Posted on 12/17/2008 8:43:39 PM PST by davek70
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska officials are investigating racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state government e-mail accounts. One of the five e-mails obtained by The Associated Press asks about the outcome of the Democrat's victory after all the time and money invested and concludes: "Another black family living in government housing!" State officials were unaware of the e-mails until asked about them by the AP. Three of the racist messages were confirmed by the state's information technology division after an electronic search of the government's e-mail system, Administration Commissioner Annette Kreitzer said Wednesday. "It's embarrassing to the state," she said. Kreitzer said she alerted the office of Gov. Sarah Palin - the failed Republican vice presidential candidate - about the e-mails. Bill McAllister, Palin's spokesman, said in an e-mail that the matter concerned individual actions taken by a handful of state employees among thousands. "My understanding is that the Department of Administration is following up on this with the individuals who took action to forward the offensive e-mails," he said. "This is, of course, a confidential personnel and disciplinary matter that has nothing to do with the governor's office." The Rev. Alonzo Patterson, state chairman of the Alaska Black Leadership Conference, encouraged Palin to address the e-mails. "They're doing that in a state setting," he said. "She should condemn it." Officials were not releasing the names or positions of workers involved. It appears the original e-mails were sent to state employees from outside the state system, but some state employees forwarded them. One e-mail, with the subject line of "Night Befo Crizzmus," was forwarded dozens of times, Kreitzer said.
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McCain was the failure.
the only thing that i can make of this is that it had to happen for a reason...i just wish i knew what it was so i wouldn’t have to be pissed off all the time...
Iron...i’m sorry...my post was meant for MHGinTN...i can’t focus right now because i’m seeing red from this article...
Wrong website
Use this one
http://gov.state.ak.us/govmail.php
Tell Sara how much you love her and so on..... I’m sure she will be happy to get some good emails.
“Anyone using state email to send racist jokes should be dealt with.”
Unfortunately, it’s not a joke. It IS a black family and they WILL be in government housing,,,
What happened to free speech, free press, free expression? We can’t get Blagovich’s emails. I’d love to see what college professors at UCLA are saying right now.
Probably not going to happen though.
I am here in DC....you are absolutely correct. I have received that very same joke from a half dozen folks using their fed. gov’t. accounts.
It's a good joke, but it's been around for a while now. I imagine it's been in a few more states than Alaska. BTW, AP, what's the latest on the arsonist who burned down Sarah Palin's church? Or are you too busy tracking down people's jokes on their computers?
I’ve heard worse things said about him from little old ladies in my hometown. Much worse.
How is this racist? Obama himself has called for more Section 8 housing.
Hell, Obama himself moves into government housing in a few weeks.
I believe d ‘oreos email address is:
Frankly, it would be pretty awesome to see some RICO charges brought against AP. I’d pay good money to see that.
Oh my gosh, this is just awful. I think we need a national day of mourning!
Nothing gets the libs and PC’ers more upset than a joke or play on words about themselves or one of their protected classes that is 100% true.
Please put the keyboard down and step back to a neutral corner, Ma'am.
My family lived in AK for 15 years in the 50’s and 60’s and just having food for 7 i’m sure was tough enough. They keep this crap up, it will fail hard.
Well, the drive by media hasn't done much reporting about that incident - yet, and I doubt they will. I asked my wife if she'd heard about the church being set on fire - since she watches the DBM evening news most days before I get home from work. Not one word on ABC evening news...... and you think they will worry about "who done it"?
hahah...i know...i can get ccraaaaazzzy sometimes...:)
So, when do we get to hear Al Gore and John Kerry referred to as the “failed presidential candidate” in every article?
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