Yet another conservative official sends racist anti-Obama e-mail.
Yet another conservative official sends racist anti-Obama e-mail.
In a story that has become so common that it is almost passé, yet another conservative official has been busted sending racist e-mails. This time, the culprit is Atwater, CA Councilman Gary Frago, who sent at least half-a-dozen racist, anti-Obama e-mails to Atwater staff and community members:
Some compared Obama to O.J. Simpson while others suggested that “n[*****] rigs” should now be called “presidential solutions.”
Perhaps the most overboard e-mail was sent on Jan. 15. It read: “Breaking News Playboy just offered Sarah Palin $1 million to pose nude in the January issue. Michelle Obama got the same offer from National Geographic.”
Frago admitted sending the e-mails, but showed no regret. “If they’re from me, then I sent them,” he said. “I have no disrespect for the president or anybody, they weren’t meant in any bad way or harm.”
When given an opportunity to explain himself, Frago somehow managed to dig himself a deeper hole by saying: “I don’t see where there’s a story, I’m not the only one that does it. … I didn’t originate them, they came to me and I just passed them on.”
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he said. “I have no disrespect for the president or anybody, they weren’t meant in any bad way or harm.”
Uh, yeah….riiiiggghhhttt, you betcha, by golly….we all believe that….
Republic Fascist Party Racist Pig
July 17th, 2009 at 6:32 pmI have no disrespect for Atwater, CA Councilman Gary Frago or anything, but he’s a complete dipshit.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:33 pmOh,
July 17th, 2009 at 6:34 pmI almost O.T. this on the last thread.
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… And I especially like how his one defense is, “Other people do it, too.”
Dear Gary Frago,
Other people jump off bridges, too.
Care to try?
XXOO
America
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July 17th, 2009 at 6:37 pmSounds like yet another wingnut needing to resign for immoral behavior. Damn fascist theocrats.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:37 pmMy father was a life-long Republican. He would be sick at heart at what has happened to his party.
Funny thing, though. He once told me that sometime before I die I will vote Republican. He voted for Bill Clinton a year before he died. It’s highly unlikely that I will ever vote for a Republican, especially after seeing how pitiful they have become.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:38 pm*Sigh*
July 17th, 2009 at 6:38 pmI’ve said it before, and I’ve said it again: The opposition from the conservative camp to the Obama administration is partly rooted in racism.
People like Frago do not have any respect for African-Americans, regardless of their level of education, income, personal accomplishments, etc.
I encourage conservatives to keep talking and remove all doubt as to why they dislike Pres Obama and his family so much.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:38 pm.
Let me guess…
… Gary Frago is a “Christian”.
What will he say when he looks into the eyes of his Black Jesus?
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July 17th, 2009 at 6:39 pmSelf-awareness is not big with this group, is it?
July 17th, 2009 at 6:39 pmMax Anax junius -1 says:
… And I especially like how his one defense is, “Other people do it, too.”
That’s pretty much the mantra of the Republics. Remember how many times they said “Clinton did it too” over the last 8 years.
The remind me of four years olds.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:39 pmFRAGO: “I have no disrespect for the president or anybody, they weren’t meant in any bad way or harm.”
Is that right?
Well, no disrespect intended, but Piss Drinkers magazine just called. They want to do a spread featuring your wife.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:41 pmGregor,
July 17th, 2009 at 6:41 pm… partly rooted?
I’d say well rooted.
Jesus Christ on a cheese biscuit! This caveman thinks he’s clever.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:47 pmFrago, no disrespect intended but you’re an ignorant moron who is on the government payroll and needs to be terminated. No disrespect.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:47 pmThis guy obviously thinks Palin is a comic book superhero and Obama’s head is meant for the pike at the end of a sexy fight.
But in a tasteful, respectful way…of course.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:48 pmHey Councilman Frago – I don’t mean you any harm or anything, but I hope you, your wife, and all your children become afflicted with the most gut-wrenchingly painful forms of cancer and that you all die slowly – unloved and alone.
No disrespect, of course.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:50 pmThis time, the culprit is Atwater, CA Councilman Gary Frago
– - Look at that mug, at that name. Geeze, Central Casting couldn’t come up with a goombah like this for Goodfellas.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:51 pmIt would be nice if we could find Frago’s email address, and send him some of our thoughts.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:55 pmWow…this guy looks like a creep who would troll for girls on a dark street…what a winner…
July 17th, 2009 at 6:55 pmAnother way of taking Fragos explanation is, “I’m just an asshat, what are you picking on me for?”
July 17th, 2009 at 6:55 pm.
Al-Jazeera journalist imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay to sue George Bush
Sami al-Haj – freed in May 2008 after more than six years – to launch legal action against former US president
Gwladys Fouché in Oslo
guardian.co.uk, Friday 17 July 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/17/guantanamo-bay-al-jazeera
Without accountability, the words – “NEVER AGAIN“ hold no meaning!
July 17th, 2009 at 6:59 pmWhat the Hell is wrong with these people! When are they going to get it? In a couple of decades WE will be the minority. Haven’t they ever learned respect? Don’t they have a conscience? Why do they feel superior? I guess they listen to blow-hards like Limpballs and Buchanan.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:00 pmLevi,
City Administration
750 Bellevue Road
Atwater, CA 95301
209-357-6300
209-357-6302 fx
cityadmin@atwater.org
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July 17th, 2009 at 7:03 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
gfrago@atwater.org
July 17th, 2009 at 7:08 pmSome compared Obama to O.J. Simpson while others suggested that “n[*****] rigs” should now be called “presidential solutions.”
