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South Carolina pol: Sorry for comparing Michelle Obama to gorilla
AP via bostonherald.com ^ | 6/14/09 | AP

Posted on 06/14/2009 10:04:33 PM PDT by melt

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A former chairman of the South Carolina Election Commission has apologized after his posting on Facebook suggested a gorilla that escaped form a Columbia zoo was an ancestor of first lady Michelle Obama.

Minutes after the gorilla’s escape was reported Friday, Rusty DePass posted: "I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors — probably harmless."

The comment has since been deleted, but DePass confirmed to WIS-TV that he made it, apologizing and saying it was a joke about statements Obama has made about evolution.

DePass is a former chairman of the Richland County Republican Party. He didn’t respond to a phone message Saturday from The Associated Press.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; chimp; flotusmichelle; gooniegoogoo; gorilla; obama
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Oh, spare me. She doesn't look anything like--- George W. Bush...

1 posted on 06/14/2009 10:04:33 PM PDT by melt
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To: melt

Why not try the Letterman defense? It worked for that dushbag.


2 posted on 06/14/2009 10:10:25 PM PDT by ABQHispConservative (A Blue Dog Democrat is an oxyMoron!)
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To: melt

Good to see that GOP officials is working hard to capture the African American vote. /sarcasm


3 posted on 06/14/2009 10:14:37 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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4 posted on 06/14/2009 10:16:51 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: melt

Why is it that Republicans always have to “apologize” (for albeit an unbecoming comment), when Democrats don’t have to?..


7 posted on 06/14/2009 10:19:55 PM PDT by JSDude1 (DHS, FBI, FEMA, etc have been bad little boys. They need to be spanked and sent to timeout!)
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Should have called her a slutty flight attendant. That seems to be okay.
9 posted on 06/14/2009 10:45:49 PM PDT by Neverforget01 (Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.)
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To: JSDude1

Good question. I am not going to defend what this guy said, however, Republicans always end up apologizing and/or getting diversity training. Democrats and liberals tend to say that Republicans don’t understand humor and satire and can’t take a joke, and NEVER apologize. David Letterman’s apolgies were pathetic.


10 posted on 06/14/2009 10:46:44 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Guess what, Dilbert; If I ever become a public figure and then say something deemed “awful..gasp” by the PC crowd and they demand me “apologize”: I’ll tell them (1st Amendment) free Speech, and ‘shut-up’ and won’t do it (mind you I won’t be a jerk and say things that are unkind intentionally).


11 posted on 06/14/2009 10:51:01 PM PDT by JSDude1 (DHS, FBI, FEMA, etc have been bad little boys. They need to be spanked and sent to timeout!)
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To: melt

Was the gorilla insulted?


12 posted on 06/14/2009 10:53:56 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: melt
How times change.

Ten years ago “Egalitarians” from the political Left couldn't stop gloating over the fact that the human genome was 97% similar to the gorilla genome.

Gorillas aside, Michelle Obama and I have at least one thing in common...

Neither one of us was smart enough to get accepted at Princeton and Harvard Law School.

15 posted on 06/14/2009 11:11:12 PM PDT by zeestephen
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16 posted on 06/14/2009 11:16:25 PM PDT by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: Markos33

She more resembles Crazy Aunt Esther. “Fred Sanford! You fish eyed old fool!”


17 posted on 06/14/2009 11:22:11 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Neverforget01

Darn it is hard to be a Republican.


18 posted on 06/14/2009 11:28:36 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: melt

I’ve seen pictures of her face that looked as close to a gorilla as George Bush ever did to a chimp. What’s sauce for the gander also tastes damned fine on the goose.


19 posted on 06/14/2009 11:36:09 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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To: shibumi

Are these stills from the Patterson-Gimlin film?


20 posted on 06/14/2009 11:56:18 PM PDT by Semper Mark (Third World trickle up poverty, will lead to cascading Third World tyranny.)
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