directly from the (mistaken) belief among white men of privilege that their own experience defines “normal” and is thus of no consideration at all.
More importantly, making overtly racist jokes, creating overtly racist images, using overtly racist language – these are not “playing the race card” either. They are simply demonstrating one’s own ugly racism.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:28 pmIt’s one of those degradations of language most fanatics seek to accomplish. And thanks to a bought-and-paid for media, the right has gotten away with a lot.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:29 pm“Playing the race card”–is bad. ad bad bad bad bad. Because they say it is. On teevee. A lot.
The phenomenon remains undefined. If there us a reprehensible phenomenon on which to hang the tag, it would be bringing America’s (awful) racial history into a discussion that doesn’t warrant it—like, say, the space program. Tying the sorry state of space exploration or the fact that we have a space program at all would be playing the race card.
But by not defining it, You can use it whenever it’s convenient. Mentioning race at all can be ‘playing the race card,” Just as talking about poverty can be called ‘class warfare. It’s as content free a term as ‘homestyle’ or ‘gourmet’ or ‘postmodern’.
A case could be made for arguing about whether this or that is ‘playing the race card.’ But we’renot allowed to take a seat at the mass media table even to ask for a definition, let alone argue its applicability. Republicans say it is, and that, it seems, is that. Cue disparaging talk of ‘angry bloggers.’ And probably ‘class warfare.’
Trolls will say anything–but it’s made possible by by degraded rhetoric that continues to flourish because nobody ever pipes up in those protected studios to question it.
Over and above the fact that I disagree with the politics, I am so sick the endless torrent of privileged stupid talk by sheltered rich people who wouldn’t know precise or responsible speech if it bit them on the neck.
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
Conservatism = Terrorism
Conservatism = Racism
Both are facts.
Dr. Hussein Matt = Liar
It’s a fact.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:29 pmvery well said jeffco
June 15th, 2009 at 7:30 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
what other conclusion is there to draw?
Maybe the printer ran out of ink?
Nice try, but it was an e-mail. E-mails don’t use printer ink (unless you try to print them out.) It seems to be that racists have a really hard time understanding why the things they do are racist.
Tell me something, AP. In your mind, is Barack Obama a president who happens to be a black man, or is Barack Obama a black man who happens to be president? Which is closer to the way you think of him?
June 15th, 2009 at 7:37 pmIJeffCO Says:
You nailed it. To the Reichwhiners simply being a member of a minority is “playing the race card”.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:39 pmCP Says:
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
Conservatism = Terrorism
Conservatism = Racism
Both are facts.
Dr. Hussein Matt = Liar
It’s a fact.
****
POSTED BY CP AT 2:41 PM 0 COMMENTS
:)
you need some hits.
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 7:52 pmbarfly Says:
Maybe the printer ran out of ink?
And she drew in two eyes, and called it Obama?
Clearly racist.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
____________
Of course, it could be implying that the current President is one of the ghosts from Pac-Man after getting chomped. In which case it’d be just surreal 80s nostalgia.
But somehow I don’t think that was the point of the picture.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:54 pmIn other words, she’s not sorry for being a racist, only for accidentally coming out of the closet.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:54 pmA lot of comments here. Is there any link to the actual email or statements? Would be easier to support any discussion, I find it hard to believe everyone is so worked up based on the article.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:54 pmusncpo Says:
A lot of comments here. Is there any link to the actual email or statements? Would be easier to support any discussion, I find it hard to believe everyone is so worked up based on the article.
… why is that?
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June 15th, 2009 at 7:56 pmLighten up libs, obama is black. Its funny to us white folk. Only harmless jokes.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:56 pmWay Down South in Dixie. First we heard about the gorilla reference in South Carolina quickly characterised as a little local humor by the republican politician who said it and now a GOP Tennessee staffer up to racial hi jinks gets caught due to her own stupidity. Why are voters in these places attracted to people who repulse most reasonable people outside of their region?
June 15th, 2009 at 7:57 pmSo Sherri….
You feel badly about sending it to the wrong list of people?
Would you care to explain who is on list of the RIGHT people to send it to?
Which individuals or groups would find this image acceptable/funny/anything but disgusting?
This is the type of garbage that is shrinking your party to the size where it could be drowned in a birdbath.
Ms. Goforth, I suggest you go forth – and never come back.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:57 pmJimmy Big Bucks Says:
Lighten up libs, obama is black. Its funny to us white folk. Only harmless jokes.
you see?
jbb finds “it hard to believe” too.
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 7:58 pmJimmy Big Bucks Says:
Lighten up libs, obama is black. Its funny to us white folk. Only harmless jokes.
you see?
jbb finds “it hard to believe” too.
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 7:58 pmCan’t I leave you lame asses alone for even a few minutes?
June 15th, 2009 at 8:03 pmTo American (Taliban) Patriot (and your ilk):
If being white is so oppressive these days, what with gorillas in the WHITE House (I know, lighten up, it was a joke), you should put your huntin’ rifle in the car, drive to the U.S. Holocaust Museum on 14th and D St SE in D.C. and express your views to the security guards — I’m sure they’d love to welcome your comments.
And by the way, explain to the slain African-American officer’s 11 year old son why an 88 year old abomination of a human being killed his father for doing his job and holding the door open for him.
…lastly, look at your middle finger and do that!
June 15th, 2009 at 8:04 pmSo Jimmy shall I smack you senseless again?
June 15th, 2009 at 8:04 pmCP are you down with OPP?
June 15th, 2009 at 8:05 pmJimmy Big Bucks Says:
Lighten up libs, obama is black. Its funny to us white folk. Only harmless jokes.
Damn. Guess I’m not white.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:13 pmJust watch they will all run away now…
June 15th, 2009 at 8:14 pmJimmy Nukes Alot will lead the run away charge.What a pussy…
June 15th, 2009 at 8:17 pmI see absolutely nothing funny about it.
More racist, stupid shit from the teabaggers.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:33 pmHas this person actually looked at President Obama? His skin is light brown, not dark black.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
ElBruce Says:
Projection!
Nay, perspicacity!
Let’s be very clear here – you’re the one defending a racial slur here. Not me. Not anybody else. You.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:40 pma racist e-mail was sent out by a legislative staffer for Tennessee GOP state senator Diane Black.
Has anyone asked the senator her opinion, on the propriety of an aide sending such obviously racist imagery to the senator’s constituents?
Inquiring minds, and all that.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:41 pmRepublicans can be as racist as they wish, but this will never change the fact that a black man achieved something they and I will never achieve as white folks.
I would argue that the Republican phenotype more closely resembles that of a gorilla.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:51 pmjimmy, you must not have heard.
you guys are supposed to claim that “the picture doesn’t make fun of skin color”.
Maybe you guys should get on the same page, hm?