It’s hard to understand why African Americans, like Michael Steele, Condoleeza Rice, and Colin Powell, belong to a political party that hates African Americans. These comments are directed at Rice, Powell, and Steele as well as President Obama.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:09 pm.
I find telling/passing on RACIST jokes and jargon to be quite telling of a person’s character. For when they are in possession OF the language designed for hate, HOW they use it and pass it on is up to them.
NO ONE made Frago pass this sh!t on.
His excuse: PEER PRESSURE made him do it?
B U L L
S H ! T
That works with a 12 year old who knows no difference…
… We’re talking about a reasoned adult who DOES know that difference, but doesn’t care.
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July 17th, 2009 at 7:12 pmpat of wheaton says:
“It is that damn political correctness that won’t let us have our jokes.
Letterman said what about Sarah. Throw him off the air!!”
If you’re from wheaton il i can understand your attitude. wheaton is filled with sanctimonious whiny white people with an overdeveloped sense of victimhood.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:19 pmMax Anax junius -1,
Yes, I guess that was an understatement, wasn’t it?
Atwater is a small community along H99 in the Central Valley here is California (a “podunk town” as my wife would put it).
I know that California has this image in the rest of the US as a liberal and progressive state -well, that is just not true. There are many small towns in the Central Valley that are full of bigots like Frago.
They tolerate Mexicans and other Hispanics because they are needed as day laborers, but that’s about it. Frago’s “joke” and explanation are not all that surprising, as bigoted as they are.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:21 pmWhen Letterman made that joke, HE apoligized. Not like this SOB. Just like a Repug, “It ain’t my fault!” Is their battle cry.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:22 pmI thought I would share an email I just sent to Mr. Frago.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
What’s sad is that Frago doesn’t see how wrong his actions are. He just doesn’t care. Rascism is rooted so deep in this fool that no amount of rebukes or harsh criticism will touch him.
The only comfort I can take away is that these rascist behaviors are being exposed. I have hope that one day public officials of all ranks will be forced out of office for any rascist remarks or actions.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:27 pmDear Mr. Fargo,
July 17th, 2009 at 7:31 pmThanks for showing everyone how seriously affirmative action is still needed in this country.
There is no comparison between what Letterman did and Frago. Letterman made a joke about the daughter of a V.P. candidate that was used as a prop by said candidate – and Frago’s “jokes” are just plain racist and offensive.
Besides, Letterman shouldn’t have apologized. I still don’t know why he did.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:36 pmThis idiot would feel right at home in Wheaton Il. It’s the home of Wheaton college, an uptight bible thumping school for the spawn of republican blowhards and is one tier above Regents.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:39 pmFrago, Fargo—
July 17th, 2009 at 7:40 pm—end of story!
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Bobwurst says:
pat of wheaton says:
“It is that damn political correctness that won’t let us have our jokes.
Letterman said what about Sarah. Throw him off the air!!”
If you’re from wheaton il i can understand your attitude. wheaton is filled with sanctimonious whiny white people with an overdeveloped sense of victimhood.
With pat’s use of quotation marks, I assumed s/he was making a stab at snarking.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:45 pmWhat? No “delete” button?
July 17th, 2009 at 7:46 pmOFF TOPIC… PAT BUCHANAN IS LEAVING MSNBC. He is working on some right-wingers campaign.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:48 pmpat of wheaton says:
Bobwurst said. If you’re from wheaton il i can understand your attitude. wheaton is filled with sanctimonious whiny white people with an overdeveloped sense of victimhood
Dear Bob
it is called irony. Although now in Wheaton born and raised southside democrat. I hope to see you at the Milton Township Democratic meeting so you can say that stuff to my face.
By the way did you notice the quotation marks.
Technically, that’s snark. Irony would be sarah letting her daughter get knocked up when she’s pretending to be a “family values” candidate.
You ask for grief when you play with “irony” on the web.
PS, the Whitesox suck…
July 17th, 2009 at 7:49 pmSo what! The fat old white guy didn’t have the proper upbringing. This antic is getting old.
Sounds like the typical Republican these days.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:50 pmpat of wheaton says:
Bobwurst said. If you’re from wheaton il i can understand your attitude. wheaton is filled with sanctimonious whiny white people with an overdeveloped sense of victimhood
So Pat, what part of my description of your current community is off base?
July 17th, 2009 at 7:51 pmCouncilman Gary Frago says, “I don’t see where there’s a story, I’m not the only one that does it. … I didn’t originate them, they came to me and I just passed them on.”
