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RACISM BROUHAHA IN TENNESSEE

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Neal Boortz
@ June 17, 2009 8:17 AM
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Let's back into this. A Republican aide in the Tennessee state legislature sent out an email to fellow GOP staff members. The email was a collage of portraits from the other 43 presidents, and the last portrait depicted Barack Obama as two white eyes peering from a black background. Now the Democrats are calling for the aide, Sherri Goforth, to be fired.

Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester says, "I am calling on Sen. Black to reject this racist smear and fire this staffer who, on state government time, on state government computers, using a state government e-mail account, launched this bigoted attack on our president ... This e-mail is reprehensible, insults the office of the president, and is embarrassing to all Tennesseans regardless of political party," Forrester said.

The staffer shouldn't be fired because she's a racist. She should be fired because she's dumb as hell. Sorry ... and I know that the Democrats are using this for some good old-fashioned race baiting, but what kind of an idiot would send out that email in the first place?



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What others are saying

  • Fire her?
    That woman should get a promotion! She's obviously funny and confident. It's time to fight back against the Dimicraps with the same tactics they use against the right.
  • racism brouhaha in tennessee
    if nobodys listening, who cares?
  • Portraits of Presidents
    I'm shamelessly laughing. However, If I had done this on the tax payer's dime I would deserve to be fired.
  • Whether you think it's funny or not....
    I can't believe that there are SOOO many posts saying that this poster is "racist".

    Bigoted...maybe. But nowhere is there any evidence that this employee believes in the genetic superiority of one race over another. Which-by the way-is the definition of racism. If you don't learn anything else on Neal's show (besides FairTax=Good, IRS=Bad) for the love of Pete, stop classifying every remark and joke made about a minority as "racist". Especially when it's clearly just bigoted, un-politically correct, or just d@mn funny.
  • The Obama Picture
    Where did you get that "we" White man?
  • ID?
    The question everyone is asking is who is he and who is his puppetmaster? This is appropriate with this in mind
  • get a grip folks
    I don't care who you are, that's funny!

    People today just don't understand humor. In a politicaly correct world there could be NO humor. It always pokes fun at someone or something. It is always stereotypical.
  • Tenn. pictures of Presidents
    This picture was not limited to the great State of Tennessee. I live in Va., and was sent copies from people stationed as far away as Korea. Fire everyone that uses the Net.
  • obama
    isn't his title president BaLack o bama
  • presidents
    i did not know that little black sambo was president. hell, obama has been in the dark anyway.
  • ignorance
    I wish certain people would just get over it. This world doesn't belong to just one race! This perfectly nice building(White House) was built by the slaves, we have the right to reside in the building. And just because it's called the white house doesn't mean it belongs to one race!NO race is better than the other but if he didn't know what he was doing, then he wouldn't be where he is at now! He has to clean up what the past presidents have messed up and more. At least he does put his knowledge to use to help the people and not to get or (steal) the oil. So much mess was put on his lap to clean up, but of course, he gets blamed for there mess. I guess some things never change. PRESIDENT OBAMA, KEEP DOING THE GOOD JOB YOU ARE DOING! THE CHAIN HAS TO BREAK SOME WHERE!(meaning be the first)!
  • brouhaha
    Lone Ranger who is that masked man?
  • Just another example of the...
    ..."party of tolerance" unable to tolerate a little discomfort. I bet Barry HO even thought it was funny (in private)
  • Osambo
    Now that is funny as hell
  • racism Brohahah
    I live in TN....she should be removed for working while stupid! Give me a break.
  • Barry
    Sorry, but that picture is HYSTERICAL.
    I needed a good laugh!
  • Picture needs something....
    Teeth would be nice.
  • Where can I get a copy....
    In High Def?
  • Wrong inference
    You guys have it all wrong. See, you assume that inn the picture, you can't see Obama because he's black. However, no matter which president was in the picture, you wouldn't be able to see him. Why? Because the lights are off. Due to the new Federal Budget, the White House couldn't pay the electric bill, and the power was turned off!

    Don't worry though, Obama will soon fix that - he's going to have the Federal Government take over the power company, because electricity is a basic human right.
  • Get on with the peoples business!
    Reprimand was appropriate.
  • Need some help here...
    I can't tell if it really is Obama.
  • Now that's funny!
    People need not be so sensitive. Good grief!

    And for the record the man is as much white as he is black. He just happens to disown the white half, in my opinion.
  • Dumb Picture
    This is the money you could save by using GEICO
  • LOL @ Charlie Scott

    ya'll have fun the rest of the week, I'm outta here till Monday
  • Another Boortz fan I suppose.
    Just guessing now: Does she have more than 2 teeth and weigh over 300 lbs?
  • @ The Charlie Scott
    Thank you, sir :-)
  • the portrait
    It looks more like "who turned out the lights" from Loony Toons rather than a racist slam. but that's just me. I'm a conservative, therefore, a racist.
  • Tennesse poster
    This is terrible and uncalled for , how can I get one.
  • Ha!
    Forwarding now... Once I find the bigger copy on FoxNews.com. I'm not racist, I'll send it to my black and Hispanic friends too, cause that's just funny.
  • This Is A Joke!!!!!!
    Listen, this is a harmless joke. At least they were not talking about RAPING 14 year old girls!!!!!!!!!!
  • @ Forrest
    Forrest, you are obviously a reasonable, intelligent man who can argue persuasively without the de riguer rancor one expects nowadays.

