Posted on 04/18/2011 5:27:20 AM PDT by Scanian
Edited on 04/18/2011 9:37:42 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California Republican Party official was under fire yesterday after allegations she sent an email that included an altered photo depicting President Barack Obama as an ape.
An email reportedly sent by party central committee member Marilyn Davenport shows an image, posed like a family portrait, of chimpanzee parents and child, with Obama's face artificially superimposed on the child. Text beneath the photo reads, "Now you know why no birth certificate."
Davenport, when reached by The Associated Press, said she would provide a written statement with her response, but several hours later she had not issued one.
The alternative newspaper OC Weekly first reported the story, and was told by Davenport that the e-mail was "just an Internet joke." She also asked the Weekly, "You're not going to make a big deal about this are you?"
The OC Weekly later reported that Davenport issued a statement in which she denied race played a role.
"I simply found it amusing regarding the character of Obama and all the questions surrounding his origin of birth,"
Excerpt... NYPost
“Wouldn’t it be great if for once our side’s statement went something like this...’Hey lefties, piss off.’”
Encapsulated in that question in the secret of Trump’s appeal.
Search on Obama Chimp and you’ll get 204000....most of which are actually pictures of Bush....
This is an insult to our ancestors. I have always thought Obama was half asshole.......
This is an insult to our ancestors. I have always thought Obama was half asshole.......
Unbelievably stupid for Davenport to do this; but, honestly, I have met some breathtakingly ignorant bigoted people, even in this day and age. I don’t think it will ever end.
Even worse, she claims the pic is not racist, and that the outrage is “much ado about nothing.”
There are people all across the political spectrum who do not acknowledge that obama is BI-RACIAL. He is not black, but viewing him as such is convenient for demagogues who work to either gain or lose power.
If he and others would acknowledge the reality of BI-RACIAL-NESS, we could get past RACE.
I figured we would be way past it by now, but I obviously must have been dreaming.
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