Most workplaces consider sending racist jokes to coworker’s computers a violation of the harassment policy. In 99.99% of cases, the offender is terminated on the spot. Sometimes it takes a day or two.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:53 pmJust when you feel like our country took a big step towards breaking down the racial divide in the country (electing Obama)it seems like more and more wingnut racists are showing their faces. Repugs,wingnuts, and extreme wingnuts are a fcking disease. They do so much damage to our country and our image abroad. They dont give a flying fck about America and what its supposed to stand for. Theres a black man in the whitehouse, and democrats have tha majority in both houses. Repugs and wingnuts are furious about that. They are also too damn stupid to realize that their racism,hypocrisy,lying, and only caring about the wealthy is what put them in the minority. Frago should consider himself lucky that he doesnt live in a country where you get hung for making racial comments. That and the fact that there isnt enough rope to wrap around his fat neck. Seriously look at his picture,have you ever seen such a large neck
July 17th, 2009 at 7:54 pmThis man is a poster child for why we need to invest more in Education.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:55 pmsscncturn64 says:
Seriously look at his picture,have you ever seen such a large neck
Maybe we should all send him emails telling him he has our support and he should keep his chins up…
This is snark pat.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:02 pmBobwurst
I agree irony is dangerous. BTW as a Sox fan I am so impatient it seems like years (not centuries since we won the world series.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:02 pmThe city is much more progressive than 25 years ago. It is now a 40% Dem 60% Rep town. We have a member of the city council that is a dem. It is moving in the right direction, but at the speed of tectonic plates.
Where you from so I can trash it?
Gary Frago
July 17th, 2009 at 8:06 pmCity Council Member
750 Bellevue Road
Atwater, CA 95301
209-357-6300
209-357-6302
gfrago@atwater.org
This bigot has a mug right out of the movie “Goodfellows”
July 17th, 2009 at 8:06 pm“I have no disrespect for the president or anybody”
July 17th, 2009 at 8:07 pmWhat an absolute, racist, lying creep. You liar, Frago! The usual Repub radical right-wing extremist, unfortunately. Turf him out. He hates Americans, demeans them with his racist slurs.
Pat says:Where you from so I can trash it?
Planet Earth dude. (I try not to reveal too much personal info on the interwebs) I’ve had legal residences in 11 different states, and have slept under overpasses in every state lower 48.
I’m glad to hear Wheaton is moving in the right direction. Is Roskam your congressman?
July 17th, 2009 at 8:08 pmAnd I have no disrespect for Frago, but he’s a lying, racist turd.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:09 pmP.D. says:
OFF TOPIC… PAT BUCHANAN IS LEAVING MSNBC. He is working on some right-wingers campaign.
Sorry, you’ve been punked. If you look at the last line before the actual text, you’ll see what I mean.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:09 pmThe second punch line to the joke was that Palin accepted the money….
July 17th, 2009 at 8:17 pm.. … ….
so that’s what watchdog looks like…
nice to have a face to go with the name, eh?
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July 17th, 2009 at 8:22 pmBobwurst
July 17th, 2009 at 8:23 pmYeah
We have Peter Roskam almost had Tammy Duckworth. My guess you are a Harley rider(under pass sleeping) but the WSox hate puts you growing up in Rogers Park, probably Mather HS or the old St. George
Delmar says:
The second punch line to the joke was that Palin accepted the money….
July 17th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
… and signed a book deal to
write about the experience.
:)
July 17th, 2009 at 8:24 pmI can’t wait for the apology. ” I’m so so sorry for getting caught “.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:25 pm* * * * * *
R I P
WALTER CRONKITE
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July 17th, 2009 at 8:38 pm… sadly missed, long ago…
July 17th, 2009 at 8:39 pmHmmm . . .wouldn’t that constitute SITUATIONAL ETHICS, or RELATIVISM, so often decried by the KKKonservatives / Rethug HypoKKKrites?
July 17th, 2009 at 8:52 pmOne of the most shocking aspects of many of these recent revelations is how unabashedly unapologetic these people are over their blatantly racist comments or activities.
“Lots of people do it”? That’s his explanation? It seems as though the far right fringe of the GOP have been showing their true colors lately, and Pat Buchanan seems eager to be their mouthpiece.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:52 pmhbc, that’s the sign of the true, dyed-in-the-wool racist. Even sadder is that any grief he gets from this won’t make him reexamine his motives or attitudes, it will only give him (and every other neoCon in the country) another chance to claim they are being victimized by the dirty ‘ol librul media, as though the NYTimes sent a goon to his office nad made him send racist e-mails.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:55 pmAnd his “support” of Bible Spice Palin is very telling, but I suspect most of her supporters would find these e-mails hi-larious. You know, the same people who thought “Deliverance” was a comedy…
katy says:
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R I P
WALTER CRONKITE
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July 17th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
****
i’m sure bill o’reilly will
deliver a respectful tribute tonight…
:|
July 17th, 2009 at 8:56 pm…
that was sarcasm, by the way.
:|
July 17th, 2009 at 8:59 pmI’m glad Walter Cronkite lived long enough to see Bush out of office.
He died having lived a good long and moral life.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:05 pmIt would be nice if we could find Frago’s email address, and send him some of our thoughts.
According to a pdf of the emails, you might try garyBBQ@aol.com
July 17th, 2009 at 9:09 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
For good or ill Walter Cronkite made TV news the force it is today. It’s really a shame what it turned into.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:26 pmI wouldn’t know what to do if a day went by and some neocon wasn’t spouting something racist about President Obama. They do it so often it’s almost habit at this point! Man, I can’t stand the republic party and detest it with every ounce of my being.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:28 pmHe murdered her? With a gun, dirty bomb, or choking? Which was it?
July 17th, 2009 at 9:35 pmYeah, it so aggrieves you, you can’t even spell her name correctly, putz…
July 17th, 2009 at 9:37 pmBeethoven Rules says:
What an ignorant punkass troll you are. So what was the Day Laura Bish murdered her ex boyfriend? You are a liar and a fool you ignorant piece of garbage.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:37 pmMax Anax junius -1 says:
What will he say when he looks into the eyes of his Black Jesus?