June 15th, 2009 at 8:57 pmThe party is getting old. This is a joke my father or grandparents would think of as funny – before any of the civil rights movements. The party is getting desperate to rely on the “denigrating” (quite the explanatory word, isn’t it!) humor. To me, it’s disgusting and showing a tremendous lack of respect to the man and to the office.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:01 pmActually, e-mailing Sen. Black on the issue of racial intolerance is probably a lost cause:
Senator Diane Black
June 15th, 2009 at 9:02 pmR-Gallatin
District 18 — Robertson and part of Sumner Counties — Mapdistrict address
819 Plantation Boulevard
Twajie’s latest sockpuppet gives both America and patriots a bad name.
Way to go, Twajikistan.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:02 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
Ever tire of being dead wrong?
June 15th, 2009 at 9:03 pmThis is just a furtherance of what the extremist right-wing is attempting to do in such an over-the-counter way that it surprises and frightens me that they’re already so successful.
They’re deliberately acting to remove the shame and public scorn of racism.
Sure, we’re United States citizens and have the right to free speech – but we never had the right to be hateful, violent & extreme in our speech and not expect others to scorn and ridicule us for doing so.
That’s what Limbaugh has been doing since the late 80’s. That’s what Pat Buchanan has been doing for as long as I can remember. That’s what Shawn Hannity does every day. The examples are numerous.
Now, it’s already been over half an hour – the staffer hasn’t been fired, and of course hasn’t proffered even a false attempt at a sincere apology.
a. She knew the joke being made was racist
b. She beleves it’s ok to be racist and make racist jokes
c. She has a circle of friends/acquaintances with whom making racist jokes is cool.
d. She regrets ONLY that political opponents will be able to use this mistake.
And as long as she isn’t fired, that is showing the extremists out there that b. and c. are an OK way to be, and there’s a home for them in politics – aligned with her and her ilk.
That’s what this is about. Making it ok to be racist again in America.
And it’s working.
Otherwise – I’ve yet to understand why people continuously feed the AP troll. Based upon his “printer ran out of ink” comment, it’s obvious he’s deliberately provoking responses and it’s the reactions that give him joy. So, why fall for it so readily?
June 15th, 2009 at 9:04 pmdbadass Says:
The only thing you smack senseless is your pud.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:06 pmTaygee Says:
sock alert
June 15th, 2009 at 9:06 pmThis woman should lose her job. Period.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:07 pm*
Dang, Twajie has been beaten and battered so badly by dbadass that he’s reduced to simple non sequitur posts, more often than simply lazily declaring “sock alert”.
dbadass, maybe it’s time you eased up on the poor schmuck. The refs are gonna have to stop the fight. I mean, it’s obvious that Twajie has suffered brain damage.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:12 pmhttp://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/15/the-left-cries-racist-in-a-crowded-country/?feat=home_headlines
June 15th, 2009 at 9:13 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
mary lacewing Says
Sock alert!
June 15th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
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American Patriot Says:
Taygee Says:
sock alert
June 15th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
***
you are repeating yourself.
boring.
:|
June 15th, 2009 at 9:15 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/15/the-left-cries-racist-in-a-crowded-country/?feat=home_headlines
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got this.
friends of yours?
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June 15th, 2009 at 9:17 pmMaking it ok to be racist again in America.
If you need hard evidence just ask al sharpton or jesse jackson.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:18 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
Making it ok to be racist again in America.
If you need hard evidence just ask al sharpton or jesse jackson.
***
why don’t you?
:|
June 15th, 2009 at 9:20 pmAccording to the American Taliban when President Obama referred to his black heritage…this meant he was playing the race card. Idiots! No wonder only 20% of the voting public likes you at the moment. The rest of us hate ya.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:20 pmprogresives=10% or less
June 15th, 2009 at 9:22 pmI see Twajie has offered us a link to the Moonie Times.
Ya know, whenever I’m posting on RedState or Freepers I like to buttress my argument with an authoritative link to DemocracyNow or Mother Jones. The Freepers really respond well to it, as you can imagine.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:23 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
progresives=10% or less
June 15th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
***
feel better?
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 9:24 pmNeck drooling knuckle draggers = THE WHOLE ENTIRE GOP
June 15th, 2009 at 9:24 pmI created the following pic today with American Patriot in mind:
http://www.pizap.com/gallery_display_page.php?imagename=pizap.com0.123192511033266781245109337231.jpg
Spread it around!
June 15th, 2009 at 9:26 pmKayInMaine Says:
Neck drooling knuckle draggers = THE WHOLE ENTIRE GOP
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am. pat.
agrees!
:)
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 9:26 pmAnd he proves it too, Joe Cantwell! LOL
June 15th, 2009 at 9:27 pmKayInMaine Says:
I created the following pic today with American Patriot in mind:
http://www.pizap.com/gallery_display_page.php?imagename=pizap.com0.123192511033266781245109337231.jpg
Spread it around!
…
“Spread it around!”
well if you say so :)
:0
:p
June 15th, 2009 at 9:28 pmProgressives = 80% of the voting public
REGRESSIVES = THE WHOLE ENTIRE GOP!
June 15th, 2009 at 9:28 pmTimes they are a-changing. Stating fact is not playing the race card. Frankly, when Obama was proving to be the first black candidate able to make a successful run at the presidency, it shook up a lot of closet (and open…) racists. To me, it was huge seeing the progress towards equality of opportunity. Now that we have broken through the wall, we will hopefully see more progress towards equality. And for all the racists out there, what makes a people less worthy of opportunity?
June 15th, 2009 at 9:32 pmThis is SOOOOO GOP.
They don’t regret the racism, they regret getting caught.
They don’t object to torture, they object to the pictures showing it.
Basically, they don’t seem to have any ethics beyond “Don’t get caught!”
June 15th, 2009 at 9:34 pmInteresting….Sarah Palin always yells in a crowd of neck drooling right wingers, “That black man raped me!”, just so she can see the man ripped to shreds!
June 15th, 2009 at 9:35 pm>>>
am. pat.,
why don’t you
make a funny pic
like kay?
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June 15th, 2009 at 9:35 pmRemember when the REWNs said Clinton was the first black president?
June 15th, 2009 at 9:35 pmjoeyramonesmom Says:
Here is her office contact information. This Goforth is listed as the staff contact.
Phone: (615) 741-1999
Fax: (615) 253-0207
I feel like I’m always calling some congressional/senate office and another organizations to express concern about some stupid thing that’s been said or correcting some lie that’s been told. I’m always polite, but I make my point. I know it seems like this is futile, but I’m thinking that if they get 500 such calls in a couple of days, maybe they’ll get the point (wishful thinking?) and keep their mouths shut. I’m getting to the point where my idea of heaven would be a week where no republican/conservative/winger made a public statement that was stupid, outrageous, inaccurate, or bigoted. Ah, to dream…
joeyramonesmom, in case you’re still around I just wanted to relay something I heard on a Christian radio station I heard (I was on a long car trip and was surfing the channels).
