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Mayor calls Michelle Obama 'gorilla face,' won't resign
Sun Times ^
| Wednesday, July 15, 2015
| Chad Merda
Posted on 07/16/2015 10:05:56 AM PDT by Jyotishi
A mayor in Washington state says he won’t resign after he called First Lady Michelle Obama “gorilla face,” insisting that would mean he’s admitting he’s racist.
Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing confirmed to KHQ-6, NBC’s Spokane affiliate, that he indeed did make the offensive statement on his Facebook page, but brushed it off as playful banter between he and his friends.
“Gorilla face Michelle, can’t disagree with that,” Rushing wrote. “The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Barack. Check out them ears. LOL.”
He’s tried to brush it off as “playful back and forth banter that my friends and I do.”
On Monday, the city council asked him to step down, but the mayor says he won’t, for one important reason.
“If I do resign, that’s admitting I’m a racist and I’m not,” he told The Spokesman-Review.
(Excerpt) Read more at national.suntimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: airwayheights; bellcurve; facebook; gorilla; gorillaface; kkk; michelle; moochelle; obama; patrickrushing; washington; watchman; wookie
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:05:56 AM PDT
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Jyotishi
To: Jyotishi
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:07:07 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Jyotishi
Like it or not there is a resemblance.
To: Jyotishi
LOL! When you go that far down the road you have no other choice but commit hari kari or just gut it out. :-)
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:08:17 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: PghBaldy
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:08:40 AM PDT
by
angcat
To: Jyotishi
It’s difficult to argue with the truth.
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:08:45 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Jyotishi
A mayor in Washington state says he won’t resign after he called First Lady Michelle Obama “gorilla face,”Hilarious truth. Why should he resign?
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:08:56 AM PDT
by
GoldenPup
To: Jyotishi
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:08:58 AM PDT
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: Jyotishi
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:09:06 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Couples? Same-sex COUPLES?! Don't be such a narrow-minded hate-filled clusterphobe.)
To: Jyotishi
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:09:40 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Jyotishi
No different that calling McCain ‘Rodent Head’.
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:09:45 AM PDT
by
Hostage
(ARTICLE V)
To: PghBaldy
Well...He was only describing her (quite accurately I might add). Where are the days when people would look around before telling a racist joke...it’s called manners people! :)
To: Jyotishi
Morris Day and the Time is in my head each time I see that face...
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:10:56 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: Hostage
or Al Sharpton referring to a harlem business owner as a “Jew interloper”...
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:11:34 AM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: Jyotishi
So how did politicians destroy their careers before Facebook and Twitter?
To: Jyotishi
Those ears...
To: Jyotishi
Gorillas are actually nice mammals.
And then there is Moochelle.
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:12:27 AM PDT
by
Slyfox
(If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
To: Jyotishi; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj
Excuse me, she is a Wookie, not a gorilla! The mayor should admit his error.
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:12:44 AM PDT
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Jyotishi
The Gorilla face needs to understand that in politics just about everything is fair game.
The City counsel needs to be replaced, and this Mayor should just tell them all to pound sand.
I'm not sure if this applies, but is this the left eating it's own?
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:13:02 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
To: Jyotishi
Dumb a$$.
Your political career is over. Just resign. In this day and age you simply can’t go there. “I was only joking” is a BS excuse.
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posted on
07/16/2015 10:13:12 AM PDT
by
mad puppy
(E PLURIBUS UNUM)
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