“Aw geez, Jefferson was right.”
h/t to Archie Bunker
July 17th, 2009 at 9:43 pmlokidog, that’s friggin’ Funny…
July 17th, 2009 at 9:45 pm“There’s no question about it. Wall Street got drunk — that’s one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras — it got drunk and now it’s got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments.” –George W. Bush, speaking at a private fundraiser, Houston, Texas, July 18, 2008
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms.htm
July 17th, 2009 at 9:59 pmBeethoven Rules says:
Reminder: July 18, is the day Senate drunk Ted Kennedy murdered Mary Jo Kopeckne.
A 25-plus year ACCIDENT. That’s all you got? When the Repubs have a former first lady who killed someone in an accident, a bunch of guys cheating on their wives, a gov abandoning his office to get lucky, an ex-Prez and VP who implemented a program of illegal torture, and Sarah Palin, I wouldn’t be throwing stones if I were you. I would just keep my mouth shut, but you guys aren’t very good at knowing when to do that either.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:13 pmBeethoven Rules says:
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Reminder: July 18, is the day Senate drunk Ted Kennedy murdered Mary Jo Kopeckne.
Nobody knows that for sure. And what does ted kennedy have to do with any of this? Are you that desperate to troll?
July 17th, 2009 at 10:17 pmI hope everyone that reads this thread sends an email to this racist maggot and let him know he should resign immediately.
We must remove Republicans from every level of government. They simply cannot be trusted.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:41 pmSeriously TP, do we have to say goodbye to Walter Cronkite on a thread featuring a picture of a hardcore f uckwit?
Goodbye, Mr Cronkite. You were one of the great newsmen — one of the last. I never knew your political leanings, and I still don’t. I like it that way.
Rest in Peace.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:44 pm“I just passed them on.” The reason you just passed it on was?
July 17th, 2009 at 10:47 pmI see the zoo put up a Cronkite thread.
I guess TP’s content is more focused on politics, and specifically the dirty politics of the fascist theocratic Republican Party.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:49 pmBeethoven was as deaf as you are dumb. Did you buy a neocon flip calendar, with a bad thing a liberal did on this day motif? It’s a shame you idiots have to reach back so far into time to find bad things liberals did. Kennedy got drunk 25 years ago, Bill Ayers’s girlfriend died in a bomb blast 40 years ago.
We could come up with a calendar of republican fuc ups just in the bush years.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:55 pm.. … …
i wonder what
beethoven rules wrote?
? ? ?
July 17th, 2009 at 10:58 pmHow sad that as TP pointed out, this has become so commonplace
that it’s hardly news anymore.
Just like sexist E-mails about Hillary aren’t news anymore.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:02 pmThe number of stupid, ignorant racists in this country is really shocking.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:06 pmWingnuts think it’s funny to make racist or sexist jokes about anyone that opposes their fascist theocratic takeover of the country. If you don’t agree with them, they say you have no sense of humor.
The only ones that have a good reason to be laughing is every other nation on Earth. Republicans have made a laughing stock out of America, and it makes me so angry and frustrated.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:10 pmJust when you think we’re making progress against the endemic racism in America, ya get this s__t! I guess you can’t move mountains without kicking over a few rocks and seeing what slithers out. Though truth be told, Nat Geo is the classier publication, and would at least do justice to Michelle’s interview.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:20 pmBobwurst says:
We could come up with a calendar of republican fuc ups just in the bush years.
Please Lord, tell me they’d be wearing clothes. Given the topic of this thread, I’ve got a disturbing mental image of Alberto Gonzalez grinning and holding a fig leaf, a very small fig leaf.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:25 pmI am not amazed by this type of behavior b/c I’ve been a target all of my life. Frago just doesn’t realize how many opportunities he’s missing to meet great people when he can’t see past their skin. I always figured the racists would react like this to Obama. Nothing he’ll ever do will satisfy them, but Obama has adopted the age-old posture of those whom society looks down upon: keep working and prove them wrong; be successful in spite of their hatred.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pmThe racists never stop to think of the impact of their words. Just this week we’ve had conservatives on the Judiciary Cmte, Pat & Bay Buchanan, Tiehart, and now Frago spout this racist BS, and this doesn’t include the talk radio racists and Fuchs Noose.
The picture of that knuckeldragger that accompanies this story is proof-positive of the famous inbreeding in the South. I’ll bet his wife-sister is so proud!
July 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pmOT but still about racists. Cenk has a great bit about Patsy Buchanan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0NGjazW8IQ&feature=channel
July 18th, 2009 at 12:05 amlook, the nooge is not goint to resign… no doubt most of his neighbors and friends think the same way…
what i would like to see is an open and public email from him to everyone on his list, please forward, that contains an apology and explanation of how wrong he was to have sent the previous messages because of the ugly racist content, and that he would refrain from ever passing along any such messages in the future, and that he would consider it a special favor if all those contacts, and theirs, would kindly cease the spreading of such bigotry and hate.
what a wonderful world it would be…
July 18th, 2009 at 12:10 amThanks for the link, pete.