They had on a Christian political activist who was trying to rouse the troops to action who said that for every letter politicians received it carried the weight of 5,000 people. He said that they had turned legislation on as little as five letters in the course of the letter-writing campaigns they’d acted upon.
Just so you know. So thank you for making the effort.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:36 pmThe image also employs another age old racist stereotype.
The mythical bug-eyed black man when frightened.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:51 pmIs “American Patriot” earning a little extra pocket money at Cafe Press?
June 15th, 2009 at 9:52 pm…
h/t c&l
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 9:56 pm“Sven, with all due respect, where do you live? Do you live in Europe?
Because if you lived in the U.S. these days you may not see the humor in it. The racism has been oozing through the cracks in the GOP facade and it doesn’t smell very good.”
Yes, I live in Europe, but that’s not really that relevant.
If I can see a joke in it that works without racism then it’s not beyond doubt racist. It could be just a joke.
A mere staffer has sent and probably created the picture. That’s not really politically relevant unless you inflate it.
I’ve seen fun stuff that circulates among friends in large enterprises and in other informal networks.
It was certainly not representative and not relevant that I once saw a very disgusting video (actually, a quite brutal sports accident) in a Daimler-internal mailing network, right?
Or is Daimler disgusting because of that video?
I actually saw about 10% disgusting stuff in that mailing list. So what does this tell us about Daimler?
Nothing.
Fun stuff circulates, there are mailing lists for fun stuff, and these mailing lists are clubs – not meant for the public. The mailed fun stuff is often disgusting, but that doesn’t tell anything about the companies that these people are working for.
You think that it’s obvious that the GOP is racist. Stick to the obvious if it’s so obvious. This picture wasn’t noteworthy at all and it was only loosely linked to the GOP.
Think Progress has a habit of using the worst imaginable interpretation on anything coming from the GOP and conservatives and a strongly favourable interpretation on anything associated with the Dems (except Lieberman).
This extreme contra-conservative bias damages the credibility and leads to overreactions – just like far right partisans distort reality, overreact on much and little no credibility.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:05 pmWhen 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 think it’s clear she was only doing what the senator told her to do.
She probably didn’t even check to see what the e-mail contained before sending it out. That’s why she wasn’t embarrassed by it’s contents when asked. It was the senator’s e-mail, and she was only doing what her employer ordered her to do.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:05 pmhttp://www.motifake.com/demotivational-poster/0811/obama-combo-breaker-demotivational-poster-1226268544.jpg
June 15th, 2009 at 10:06 pmWhere did American Patriot go? Don’t tell me the girls made him cry again and he’s busy curling up in a corner yelling for his mommy now? *rolling eyes*
June 15th, 2009 at 10:08 pm…
sven,
contra con,
neo con,
it’s all con.
:\
:P
what part of finland are we
talking about, helsinki perhaps?
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 10:09 pmIt was certainly not representative and not relevant that I once saw a very disgusting video (actually, a quite brutal sports accident) in a Daimler-internal mailing network, right?
Or is Daimler disgusting because of that video?
I actually saw about 10% disgusting stuff in that mailing list. So what does this tell us about Daimler?
Nothing.
Did it have anything to do with race?
Your point?
June 15th, 2009 at 10:10 pmSven Ortmann Says:
http://www.motifake.com/demotivational-poster/0811/obama-combo-breaker-demotivational-poster-1226268544.jpg
***
brigham young?
?
June 15th, 2009 at 10:13 pmI think Sven is the nicest concern troll we’ve ever had here.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:18 pm…
sven,
i believe you are trying to make a point
but your poor command of english is
making it very difficult for you to do so.
…
why don’t you do it in your native tongue?
then we could translate into english ourselves.
…
if we feel like it.
good luck!
:)
June 15th, 2009 at 10:18 pmFun stuff circulates, there are mailing lists for fun stuff, and these mailing lists are clubs – not meant for the public. The mailed fun stuff is often disgusting, but that doesn’t tell anything about the companies that these people are working for.
See my post, #192.
It was likely the senator’s mailing, since she’s made no effort to distance herself from it, since it’s been revealed. That makes your whole Diamler assertion irrelevant.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:18 pmHow would Republicans react if there were a similar picture of all the chairmen of the Republican National Committee?
June 15th, 2009 at 10:37 pmArt Says:
How would Republicans react if there were a similar picture of all the chairmen of the Republican National Committee?
…
that’s a question that
only god can answer.
:|
June 15th, 2009 at 10:53 pmonly one of three *visible* situations (you know there are a ton more under the radar…)
http://blahgblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/republican-racist-trifecta/
June 15th, 2009 at 11:16 pmAmerican Patriot Says:
It’s only satire, get over it.
You’re an idiot. Get over it.
June 15th, 2009 at 11:17 pmArt Says:
How would Republicans react if there were a similar picture of all the chairmen of the Republican National Committee?
Or Secretaries of State?
June 15th, 2009 at 11:28 pmThere’s ome thing wrong with the pic. They forgot the teeth!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:13 amI am a native South Carolinian & Republican. I do not like Obama nor did I vote for him, BUT this behavior is an outrageous embarrassment to me. What are these people thinking?? Apparently, they’re not!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:13 amAnd Ms Goforth is only sorry she sent it to the wrong people; she’s just sorry she got caught. Is Senator Black going to do something about this??
Here in FL, one of our city managers was invited to retire for sending an inappropriate porno email on the county’s work computer. Were these emails sent on work time and official computers??? Do I hear ‘bye-bye’?
And yet these people will call Judge Sotomayer racist.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:16 amGee, you liberals sure have soft skin….you whine about everything.
I ask you, are you so perfect that you have never told a racial joke or emailed some “racially sensitive” material ?
Grow up and be men. Not girly men, but real men.
If you believe in evolution, we came from the ape. In fact, some black people have ape like resemblences, just like some white people. Can you see a black person in the dark ?
These things you find offensive are normal everyday occurances. I find your support of gay men and women, legalization of drugs, the kennedys, obama, and al the rest of liberal causes offensive.
And by the way sotomayer is a racist….just like all of you.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:28 amAmerican Patriot Says:
There’s ome thing wrong with the pic. They forgot the teeth!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:13 am
What a small person you are. You show your true person and inadequacies.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:32 amYou can’t have “conservative” without the letters: r. a. c. i. s. t.
Fact.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:32 amAmerican Patriot Says:
There’s ome thing wrong with the pic. They forgot the teeth!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:13 am
…
where are those new conservative
comedians coming from?
:)
:0
:p
June 16th, 2009 at 12:36 amGee, here I thought being a bigot meant you were intolerent of others who you disagree with, and we can tell how tolerent the some of the liberal posters are here.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:39 amTo take the actions of a few and use that to paint the whole group, yeah that is tolerence alreight. I will be the first to admit there are those who call themselves conservatives who tarnish the name, just as there are liberals who make the rest of the left cringe when ever they open their mouthes. The only difference is a true conservative does not judge a person except by their actions, where as it seems to a few here, if one republican does something then we are all guilty.
