Posted on 04/19/2011 3:52:33 AM PDT by tobyhill
A California Republican official who sent out an e-mail picturing President Barack Obama's face on the body of a baby chimpanzee issued an apology late Monday after a weekend of criticism that ended with a strongly worded public rebuke from the local Republican Party chairman, who also called for an ethics investigation into the incident.
Marilyn Davenport, a 74-year-old elected member of the Orange County Republican Central Committee, sent an email Monday afternoon asking for forgiveness for her "unwise behavior," just before the local Republican committee met for its monthly summit at a hotel in Irvine.
The email sent on Friday by Davenport to a small group of Republican committee members shows an image posed like a family portrait, of chimpanzee parents and child, with Obama's face superimposed on the young chimp. Text beneath the picture reads, "Now you know why no birth certificate."
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I wish some of these folks would grow a set and issue a Charlie Sheen “apology”. “It’s a free country, I’ll email whatever the H@ll I want to send. It’s none of your business. Duh, epic WINNING!
I don’t understand the hate against chimpanzees. It makes no sense.
That poor chimp, having zero’s face and those big ears. Poor little fellow.
Reminded me of Abba Dabba Honeymoon!
So what! why the apology for something the Left made a cottage industry out of? Plus he looks more like a Chimp than Bush did!
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