Buchanan just makes me furious.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:28 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Frago says, “I’m not the only one that does it…”
Typical right-wing jackass. Justify your own bad hehavior by pointing to other bad behavior.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:33 amYou’re welcome Zooey. I think I’ve grown to the point where Patsy is more amusing than outrageous. He’s like a televangelist. I don’t like the fact that they can get rich spreading such filth but, as long as they don’t actually have a vote in Congress, I can usually laugh it off. It helps that there are people like Cenk who can express the anger so much more eloquently than I.
That way I can save my vitriol for trolls and creationists. Plus I know it doesn’t bother Patsy in the least. Even if the public managed to get him fired he would just pop up somewhere else screeching in triumph because he’s finally the victim he’s always imagined himself to be. Lord knows it will never be apparent to him that he’s a third stringer looking in from the outside because of his own, glaring, shortcomings.
Typical Reichwhiner.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:41 ampete, I used to think Pat WAS a televangelist. :D
Seriously, I know none of us will ever have an impact on Pat B. He already knows everything, right? But I don’t want some silly kid out here listening to Pat screech, and not have anyone saying how f ucked up he is.
Rachel did a great thing in letting him go on and on last night. He’s very secure in his beliefs, but he also showed what a nutcase he is.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:50 amFor a political party trying to make a comeback, the GOP is going down in flames faster as a roll of toilet paper. Here we go again. Another GOP official is in hot water for racist emails. In this case, this joker is in hot water in conduct. If those emails were sent from the office computer [which I assume they were], this nimrod councilman and others who passed along the racist emails are toasted. That is a number one violation in conduct: emails are monitored. The GOP party are getting sadder by nthe minute.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:01 amPat Buchracistanan was a preacher. He reminded me of the stories my Mom tells about her dad, the drunken, philandering, cheating SOB….preacher.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:01 amThe Publicans seem to hold RACISM as one of their core values.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:03 amGood luck in 2010 and 12 with the Hispanic, Black, and every other minority bloc there is, you fumbducks.
Publicans = the party of scared old flabby white guys.
Minus 5 says:
Clearly you are a moron ALL the time. You stupid piece of dogshit. How many nicks are you going to be banned under? You are stupid. You are garbage. Your post will disappear into the sewer where it belongs. Do us all a favor and STFU
July 18th, 2009 at 1:11 am“I have no disrespect for you or anybody, they weren’t meant in any bad way or harm.”
But you are a moon-faced , fat moron , who I will eliminate myself , you bloated , racist pansy ………………..
You better hope the Secret Service gets to you 1st , you pathetic tub of shit…………….
July 18th, 2009 at 1:11 amThe emails are racist. The excuse that I just passed them on, isn’t acceptable.
If you get an email, you can delete it. (Or you could reply to the sender and ask to be taken off his/her list.)
If you pass along the email, you take responsibility for the content.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:14 ambackup says:
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The emails are racist. The excuse that I just passed them on, isn’t acceptable.
If you get an email, you can delete it. (Or you could reply to the sender and ask to be taken off his/her list.)
If you pass along the email, you take responsibility for the content.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:14 am
backup
Please point out at what time in the last 3 or 4 decades when ANY Republican has taken 1 SHRED of responsibility for ANYTHING ………………………….
July 18th, 2009 at 1:20 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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bad day, minus?
:)
July 18th, 2009 at 1:27 amMinus 5 says:
“I did have sexual relations with that MAN . I couldn’t help it , I’m a GOP backing loser ; but the Devil made me do it ………….”
July 18th, 2009 at 1:29 amMCMetal. Should have said: “If you pass along the email, you are responsible for the content.”
I could try to dig up an example of a Republican taking responsibility, but I don’t think I want to spend that much time searching. )
July 18th, 2009 at 1:29 amBTW Minus 5
It’s so nice to see a GOP stooge who is so willing to share their IQ score , as well as their unit size in their posting name ……………
July 18th, 2009 at 1:31 amRacism has always been the problem since Obama was elected. He is the total opposite of what Republicans think a president should be. Obama is black, from a large urban city and intelligent who does not have to resort to waving the flag and thumping Bibles to get his message across. History is written in broad strokes. I can assure everyone that 50 years from now, people will read about Obama and all the racism that surrounds his campaign and presidency because the bad will outshine the good. People will look at this official as well as many others with disdain, shame and embarrassment when these racist things are written as history.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:37 amWhy, Mr. Frago looks like a fat, greasy small-time Mafia goon.
Uh, no disrespect, of course!
July 18th, 2009 at 2:09 amLet me concern troll for a moment.
There is a problem with racism in America. The emails that Frago passed are racist. He should have to answer for them.
Separately, Obama is the President and some people oppose him because of his race. But, just like every other president we have had, many people oppose him because they disagree with his ideas.
The concern is the conflation of the two ideas. A possible political tactic to broadly generalize all of the President’s opposition with the racist views of a subset, in order to discount, not just those with racist views, but anyone with objections at all.
It happens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IeRxVMpyDg
We should oppose racism. We should also not let the issue be usurped for political gain.
July 18th, 2009 at 2:16 amNever fear. It may appear that there are more and more racists in America now that Obama is President. However, I believe it only seems that way and that this type of sicko racist is actually a dying breed. As America grows more and more liberal (as it is and inevitably will continue doing), scum racists like Frago stand out from the crowd more and more. If racist behavior like Frago’s was so common that it didn’t receive this type of attention, THEN we would have reason to be concerned.
July 18th, 2009 at 2:53 ammichelle obama has more class than this guy could ever hope for in this life.