Art Says:
How would Republicans react if there were a similar picture of all the chairmen of the Republican National Committee?
June 15th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Hmmm, good point. Maybe one of our resident trolls can answer that question for us?
June 16th, 2009 at 12:40 amOkay wait a minute, American Patriot is on here decrying the hypocrisy of Obama and the democratic party ? Convinently forgeting his conservative faith based GOP brought us such great family role models as Mark Foley, Larry Craig and Randy Cunningham. Gotta love how the GOP fights for good christian values against the evil homosexuals and greed. Oh and who can forget the way the conservative GOP fights for the right to live by … err… murdering. Well at least all those new born babies will now be born into a safe caring environment that will protect their well being … wait no insurance ? Well your on your own kid cuz if you get sick I’m not paying for no commie pinko health care to save you. Your right to live shouldn’t get in the way of my right to buy more guns to shoot security gaurds and support our god Rush’s eating and drug addiction!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:40 am213.cncbard Says: Gee, here I thought being a bigot meant you were intolerent of others who you disagree with, and we can tell how tolerent the some of the liberal posters are here.
Being tolerant doesn’t equate to agreeing with your asinine definition of ‘tolerant.’
“F_ck off” (buy a vowel, then a clue.)
June 16th, 2009 at 12:43 amOops, sorry, the ‘recommend’ for jaqueaSSbauer was my mistake.
Goodnight, I’m tired of flagging sockpuppets.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:44 amAnd so the attacks begin, Hanshiro go look it up in a dictionary before you type
June 16th, 2009 at 12:46 amPersonally I get the joke. Maybe you guys should get a sense of humor.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:47 amThanks for exposing yourself as frothing at the mouth, spittle-flecked racist, JAQUEBAUER.
I mean, we could tell by your “If you believe in evolution, we came from the ape,” so you really didn’t have to over-play your hand with “Can you see a black person in the dark?”
I’m certain we couldn’t pick you out of a monster truck rally of pasty white, red-necked crackers, but is that any reason for us to be rude to you? Certainly not!
As for “believing” in evolution, belief has nothing to do with it. Evolution is supported by a vast amount of evidence, which is 100% more evidence than supports your god theory. Maybe a compromise?
Let’s say that if Adam’s rib looked like a giant doughy Michelin man, with mall hair, and a smoke hanging out of the corner of it’s mouth — then you are proof of evolution. I think that’s eminently fair, don’t you?
Welcome to TP!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:49 amSomebody needs to hit the computer key to send her
June 16th, 2009 at 12:54 ama very impersonal email saying, “you’re terminated!”
Better yet, we need Donald Trumps: “YOU’RE FIRED!”
218.cncbard Says: And so the attacks begin
Pointing out the obvious does not constitute an ‘attack,’ yet your mentality explains why you don’t understand the word, ‘tolerant;’ small men like you have to sit on their dictionaries just to reach the keyboard.
Climb down and crack it open…but do that with your mind first…however small the target.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:54 am“Welcome to TP!”
Always the gracious hostess, Zooey. ;) Goodnight!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:56 amArt Says:
How would Republicans react if there were a similar picture of all the chairmen of the Republican National Committee?
June 15th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Honestly? Id think it was just as hilarious. If someone would make one – Ill buy it. Why? Because you should be able to laugh at yourself from time to time. Quit trying to get involved in everyone elses life and worry about your own.. Well… come to think of it… you are just doing what your leader obama does so… hmmm..
June 16th, 2009 at 1:03 amWithout getting in the lady’s head there is no real way to know why she sent this, but it is fair to draw a few conclusions by her actions.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:04 amShe is obviously and idiot with bad taste, and most likely racist. She should be fired, and if the person she works for is not smart enough to realize that then they should be voted out of office.
I will not defend twits just because they call themselves conservatives. Belonging to one party or another does not protect people from using bad judgement. And before I get attacked, ( well okay I know I will no matter what ), but the bad judgement was sending the email period. There is no “right” or “wrong” people to send something like this to from a government office. If she wants to show her ignorance and stupidity on her own time then she should do so.
H show me where what I typed above does nto mesh with the following definitions:
big?ot?ry??/?b?g?tri/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [big-uh-tree] Show IPA
–noun, plural -ries. 1. stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one’s own.
2. the actions, beliefs, prejudices, etc., of a bigot.
tol?er?ant??/?t?l?r?nt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [tol-er-uhnt] Show IPA
–adjective 1. inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.
tol?er?ance??/?t?l?r?ns/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [tol-er-uhns] Show IPA
June 16th, 2009 at 1:09 am–noun 1. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from bigotry.
2. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one’s own.
Zooey Says:
I’m certain we couldn’t pick you out of a monster truck rally of pasty white, red-necked crackers, but is that any reason for us to be rude to you? Certainly not!
Forgive me for my ignorance if I may… But… is this not racism? Just wondering – may be faulty interpretation on my part.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:10 amWell Constitution, you know how all pasty white crackers look alike. Can you pick one out of a crowd?
June 16th, 2009 at 1:15 amZooey
June 16th, 2009 at 1:20 amyou last post pretty much proves his point there. Change the ” pasty white” to any other skin shade and pick a stereotypical word to match that shade and put it in the place of “crackers” and you would have an example of racism against which ever group your choose. Unless you are one of those who believes you can only be “racist” against certain groups and not others….
Zooey Says:
Well Constitution, you know how all pasty white crackers look alike. Can you pick one out of a crowd?
Define pasty white cracker? Like a Ritz?
June 16th, 2009 at 1:21 amH,
June 16th, 2009 at 1:26 amyet more insults and personal attacks, where as I have been civil and to point. Got any other slurrs to sling my way. Oh yeah in a debate when one side denegrates itself to the point of personal attacks it is a sign they can not argue the points.
in a debate when one side denegrates itself to the point of personal attacks it is a sign they can not argue the points.
+ 1
June 16th, 2009 at 1:32 amI find it SO interesting that neither of you objected to a single thing “JAQUEBAUER” wrote in her comment, which was over the top in it’s racism, but you quickly jump on my comment about “pasty white crackers.”
That says a lot about both of you, but I’m sure you will fail to notice.
You f ucking tools.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:32 amBTW, you couldn’t pick ME out of a crowd of pasty white crackers — although you wouldn’t find me at a monster truck rally — but since I’m a liberal, I think of myself as a pasty white rice cake.
I’ll leave you to your “thoughts.”
Toodles.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:34 amJAQUEBAUER Says:
If you believe in evolution, we came from the ape. In fact, some black people have ape like resemblences, just like some white people. Can you see a black person in the dark ?
Should I be offended by this..? To be perfectly honest with you, I have no idea what the hell this lady is talking about.
