Monday, June 15, 2009
Shocker!!!! Tennessee GOP official sends out racist email.
Posted by Bruce VanWyngarden on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Sherri Goforth, a staffer for GOP state senator Diane Black, has admitted sending out the racist poster shown here in an email. It's funny, see, because Obama's black and so his official portrait is a pair of cartoon eyeballs on a black background. Don't these people have some gun bills to pass, or something?
Despicable creeps, thy name is TNGOP. Nashville's Talking has more details.
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Does this really qualify as despicable? Stupid for sure. Insensitive. Idiotic. But racist and despicable? Nah.
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This is absolutely racist. How stupid, how insensitive! Oh wait, we're talking about Tennessee!
I should have known better.
If that is racist and despicable, then what do we call truly racist and despicable acts? I guess "atrocious" is a step up......I am not defending it. Just seems we are running on a little PC crack here. Of course, if it wasn't from a staffer of a GOP senator then it wouldn't have really mattered at all. Time to clean my gun and head to Beale.
Well Zip, what would you say merits that level of approbation... some Republican calling Michelle Obama and her family 'gorillas'?
Oh wait....
Ok Bush was a Nazi. No outrage.Plalin's 14 year old daughter.No outrage.If Obama can't take the heat.Get out of office.I am sick and tired of this one way street.Time is coming. Richard.
Hey Bruce. Are you real. I need to remember your name and make a point to never your read your crap again. You are so in the minority. You will learn this soon. And so will will the people you work for.
bruce, what percentage of the memphis flyer editorial staff is black. oh not quite the 75% black makeup of memphis. you folks at the flyer are racist. how many ways can you clowns play this tired old "racist" game, soon it will no longer be effective. think about that as you drive back to your all white neighborhood
Republicans = evil. Democrats = angels. Give me a break. Herenton is a Democrat and is one of the biggest racists on the planet.
it's lovely how so many of you can't find it within yourselves to just say this kind of garbage is wrong. So you're defending this, right? Yeah, Herenton is a jackass (who has supported republicans btw), but he isn't the one who sent this email, is he?
Typical logic - because Herenton is a democrat, that makes Barack Obama fair game for spook jokes.
BTW, RDough, Bush is a Nazi. That's not a bad joke, it's the horrible truth.
This is definitely racist; depicting an afro-american as two white eyeballs on a black background is wrong for too many reasons to enumerate in this forum. We must be careful because there are liberty issues at stake here and I don't want to stifle dissent because it is very important in a free country. So if people have problems with President Obama's policies they should say what those problems are--not attack him for his racial or ethnic identity! Although if this would have been done on her private computer then she would have the right to do that--at least under current laws. By the way most people who live in TN are not racists! To make statements suggesting such a thing is almost as offensive as Ms. Goforth's email! Jonesborough, TN, the oldest city in TN is the home of the nation's first abolitionist newspaper! There is plenty of racism and hatred in the United States to go around and I realize TN was also the birthplace of the KKK, but there are many people who live here who are deeply engaged in the struggle for social justice--so be careful when you make generalizations often you make statements that are inherently untrue and often hurtful!! ~Peace, KMK-G
Still want to know how many pieces Dave would have been in if he had "joked" about A-Rod knockin' up one of the Obama girls...
fwiw, tired, Dave was out of line with his comment. But gosh, you must think the spook email was ok....
rdoug...
apples and oranges. this is someone employed on the taxpayer's dime using taxpayer-funded email to send out what is at minimum a very offensive poster.
that's not the same as a talk show host or some comedian making an tacky comment.
gotta hand it to you, though. that was really classy the way you threatened bruce.
It's all false equivocation because they WANT it to be all right to make racist jokes. Nothing else can be gleaned from the comments here.
E-mails like this are one reason Tennesseans are made the butt of so many jokes.....Come on people....if we can't be progressive, lets at least join the 20th century.
It's Tennessee and it's the GOP. Why is anyone shocked? Hell, this is the Chippy Saltsman 'Barack the Magic Negro' bunch. They are just doing the Lord's work. Old Sheri and her racist boss Diane will wear this shit like a badge.
The Grand Old Party lost its heart many years ago. Given the mind-blowing behavior in these last months apparently it's lost the last vestige of its soul as well.
Some have said that this email incident was stupid not racist or despicable. But I would just like to add that given the history of this country where very foolish people through caricature and stereotypes sought to strip minorities of both dignity and their identity. As an art student I find the image interesting in that Obama is portrayed as only two eyes staring out of the darkness, he is rendered as a non-entity and thus no significance is attributed to his achievements. Stupidity is often racism.
James do you also critique clip-art? "As an art student I find the image interesting in that Obama is portrayed as only two eyes staring out of the darkness, he is rendered as a non-entity and thus no significance is attributed to his achievements". Now that is funny.
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