I believe in karma and next life this guy may get to be a black. how else will he learn unless he experiences it.
to compare palin to michelle is insane. one has class and the other lies through her teeth daily.
guess which one keeps using god to get votes? that is a give away there.
no country deserves palin more than america especially the southern states.
palin does have one thing michelle does not have palin can see russia from her home.
July 18th, 2009 at 2:54 amYet another conservative official sends racist anti-Obama e-mail.
It is the decrepit old whites already rotting from the inside out still living in the 1950’s. These people are dying off and this type of disgusting behavior should go with them.
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Klaatu borada nicto.
July 18th, 2009 at 5:45 amLive long and prosper, Perry!
July 18th, 2009 at 8:18 amWilly says
July 18th, 2009 at 2:53 am
It may appear that there are more and more racists in America now that Obama is President.
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Much in the way that there appear to be more slugs and earthworms after a hard rain. They were always there, but now they’re at the surface for all to see.
And once they can be seen, they can be dealt with more effectively.
July 18th, 2009 at 8:51 amThis bears repeating:
July 18th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Frago has received an offer to pose on all fours for Hog Farmer Heaven.
July 18th, 2009 at 9:33 am“When given an opportunity to explain himself, Frago somehow managed to dig himself a deeper hole by saying: “I don’t see where there’s a story, I’m not the only one that does it. … I didn’t originate them, they came to me and I just passed them on.””
Garbage in, garbage out
July 18th, 2009 at 9:51 amFrago would have made a great Nazi. “I didn’t do anything wrong, everyone else does it, too. I was just passing along the hate, I didn’t start it.”
Now we only have to wait for the inevitable “I apologize if anyone was offended” non-apology apology. See, it’s not what he sent, it was how the reader perceived it.
Now we’ll see if Atwater acts to remove it’s councilman.
PEACE
July 18th, 2009 at 10:10 amWhere are Another Joe and hanshiro? WTF?
July 18th, 2009 at 10:30 amWow, that’s so unlike you, b-cup!
July 18th, 2009 at 11:17 amMr. Cobb, AJ and Hanshire disappeared precisely when the vote up/vote down feature was introduced.
It’s a shame, really, because, while I didn’t always agree with what they had to say or the occasional insistence on taking threads off-topic, I did respect their input.
And I’ll never forget, nor fail to attribute, Hanshiro’s comment about the MSM needing to be overthrown by journalist.
PEACE
July 18th, 2009 at 11:24 am… … …
“for a moment”?
how about for most of your life?
…
tp, i’m getting a little bored looking at
that guy’s inbred face,
shouldn’t you be reporting on
something a little more current?
say walter cronkite’s passing?
just a suggestion.
:|
July 18th, 2009 at 11:26 amspencers mom, no. They wouldn’t have left because of the up/down thing.
July 18th, 2009 at 11:30 amFrago’s email: gfrago@atwater.org
Atwater Mayor’s email: mayor@atwater.org
July 18th, 2009 at 11:37 amspencers mom didn’t say that. She noted the coincidental timing of their disappearance.
And exactly how do you know why they wouldn’t have left?
July 18th, 2009 at 11:39 amjoe cantwell, I gave b-cup a “Vote UP!” for displaying a modest level of self-awareness.
I think that should be encouraged.
July 18th, 2009 at 11:40 amI don’t think that this should surprise anyone. When guys like this constantly hear, read and see racist rants all over the place. On line it’s everywhere, on radio, the racist wing nuts are in control. On TV everyone immediately thinks Faux News but to me the ‘ultra liberal’ MSNBC is much more at fault for constatly airing dirt bag and absolute racist Pat Buchanan, in addition to Ed Schultz and Chris Matthews giving forums to Tom Tancrado and other overt racists. Until the media stops giving these racists the attention they crave we’ll never ever have the slightest chance to control it. And even then its so deeply imbeded in the bowels of this country it’s likely a lost cause.
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looks like someone has improvised an attention getting devise. Is it that little boy from that troubled family that sits in the back and examines intently his boogers?
July 18th, 2009 at 11:44 am135 Hi ralph,
July 18th, 2009 at 11:46 amAre you thinking what I am thinking?
And exactly how do you know why they wouldn’t have left?
I know that they really cared about it and Another Joe is much too talky to just leave like that. Even before the up/down thing or even one comment from him.
You criticize Obama’s policies here and you’re what happens.
July 18th, 2009 at 11:47 amdbadass, do you suppose this particular booger inspector has chosen a screen name that reflects the best rating he can expect, and even that, only on a nearly-exhausted discussion thread?
July 18th, 2009 at 11:48 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I guess you just have deeper powers of insight into other anonymous bloggers than I do.
I don’t understand your last sentence, though. You criticize Obama’s policies here and I’M what happens?
July 18th, 2009 at 11:51 amI guess our Booger Inspector friend would also find the same significance if, in mid-September, President Obama’s approval rating is in the 90s… after all, that would be the exact same as Bush at that point, right?
Let’s hope it doesn’t take a terrorist attack on American soil that kills 3000 to achieve that, though…
July 18th, 2009 at 11:53 am…
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did I miss anything?
July 18th, 2009 at 11:59 am—
most likely you have missed numerous things…
Including the entire premise of my response…
But that was expected, right, dbadass? This one doesn’t appear to be able to think laterally… or at all, even, some might say.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:05 pmWhy don’t we ask Mr. Cobb? He seems to be able to read the minds of others.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:07 pmMr. Cobb, you are here, but they (AJ/Hansh) have both disappeared. Their disappearance coincides precisely with the introduction of the vote up/down, but that may well be simply a coincidence.