Racism is ugly. Ignorance is much much uglier.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:38 amplease read my first post, then come back and think about it. Did I defend her? No, so not objecting to what a twits posts when others were already objecting to it makes me a tool?
As I said racism is racism no matter what group you target. She was called hers by others when I sent the reply to your post no one had called you on it ( also your first use of teh cracker remark was directed at JAQ, so was not only was it racist but intended as an insult to a person ). But Been awhile since i posted i forgot that civilty is almost nonexistent and insults are spread far and wide. Does not mean, though, I will call you names back.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:41 amWell Constitution,
June 16th, 2009 at 1:51 amSeems we are the only ones left in here. Maybe it was the reasonable discourse and civilty that made them leave. I mean when they were dealing with the trolls had al kinds of responses.
I read every comment before posting, and if I had done as Zooey suggested and objected to every single post of people being idiotic I never would have had time to post anything original and constructive on this thread
Zooey Says:
I’m a liberal
Its one thing to call others names, but its a-whole-nother story to degrade yourself. Dont be so hard on yourself – your not a liberal zooey, nobody deserves that kind of mark.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:51 amConstitution Says:
Zooey Says:
I’m a liberal
Its one thing to call others names, but its a-whole-nother story to degrade yourself. Dont be so hard on yourself – your not a liberal zooey, nobody deserves that kind of mark.
**
s/b “you’re not a liberal…”
keep trying.
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June 16th, 2009 at 2:02 amConstitution Says:
Racism is ugly. Ignorance is much much uglier.
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very ugly.
:)
keep trying.
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June 16th, 2009 at 2:04 amJoe,
June 16th, 2009 at 2:10 amGuess you are picking apart the grammar usage. I know I made a few mistakes in typing and spelling, so will I feel the wrath of your corrections, or are you willing to actually have a discussion? oh and feel free to nitpick on the liberal postings too ( or is it just those you disagree with who get “corrected” )
well 10 mins and no replies, so guess I will head out and get a few things done before bed. There was atleast one more person in here besides Joe and I, unless he recommended his own posts. Anyone who wants to launch personal attacks now can feel free to do so and know i will not be there to read them, or to reply ( not that attacks warrent much in ways of replies ). If on the off chance I miss someone willing to discuss things like reasonable adults, I hope to see you on some other thread…..
June 16th, 2009 at 2:25 amWhat was she thinking? It was the mindset of the people that she associates with. Obviously she thought she would be an instant hit–as it is quite the popular thing to do among her fellow office and political workers. She wasn’t operating in a vacuum of her OWN mindset. The mindset is rampant in her circle of contacts. To her, and them , this IS widely accepted.
Have you ever visited any of the right wing news sites. It is amazing how demented and distorted the commenters views of reality are. BUT THEY DON’T NOTICE IT! They are so delusional, it IS reality to them. Acording to their mindset–EVERYONE(that THEY know) thinks that way! EVERYONE believes:
1.Barack Obama is NOT an American Citizen. The press,the Democrats, and the courts are “HIDING” the truth from us. NO-ONE has EVER seen his real birth certificate.
2Everyone(except for a few) has had it up to HERE with Obama and are either set to have a revolution or deman impeachment.
3. Sadam Heusein DID have weapons of mass destruction. Just ask Dick Cheney. HE WOULD KNOW. They even READ it(on a right-wing news site or on).
They are so removed from reality, and of course they can never see beyond their delusions, because ALL they expose themselves to is the idiotic right wingnut media like FOX,Hannity,Rush,O’Rieley,etc, and those in a cirlce of friends that think as they do. Some of these are even supposidly “educated” people. They’re not all trailer trash and uneducated hicks-although MOST ARE. GOD help us all. Is it any wonder that a few years back, immediately after the London bombings, it was uncovered that some of the terrorists are “educated” professionals. That they were not ALL the POOR uneducated religious zealots that live in a vacuum. Even some mainstream otherwise intelligent individuals choose to live in a vacuum.
It is not beyond comprehension that some may even believe that if they were to asassinate Barack Obama, MOST OF THE NATION WOULD CALL THEM A HERO! SCAREY!
June 16th, 2009 at 3:10 amI know someone who can watch Fox News for hours on end. FOX, shows graphic violence, cops beating people, bikini contests, people getting shot, I saw a teen girl getting tazered in the EYE. But that person watches 5 second of TV edited Kill Bill and exclaims “oh, this is just awful, you should know better than to watch this trash”.(it was the bride with a bloody face). Fox News’ viewers truly live in a a delusion. I feel Really bad for them, they are like insane people that don’t know their insane.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:39 amThe problem with racists is that they are always busy calling GOD and IDIOT for creating BLACK people.But they ought to know that GOD is not STUPID and GOD is not a FOOL.Whatever problem they have with God’s creative decision is left to them. God himself will sort them out.
Now, about Sherri Goforth, we ALL know that she is not as intelligent, and honorable as OBAMA is. One on one, on whatever scale, she is no match.So, she is like a failure who blamed who blamed her inability to secure a college admission on a late school bus.
And the people on her list are birds of same feathers. They will always flock together.
If they think GOD is a fool for creating BLACK people, then we leave them to God.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:27 amThis is America, we should be so lucky as to have racism confined to the looney fringe of the far-right-wing of the GOP. This is America, despite the heroic assertions of millions of well-intentioned people, you don’t get over centuries of slave/master relationships in decades. As bad as it was for the slave, owning human beings — especially in places where that distinction is made by race, which historically was rarely the case — damages the master class in ways that distort thinking for generations. Some people find that ugly little cartoon funny because of feelings that they can not explain. The feel that a Black man being President of the United States ain’t right; they can’t believe that it happened; they think if must be an accident or the sign of a world gone mad, because they are not ready for the world where racism is a disease even if all of us are a little infected with it in one way or another. Much of the Obama-Derangement-Syndrome is simply a twisted expression of feelings too honestly expressed in that cartoon. They know it ain’t right; they can’t say why. Welcome to America, where history didn’t end yesterday.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:45 amJAQUEBAUER
My GOD you are a stupid racist moron. How stupid do you have to be to not even understand evolution, which NEVER said we came from apes. Look just because you are far too stupid to understand something doesnt mean that it doesnt make sense to those of us with actual critical thinking skills. Better go back to something that wont tax your subhuman moron excuse for a brain, like trying to count your fingers and toes or maybe someday graduating to tying your shoes.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:54 amThere’s been way too much moronic knee-jerk lack-a-thinkin’ going on here. I don’t feel the need to elaborate further on the primary “topic”. Racism is Racism, and neither party has any monopoly on Racism. Let’s move on to spending a bit of our precious energy actually looking square face-to-face at Obama, and what has been the TRUE impact of his first 150 days as our 44th President.
On the URL below, one of Obama’s endorsers from the 2008 campaign, is forced to draw some worrisome conclusions, NOT based on RACE, but based on actual policies and actions undertaken and pursued by Mr. Obama, and his administration.
