Obama Delegate Resigns After Remark - used the word "monkeys" to describe black children playing

CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. -- An Illinois delegate for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama resigned after using the word "monkeys" to describe black children playing in a tree, the Obama campaign said Tuesday.

Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski, a trustee in the Chicago suburb of Carpentersville, was issued a $75 ticket for disorderly conduct after neighbors complained to police. She says the word wasn't meant racially and she will fight the ticket.

"Given the incident, Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski is stepping down as a delegate and will be replaced," said Obama spokeswoman Amy Brundage.

I swore that I would cease and desist all song parodies. But, I just couldn't resist this story.

Hey! Hey! She said "Monkeys" Tune: Theme from The Monkees

Here it comes,
She was indiscreet.
Among the funniest kooks, chum,
This can’t be beat.

Hey, Hey, some dem flunkey
Tossed the word “monkey” around.
The kids were busy swinging
High above the ground.

Kids go where they want to
Do what they like to do.
Seems at the time she was feckless
But that’s PC for you.

Hey, Hey, some dem flunkey
Tossed the word “monkey” around.
The kids were busy swinging
High above the ground.

Now the uproar’s so unfriendly
You better watch what you say.
When you’re in conversation,
You gotta watch what you say

Any time, Or anywhere,
You look over your shoulder
And choose your words with care.

Hey, Hey, some dem flunkey
Tossed the word “monkey” around.
The kids were busy swinging
High above the ground.

Now the uproar’s so unfriendly
You better watch what you say.
When you’re in conversation,
You gotta watch what you say

Hey, hey, she said, “Monkeys”
Hey, hey, she said, “Monkeys”
[repeat and fade]

Extra verse:

Hey, hey, she said, “Monkeys”
The PC crowd don’t fool around
Their ire can be real deadly
And so now she’s gotta step down.

With apologies to Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, as well as Peter, Davy, Micky and Mike. Sorry, too, DFU, if you have already done this.

I crack me up.

Good. I've done this one a couple times, the latest of which was for Baker/Hamilton.

"THE MONKEES THEME"
GET THE MUSIC HERE -- http://members.tripod.com/rydknite/tvmid.html -- (scroll down to monkees-da.mid)

There they are...all over D.C.
Those guys had been the co-chairmen of the ISG
New Surrender Monkeys...Jim Baker and Lee Hamilton
About what they have written, the mocking has just begun

All of the Islamofascists...have liked what they have read
Some here are still not believing that those guys want us dead
New Surrender Monkeys...Jim Baker and Lee Hamilton
About what they have written, the mocking has just begun

The new Surrender Monkeys...that's Baker and Hamilton
About what they have written, the mocking's only begun

From his grave, Neville Chamberlain
Says bringing "peace in our time" is...the great thing they've done
New Surrender Monkeys...Jim Baker and Lee Hamilton
About what they have written, the mocking has now just begun

New Surrender Monkeys...Jim Baker and Lee Hamilton
About what they have written, the mocking has now just begun

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