But as Ralph asks, if you have no connection other than your gut reaction upon reading this blog, how do/would you know whether or not their decision not to post (miraculously simultaneous for two unconnected anonymous posters) was not related to community vote function?
Just asking…
PEACE
July 18th, 2009 at 12:11 pmspencers mom, I would direct your questioning to the “editors” of Think Progress. Maybe they’re on holiday in Europe and will get back to you…
July 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pmHuh?
July 18th, 2009 at 12:24 pmMaybe Star M can translate that…
July 18th, 2009 at 12:36 pmOT: here’s a good, very telling clip from the late Walter Cronkite.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:41 pmIsn’t this guy from an Italian immigrant family himself? He’s no Mayflower child, let’s put it that way. What a freekin’ wierdo.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:43 pmCobb seems to think if you post anything negative about Obama you will be voted down till your shallow psyche can’t take it anymore and you leave.
Or the moderators at TP will remove your ip address.
As someone who has criticized Obama’s policies more than once, but stayed on topic, I can say his presumption is incorrect.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:45 pmRich H, I was going to vote down your comment because you alluded to posting something negative about Obama sometime in the past, and we just can’t have that.
/snark
July 18th, 2009 at 12:51 pmAfter 8 years of killing 4400 young men and women for oil, we have a President that is actually trying to clean up the mess bush left and conservatives have the audacity to ridicule him and his family. It speaks volumes about the character of anyone who is a republican.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:07 pmHere is the latest on Frago: He apologized for the racist emails. And some in his city is asking for his resignation:
Although city leaders say they don’t condone Frago’s behavior, at this point, they have no plans to punish him. Atwater resident Al Mayfield feels differently. “I’d like to see his resignation immediately.”
Mayfield said no apology will make up for the damage Frago has caused.”He hasn’t hurt just me. He’s hurt the future. Those kids that heard their dad yell out and read to the mom what he sent. That’s who he’s hurt. He can’t apologize to me, and be done.”
Mayfield plans to speak at the next Atwater city council meeting on July 27th. There, he’ll ask for Frago’s resignation.
Meanwhile, Frago said he has no plans to resign. Atwater officials are in the process of implementing an e-mail policy for city workers.
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6921180
We shall see if there is enough outcry in Atwater to have this councilman removed. Of course, Frago said that he will not resign. Well, I remember TP posted an article about a mayor in a city in CA that send racist emails of the White House with watermelons which angered the city. And the people in the city wanted that mayor removed. The mayor said he wouldn’t quit. And what happened to him? He quit. There was too much of an outcry. But, in this case, it is up to the people in Atwater who will decide whether they want the coucilman to stay or quit. And there should have been an email policy for all city employees using the office computer in place from the get go.
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backup says:
Racism has always been the problem since Obama was elected.
Let me concern troll for a moment.
There is a problem with racism in America. The emails that Frago passed are racist. He should have to answer for them.
Separately, Obama is the President and some people oppose him because of his race. But, just like every other president we have had, many people oppose him because they disagree with his ideas.
There are people who genuinely disagree with the President, but it is the racists that get the publicity and seem to dominate the political discussion.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:51 pmDMW says:
July 18th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Just to be clear, do you object to all the white unwed women having babies because we can’t keep our legs together? What about white illegal aliens? Where are these homes for lazy people who won’t work?
Please, tell us more, DMW.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:59 pmZooey, do you suppose that “DMW” is Gary Frago?
Kinda sounds like him, dontcha think?
July 18th, 2009 at 2:07 pmJust sent this to the fat bastard.
Dear Councilman Frago,
I have been following the flap over your forwarding of racist emails and have to say that I think you are being singled out for this activity. It’s really not your fault that you happened to be born in a world that supported racism and hatred towards others because of the color of their skin.
I have seen your pictures and I understand why you might feel an impotent rage towards President Obama, he is everything you aren’t. He is smart, articulate, in good shape, young and attractive. You however, are a fat, ugly, stupid and old redneck. I feel your pain.
There is a silver lining to this. You are old. You appear to be grossly out of shape, probably have clogged arteries, and won’t be around much longer to spread your hate. Feel free to step up and make that happen just as soon as possible, the world will be a tiny bit better without your racist ass around.
You obviously know how to forward emails, pass this along to the rest of your racist fck friends.
July 18th, 2009 at 2:11 pmWell ralph, Frago does seem like he finished at least the 10th grade by the time he was 24. DMW, not so much.
July 18th, 2009 at 2:12 pmHi DMW
July 18th, 2009 at 2:22 pmAre you seeking a SWF?
Sorry DMW,let me direct you to some sites more your taste.
July 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm=stormfront
=townhall
=redstate
=bigotsrus.
tony and lido
I just sent the following to the mayor’s office:
Madame Mayor:
I was absolutely HORRIFIED to read about the disgustingly racist emails about President Obama and our First Lady Michelle Obama that were unapologetically forwarded by Gary Frago. Worse still, Mr. Frago has professed himself not sorry he forwarded them, but only offered the exceedingly lame excuse that he wasn’t the one who wrote them, he only forwarded them.
Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.