On: http://www.thrfeed.com/bill-maher-obama-obsessed-with-being-on-tv.html the noted liberal-leaning independent pundit, Bill Maher comes right out and says, “This is NOT what I voted for.” Watch this video for yourself and get worried for it is starting to appear that as far as our Middle-East policy (Hey everyone, Remember the Illicit War in Iraq, that Bush LIED US INTO? Remember how Obama promised us that JOB ONE was to get us OUT??? What the HELL happened to THAT promise??) ALL talk of withdrawal has faded into the background. IS THIS WHAT YOU VOTED FOR?
Remember Health Care reform??? Remember Obama’s OH SO SINCERE promises to fix this URGENT, LOOMING crisis affecting a HUGE percentage of the American population??? I don’t know about the rest of you SO-CALLED progressives, but this one makes me DAMNED ANGRY….JUST WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED TO OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO REVAMP OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM??? See what one of his key media supporters, who voted for him last November, now has to say. . . .and try to maintain sufficient self-honesty to answer this question: IS THIS WHAT I VOTED FOR?????
Watch and weep for your family, your neighborhood, your nation, because when it comes to the CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, that was sworn to us if we elected Obama, we’re being NICKLED AND DIMED, and that ain’t no joke, racist or otherwise!
Wake Up from your BONG-STUPOR, Let your damned bong cool off, give your stoned-out lungs a break, and spend your time and energy WISELY, on something IMPORTANT to us all. Obama badly needs to be reminded of why we all voted for him – he appears to have become a bit distracted from what JOB ONE is for the occupant of the Oval Office. He needs badly to be redirected back on track to actually DELIVER what he promised us in his campaign for President.
Stop calling each other childish names, and let’s get down to work – it’s been FIVE MONTHS already, and the corrupt, greedy Health Insurance companies are STILL RUNNING THE SHOW!!
We need to make our thoughts and wishes known, so Barack Obama can deliver the specific CHANGE we voted FOR.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:29 amHey Folks,
June 16th, 2009 at 6:30 amIt was a stupid joke. The person is a dingbat. She showed very poor taste and you guys sure can whine about the smallest thing. It sure is disapointing how bitter everyone is getting in both parties.
Anyway, I have heard a lot of “dumb polack jokes” and they laugh at them the same as the rest of us. Too bad you guys don’t have their sense of humor.
TGW does the staggeringly stupid wingnut two step. WWWWWAAAHHHHHH stop complaining about wingnut racism WWWWWAAAHHHHHHH just let our side BE racist and stop pointing out how offensive racism is WWWWWAAAAHHHHHH. Shove it up your tarhole TG. We LIKE to point out racist BS if you dont like it GOOD. I hope it makes you snivel some more.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:45 amMs. Goforth acted in an unforgiveable way, and if justice prevails, she will inevitably lose her position and income. Anyone else doing something similar should suffer the same fate.
Now, can we, (Obama voters) focus our energies on carrying on the job we started when we decided to get behind Obama’s candidacy and vote him into office? It has become painfully apparent that he may need a lot of “reminding”, to get back on the job of delivering the “change” he promised to us all.
The time is NOW, the midnight hour is fast-approaching, and anyone who flakes out at this point, will lose all rights to comment one way or the other. HELP OBAMA MAKE THE CHANGES!
June 16th, 2009 at 6:53 amAlright, is everyone not have a sense of humor? this is a hillarious picture. It would have been a better shot if he at least smiled!!
June 16th, 2009 at 7:12 amRacist American Says:
Alright, is everyone not have a sense of humor? this is a hillarious picture. It would have been a better shot if he at least smiled!!
You’re a bitter, angry person, who likes racist humor. Do a lot of other “geniuses” usually spend time in the sewer?
June 16th, 2009 at 8:18 amThis is “American punkriot’s” toothbrush~~
Hey, tootsie, YOU are a total zero and CLEARLY rcist.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:20 amYou’d be eaten alive by where we, the REAL American Veterans have been.
Have mommy change your diaper.
Heee heeee, hawww haawww!! Oh, that there is sure some right funny humor.
Funny thing is, I didn’t find it funny, because of the overt racist implications. Oh, but it is not “racist” argue all the apologizers on here.
O.k.
I had 11 of my black co-workers have a look at it. Surely some of them would find the humor…. oh, wait… …no… none of them thought it was a funny (and I just showed them the picture, nothing more, and no words from me but “Have a look at this” followed by “tell me what you think”).
Not that I needed the validation, but thought I’d do so to share the results.
Hmmmm… I am willing to bet that not ONE of the apologizers here has dark skin. In and of itself that is telling.
Racist is as racist does.
As to the european poster: while there is racism of different kinds in europe, this is very much a cultural racist jab — it is not some ‘cutesey’ little thing someone just dreampt up — this exact imagery (plus the “teeth” a few visiting racists have asked for) are part of a heavy cultural racist slur. ALL humor (be it good or bad humor) is based on context — and racist humor, such as this, also has cultural context. Know whereof you speak.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:09 amen son videolar
June 16th, 2009 at 9:41 amen son videolar
Its childish…
June 16th, 2009 at 9:45 amranus69 Says: Now she feels bad and she keeps her job? Which GOP is she doing?
What this says … “Racism is bad, but sexism…that is perfectly acceptable.” If she were a man, ranus69 wouldn’t have said “which GOP is he doing?”
June 16th, 2009 at 9:50 amI can’t believe someone revived this ancient dead rascist “joke”. I thought those days were behind us. I’ve been proven wrong alot on that one lately.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:57 amHey Michael Steele….How do ya like your political party now? You’re a joke!!!
June 16th, 2009 at 10:28 amHELP SAVE AMERICA.
KILL THE GOP BEFORE THEY KILL YOU.
June 16th, 2009 at 10:39 amAmerican patriot, you could be shot at a gas station. A bullet does not recognize the color of ones skin.
June 16th, 2009 at 10:50 amIt is people like you that are to damn stupid to understand any issue that does not effect you personally. Next time you are in the ‘real world’ pay attention to the little things and not just the one between your legs.
….
f. lee,
you must not sum up in a way
that will alienate the jury.
otherwise they’ll vote “guilty”
even if they agree with you.
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good luck.
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June 16th, 2009 at 11:19 amcncbard Says:
June 16th, 2009 at 2:25 am
I guess if he/she doesn’t acknowledge his/her own racist double-standards, they don’t exist. How very “adult.”
June 16th, 2009 at 11:21 amSo she’s not sorry she did it, she’s sorry she got caught.
Remember: Smokers suck butts in South Carolina and elsewhere.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:35 amI’m white and a woman and I AM SERIOUSLY DISGUSTED and offended. No one can explain this away. It was a hostile, racist and ugly thing to do. GOP? Oh yeah. We know who you are.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:39 amEvery day, the reasonable mind is shocked to the very limits of imagination by each new low that Repubs “achieve”.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:59 amToday’s GOPsters have degraded their party into being the most vile major party in American history, and deserve nothing but contempt from decent people.
As a Black woman, I am grateful for these comments. Our young people were beginning to think racism was dead, but lo and behold, they can read it for themselves. The young people were saying “it’s not like it was before, things are different now.” Well, now they can see how different things really are – seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. As far as I’m concerned, it’s ignorance, plain and simple and it crosses all political lines. Now it’s the GOP, but believe me, it’s also the Dems. It’s ignorance, it’s a reflection on the poor schools in our country, lack of international exposure by our masses, etc. – ignorance of the world we live in, small town narrow minds. Obama has his work cut out for him to get these lunatics to get the country back on track.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:02 pmHas anyone noticed how the comments stating this is OK are being recommended? What’s up with that? Could those be GOPers acting like GOPers, supporting each other?? Young people, don’t be fooled, the GOP is alive and well and they will be back, mark my word. Why do you think Letterman has to repeatedly apologize to Palin, because they are the movers and shakers and they are behind the GOP and this racist philosophy. They are quietly regrouping in the wings, as they have done in the past, they are priming another Reagan, another trickle down theorist. So they can protect their money, protect big business and continue to rob and pillage America. Watch out, we can talk all we want, but actions speak louder than words.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:19 pmWhat is truly pathetic about this woman is that her stupidity and racism is making George W. Bush look good. That is nearly impossible!!! I didn’t believe it could happen. Trust the GOP to make GWB look like a shining star! BLOWS… MY… MIND!!!!!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:25 pmPresident Obama is the “Jackie Robinson” of United States Presidents. This will continue for another 8 years. Yes, I said eight years !!!!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:39 pmJackie Robinson was great Republican!
Abraham Lincoln was great Republican!
The far left trying to peg republicans as racist based on a few stupid idiots is par for the course. If you do not agree with the liberal left agenda the hate and anger spewed at you is of total intolerance.
If I do not agree with the President on his policies that does not make me a racist because he is black. I would much more likely agree with Michael Steele, Condoleeza Rice, Clarence Thomas, JC Watts, Angela McGlowan.
June 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pmDear JohnnyOnTheSpot16 – no one is saying this person does not agree with President Obama- She IS a racist, pure and simple. Now true, there are Democratic racists also BUT the Republicans are out in front on this one.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:20 pmNot every Rasist should be fired from there job. Just look at Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:38 pmSQUEAKY [clean]
SQUEAKY [clean]
SQUEAKY [clean]
That’s right POTUS is ’squeakey cleank!! Get over it racist, hypocrite trolls, your POTUS is a man of color and you people will live with it, like it or not . .
Unbeknownst to the neocons, we still live in a democracy and Mr. Obama WON both the popular and electoral votes overwhelmingly!!
Go do some charity work and make yourself useful. Go to your nearest VA Hospital and read to a vet who was blinded in your war of choice!!!!
June 16th, 2009 at 2:08 pm…
what’s a
“Rasist”?
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June 16th, 2009 at 2:58 pm______
LizCoro Says:
SQUEAKY [clean]
SQUEAKY [clean]
SQUEAKY [clean]
That’s right POTUS is ’squeakey cleank!!
June 16th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
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Yeah, Biden made that quite clear. ;)
June 16th, 2009 at 3:32 pmI know, some people huh!
I got one for ya that you should find very comical:
So i’m phucking your mom up the a$$, and shes all “Hey where’s my extra money for this?”, and I’m like “There was no mention of extra when you got in the car at the curb …”
nevermind
June 16th, 2009 at 6:10 pmIn Defense of Ms Goforth:
The eMail Ms. Goforth dispatched is indefensible as is her poor excuse of sending it to the wrong list of people. Ms. Goforth used very poor judgment in sending the eMail to anyone or in thinking it was funny or entertaining.
In a sound bite it is easy to paint Ms. Goforth as a racist and a hater of the disadvantaged. Sherri is anything but a racist or a hater. If Sherri were known as the person she is, it would not be hard to understand why she was not fired.
I have known Sherri since 1968, the year she began her career in state government in Tennessee. I was so impressed by her, I employed her as my personal assistant for 13 years while she was not working in State government. I found Sherri to be a loving, loyal, compassionate, and intelligent person. I never saw her demonstrate anything but respect for everyone, regardless of their race. I know she goes out of her way to befriend people; I know she sees people as human beings. I know she has a heart for everyone. Sherri is not a racist; she is not a hater. She is not stupid.
Sherri has been married to the same man for over 40 years. Their family is an example for us all to admire and imitate. She and Steve have two adopted children, biological siblings, who were removed from their unfit biological parents by the State; the children were 9 and 10 at the time of adoption. The Goforths also have a special needs biological child with Downes Syndrome, now in her 30’s. A few years ago Steve quit his job to open a small take-out restaurant for Katie so she could become independent. Katie is the chef. The restaurant has been a big success. As a result Katie has made a name for herself; Sherri and Steve have given Katie a skill that will ensure her independence when they are gone. Katie is quite a remarkable person.
Sherri’s entire life has been one of hard work, endurance, sacrifice, and love. I never heard either Steve or Sherri complain about their circumstances. They focused on the challenge and the blessing. Sherri and Steve are supporters of the Special Olympics; they also work with parents of Downs children to see the blessing they have been given.
This unfortunate incident does not define Sherri Goforth. Sherri deserves another chance. Sherri truly has a heart for the whole world, without exception. We can all learn from this incident. We’ve all had lapses in good judgment. In the end, forgiveness always trumps castigation. We are all in this together.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:11 pmMy favorite comments here are that everyone who votes republican is a “racist.” I wonder if I’ll get “flagged?” A comment like that is the ultimate “race card.”
So there are no black republicans? Or are they simply “Uncle Toms?”
I love these sites where you can be free to comment….as long as your comments agree with everyone else. Got to love liberals. They’re all for free speech, unless it goes against what they think.