I have never seen so much ugly blatant racism in this country as I have seen since President Obama was elected in November. I’m sick of it, and I believe that racists like Mr. Frago should have NO PLACE in our government, as their comments prove that they cannot impartially act to benefit the American people – they act to benefit *white* people, and act to the detriment of every other American, thus proving themselves unfit to serve.
Mr. Frago should do the honorable thing and resign immediately. However, considering the vulgarity, ugliness and racism inherent in his actions, he undoubtedly does not possess the honorable character necessary for him to feel shame at his actions. Thus, I urge you to fire him immediately, and by doing so, issue a strong statement that such ugly racism will not be tolerated in our government.
I am urging my friends and collegues to contact you, Madame Mayor. We will not let this go.
I am an American, and I love my country. I hope you do too – please do the right thing and fire this racist immediately.
Please, everyone, hound this racist until he is either fired or resigns.
July 18th, 2009 at 2:35 pmWell said Leftside Annie.
July 18th, 2009 at 3:01 pmI guess DMW was just a cowardly drive-by turd bomber who can’t back up anything he says.
Color me surprised…
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TRIATHLON says:
ROCK-STAR POLITICIAN, PURE EVIL, USUPER?
(Rock-Star Politician)
The Media Messiah Imperial President of the Empire Show, the world’s greatest gig on the political stage, the self crowned global omnipotent one, The Commander-In-Speech, Obama the rock star, The Great Black Hope, looking more like the Great Black Dope with each passing day, the problem is he neither a politician nor a rock star but the worst of both, rock stars are found at high priced concerts, radio, television, and on your (CD) Cassette Disk, with high priced egotistical attitudes matching the commonplace stereotype description the reality of all politicians the usual, sense of entitlement, arrogance, an over-exaggerated sense of self-importance, The Media Messiah Imperial President is very much a politician, in the harsh, unflattering and somewhat cruel traditional understanding of what a politician is…..
Lots of run on sentences, with name calling, conclusions and no substance.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:04 pmWow. Someone seems to crave negative attention.
Wouldn’t be surprised if this one achieved sexual release through the slow build up of tension represented by overwrought run-on sentences, the uptick of excited pronouncements void of useful import, culminating in the “money shot” of promoting one’s own blog, all posted on a site likely to invite responses opposing not only the simplistic politics but also the utter lack of logic and connection to reality.
Interesting pathology on display here. Perhaps dbadass will be along to offer his analysis later.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:24 pmThese stupid trolls are so damned frightened of everything I’m surprised they don’t kill more people. One would think that they are always ready to fire at the slightest noise in the night. Damn shitty way to live if you ask me.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:29 pmOK Triathalon. You are stupid. You are a punkass troll and you are irrelevant. Go suck your thumb under your mommys bed and let the adults talk. In other words STFU
July 18th, 2009 at 4:53 pmTriathalon,
In 20 words or less, tell my what your point is.
July 18th, 2009 at 5:04 pmIt’s most likely that the councilman from Atwater,California is a perverted hidden closet conservative homosexual trying to cover himself by sending hate mail of Obama.
The idiot smiles like idiot, most likely smells like a idiot, he sure talks like an idiot, so he must an idiot.
That’s California for you where repulsiveKKKans speak throuth their asses.
July 18th, 2009 at 7:23 pmAw, the damn right wing conservative is pisses off at Obama because his wife had sex with a black male and his daughter ran away with another one.
Or perhaps some black male didn’t accept his sexual urges.
The guy is sick and he is a councilman? That’s what wrong with California, too many inbred bible thumping flag waving hypocrite white males trying to communicate with the nation.
I guess is, nine chances of ten. he is homosexual in need of attention.
July 18th, 2009 at 7:33 pmI’m not surprised by this, I heard this before especially at my old job considering I was only one of two minorities at the job, people still have the same bigamous mindset. In fact last year before the election one guy (who I will not mention) at my work said if Obama was president he would be shot. I was shocked to hear that from a person but it just shows that they wouldn’t care just like the wack jobs that stormed in to a Jewish Museum and the neo nazi that shot a family plan doctor at a church. For Gary Frago who is a city councilman in CA just non nonchalantly admitted these emails just shows how encouraging it is for the neo-con psycho paths.
July 19th, 2009 at 8:37 amWhen it comes to race-based, violence-provoking hate mongering being perpetuated from various members of the GOP, the official response from the party leadership is typically one of the following:
July 19th, 2009 at 2:26 pm1) ignore it (easiest way to solve a problem is to pretend it doesn’t exist)
2) deny it (hear no evil, see no evil…)
3) embrace it (when it suits a particular political objective)
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Lie much?
Given the multitudes of examples the article sites as corroboration, I’d have to say no, they don’t lie much at all.
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So, I hear that the boy wonders approval rating is now exactly as Bush in the first 6 months….LOL!
And yet, Obama’s got his despite with all the national problems he’s inherited, whereas Bush was up against what exactly? Oh yeah, absolutely nothing.
July 19th, 2009 at 11:25 pmThe Sacramento and San joaquin valley counties are about as red as any western red state. They are full of hispanic immigrants, migrant workers, and red necks.
It is my hope that after the Republican’s racist meltdown during the Sotomayor confirmation hearings the Hispanics will organize and get out the vote and try to remove scum like Frago from public office.
It is imperative that brown skin people in this country understand that in no way shape or form do the Republicans represent them or have their interests at heart.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:18 pm