BTW – I think the e-mail is inappropriate. Like it or not, Obama is the president. Sending watermelons, creating these types of “jokes” and calling names only reflects the attitudes of some people. Obama deserves respect as the president. But then, so did Bush.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:30 pmI lover Liberals – they are funny people. Most have an IQ of almost average. Racial jokes will always happen. Ever here a white man joke? Ever see a movie called “White Men can’t jump”? Hmm. The left is the most racist of all, they specifically point out white males as the racist while they drink their 40’s at a NAACP (I mean Black Panther) meeting. I just love where ever a non white person is in charge, property values go down, corruption is high, the wife get cheated on, and there is a scandal. Sure it can happen to a white guy, but liberals like that shyt more. For the people? Obama did in 100 days more damage than Bush did in 8 years. We are all screwed and you all can just keep expect your government cheese. The right wing screws up like everyone else, but it isn’t glamorized like when the left does it. I love the post earlier when Republican’s are compared to Communists. Perhaps the retard should look up the definition first. Oh, was I insensitive? Cry me a river you pansy assed liberals with testicles the size of peas. The real world sucks and one day you will have to pay what you owe. We are feeling it now, blame someone else (Bush) if you want to, but he didn’t make California buy imported goods, the gas and oil used in driving them, and what ever electronic devices they have in their home. We all did. For the mentally handicapped out there, I pick on them solely for the lawsuit they filed against the Big 3. Arnold is a sellout traitor to his people. Not to mention, CA being such a left wing state totally screwing Gays out of marriage, yet states like Iowa permitted it. Take a look in the mirror, you are the racist, ignorant, uneducated, morons that is aiding at wrecking the freedom and democracy of this country.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:03 amProgress my a$$. thinkregress.org is more like it.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:05 amLibertarian
I dont much like conservatives they are stupid feckless, worthless punks. They are brainwashed and brainless pieces of garbage. You are a stupid punkass piece of filth. It is no wonder you dont really understand anything with the word THINK in it. You are too stupid to think. You are too stupid to be taken seriously on the other hand you are amusing. I love to laugh at morons as stupid as you.
June 17th, 2009 at 1:54 amBeautiful. You have to love racism in 2009. The funniest part is that she doesn’t seem to understand that this was actually racist.
June 17th, 2009 at 8:43 amAll I can say is wow… were you trying to get fired?
June 17th, 2009 at 4:59 pmWell, I’m looking at this situation and thinking there should be a new poster STARTING with OBAMA because I’m not certain that I want him shown with some of those lesser men :-)
June 17th, 2009 at 5:04 pmI learned in this Newsy report that Diane Black and others are actually defending Goforth. Can we use the motto “Goforth must go!” ?
http://www.newsy.com/videos/e_hatred
This is 2009, you must be responsible for your e-mail and actions.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:43 pmThe staffer’s email is sherri.goforth@capitol.tn.gov
June 17th, 2009 at 6:17 pmFreedom of speech must go according to you liberals. Obama picked a racist supreme court justice, she doesn’t have to go. Oh, thats right, I forgot, everyone can be racist except white people. Your hypocrisy will be the end of this country. To think, I thought we couldn’t do worse than Bush, but we did, actually in dollars he is 3x worse. Obama will be the undoing of this great nation, which was created by white people by the way. Brainwashed? Look who is talking. Obama can steal from you, take your rights away, shyt in your mouth and you will still love him for God knows what reason. Pathetic.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:02 pmReading the comments that are posted on here I am laughing so hard it hurts. I am amazed at how many people have no clue and are drinking the Democrat’s cool aid.
Time for a history lesson. How many of you uninformed people can tell me what party it was that didn’t want equal rights for blacks and women? Here I will help you out it was the DEMOCRAT’S. Look it up. It was the Republican party that voted by majority for blacks and women to have the same rights as white men.
Lesson number 2. What party has promised to help blacks for 40 years and not done a thing for them? WOW again DEMOCRAT’S.
Here is a better one. How many blacks died because of Katrina? The mojority of them were black and who was in charge of La. for all those years and in charge of La. when it happen? What a supprise DEMOCRAT’S.
Wow everyone here is trying to make people believe that the republicans are the ones that support racism. Well it shows just how uneducated and uninformed most people are, or at least how short thier memory is.
Fact: The Republican Party has championed freedom and civil rights for blacks. And as one pundit so succinctly stated, the Democrat Party is as it always has been, the party of the four S’s: Slavery, Secession, Segregation and now Socialism.
Fact:It was the Democrats who fought to keep blacks in slavery and passed the discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. The Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan to lynch and terrorize blacks. The Democrats fought to prevent the passage of every civil rights law beginning with the civil rights laws of the 1860’s, and continuing with the civil rights laws of the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Fact:Democrat President John F. Kennedy is lauded as a proponent of civil rights. However, Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil rights Act while he was a senator, as did Democrat Senator Al Gore, Sr. And after he became president, John F. Kennedy was opposed to the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King that was organized by A. Phillip Randolph who was a black Republican. President Kennedy, through his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated by the FBI on suspicion of being a Communist in order to undermine Dr. King.
Fact:Democrat Senator Robert Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, called Dr. King a “trouble-maker”
Fact:Republicans started the NAACP and affirmative action with Republican President Richard Nixon‘s 1969 Philadelphia Plan.
Fact:Republicans founded the Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Illinois was key to the passage of civil rights legislation in 1957, 1960, 1964 and 1965.President Lyndon Johnson could not have achieved passage of civil rights legislation without the support of Republicans.
Fact:Critics of Republican Senator Barry Goldwater who ran for president against Democrat President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, ignore the fact that Goldwater wanted to force the Democrats in the South to stop passing discriminatory laws and thus end the need to continuously enact federal civil rights legislation.
Contrary to the false assertions by Democrats, the racist “Dixiecrats” did not all migrate to the Republican Party. “Dixiecrats” declared that they would rather vote for a “yellow dog” than vote for a Republican because the Republican Party was known as the party for blacks.
Democrat Senator Robert Byrd who is well known for having been a “Keagle” in the Ku Klux Klan.
Another former “Dixiecrat” is Democrat Senator Ernest Hollings who put up the Confederate flag over the state capitol when he was the governor of South Carolina.
Today, Democrats, in pursuit of their socialist agenda, are fighting to keep blacks poor, angry and voting for Democrats. Examples of how egregiously Democrats act to keep blacks in poverty are numerous.
Democrats have been running our inner-cities for the past 30-40 years, and blacks are still complaining about the same problems. Over $7 trillion dollars have been spent on poverty programs since President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty with little, if any, impact on poverty. Diabolically, every election cycle, Democrats blame Republicans for the deplorable conditions in the inner-cities, then incite blacks to cast a protest vote against Republicans.
How true this is.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:15 pmhttp://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/joshBB/gGxtNX
Normally I would say this is totally uncalled for. Especially in regards to our President. But Liberals took the gloves off a long time ago with George W. Bush. I disagreed with GWB a lot and didn’t think much of him as a President. But he was our President and with the way the liberal media and others treated him I knew that the respect that we’re supposed to show, even with people we disagree with, was now a thing of the past.
Liberals love mud slinging. If you donate money to a cause you believe in and they don’t, they’ll attack your family. Liberals act as if they are loving, caring, protectors of freedom when in reality all that they are is wolves in sheep’s clothing waiting to tear you up to get what they want.
Vietnam is an example of what Liberals are; people that will use you as their cause and then let just let you die once their political agenda has been reached. All while calling the opponent the very thing they are.
June 18th, 2009 at 1:03 pmI see that no one has come up with anything to say to my post. I hate when the facts get in the way. Keep teying liberals because the facts show that it is you that are the ones who promote hate and racism
June 19th, 2009 at 6:40 pm