    I found you riposte to me most reasonable and well thought out.

    Kudos. I salute you.

    Now, stop it before I wind up liking you AND Joyce.
  • Michele - Ditto!
    "Funny stuff
    I agree it was a stupid thing to e mail to GOP staffers, but it did give me a laugh. Sorry."
    By Michele

    It was clever. There is also the one about the chuck of coal from WVA and someplace in the Dakotas.... but we won't go there.

    I"M BAD!
  • Qu'elle surprise!
    Want a larger version of the poster.

    Just go to Fox news.

    The lady who forwarded that poster, said she accidently sent it to the wrong list of people. So? She has an email list of people who find this acceptable?

    Nothing is sacred to me. I think it is funny, too, but my desk is where spam goes to die.

    I would never had forwarded it.
  • presidential portraits
    I don't care who you are, that's funny!
  • Re; Um, Charlie
    I don't know. What is my party?

    If you mean Byrd, I believe he dates from the same era as the late republikkkan, Strom Thurmond, the former Dixiecrat. And, Byrd has renounced his former miscreance as a KKK-er.

    However, David Duke, a moderate republikkkan is still extant.

    But I don't know what your party is.

    But, let's talk about Senator Ensign, the latest Grand Old Partier to come to light.

    This is rich—another hypocritical politician. What a surprise! John Ensign's anti-gay marriage Senate career ended on Tuesday when he came out of the closet about his affair with a married campaign staffer. Apparently Sen. Ensign (R-Nev.) only went public when he discussed the affair with the staffer's husband—who also worked on his campaign—and the husband asked Sen. Ensign for a lot of money.

    Sen. Ensign, while running against Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in 1998 called on President Clinton to resign for having his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. One wonders whether Ensign is considering giving himself the same treatment. Of course not, at least now. But this nasty mess does seem to have knocked Sen. Ensign off the top of the list of GOP presidential nomination contenders in 2012.

    Now one wonders if Larry Craig is black. After all he is a very good tapdancer.
  • @ The Charlie Scott
    Charlie,
    No, it’s not Gump, but thanks for the clever connection to that movie/book from the 90's, no one's ever made that one before.

    Those items you mentioned, fried chicken, watermelon etc.. are stereotypes. Stereotypes developed by a group of people who have some need to belittle another race due to their perception that the race in question is of an inferior nature. I’m sure you could have Chris Rock make this exact same joke, and it would not be considered racist, because of the context in which it was told. You can do as this woman did, and make a crude joke based on the color of one's skin, but that doesn't make you racist, it makes you incognizant of how other people perceive you. What I was getting at, is you can't label someone a racist unless you know their true intent, which we don't in this case.

    David Duke is a racist.
    Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are racists.
    The dude that shot up the Holocaust Museum is a racist.
    This lady is just a stupid secretary with a poor sense of humor.

    I tried to make a post that would stir up some critical thinking skills, which I apparently failed to achieve (can’t win ‘em all). I’m not defending this person because she is a Republican, hell, I voted for Obama (only because I knew Sarah Palin would be a greater disaster for this country and there was no real conservative anywhere to be had). I do concede that her joke was racial in nature, but to call it racist is to assume her real intent, and without that knowledge, are you not guilty of prejudice yourself?

    For the record, I'm Elmer's glue white, but I don't get offended each time someone comments about how blinding I am when I wear shorts. I also don't get offended when someone tells me to go eat a mayo sandwich, I laugh. Considering I’m about to be a minority, should I feel more defensive about issues surrounding whities?
    ....Nah, I've got bills to pay.
  • Um, Charlie
    Forgive me if I'm wrong but doesn't your party have a Grand Wizard as a Senator?
  • This is the GOP's great idea
    Of how to win voters????

    Gawd, we're in trouble
  • I wonder
    if Sen. Robert Byrd thinks its funny
  • "Where can I get a larger version of that picture?"
    Call your local Republikkkan offices. I'm sure they will have them from wallet size to billboards.
  • Mr. Forrest (Gump, I assume)
    "Racists believe in genetic inferiority simply due to race."

    So, if it had shown Obama with a watermelon in one hand, fried chicken in the other, and a big ol' bowl of collard greens, laughing a lot, singing and dancing, it wouldn't be racist by your definition if you believe that he isn't inferior by virtue of his race.

    Thanks for clearing that up.
  • Poster
    Will it help to know that a Yankee Democrat made the poster?
  • Same old stuff
    Well it seems that republican voting policies havent changed in recent decades.
  • Funny stuff
    I agree it was a stupid thing to e mail to GOP staffers, but it did give me a laugh. Sorry.
  • What kind of idiot would send that out?
    Why a middle of the road Republikkkan, who thought that her fellow Republikkkans shared her sentiments.
  • Fired.
    I do not see how this is racist in any way. It is a joke. A joke that the President made himself. We all know he is black, and if that was an issue Obama would not be President.

    That being said, the joke was a bit tasteless. She should probably get the boot just for being an idiot.
  • Larger Version
    Where can I get a larger version of that picture? It's rather funny.
  • no nascar no red neck!
    butt neckid

    if'n you cain't luv nascar you cain't be no red neck.

    so you are going to have to sit there neckid drinking you adult beverages and just be a "plain ol' racist who don't like racin'............... sorry bubba.

    yes that was funny, I still have my ass on but it got a lil' loose......
  • Get a life
    That picture is funny I don't care who you are. All it needs is some purple lips and big 'ol ears and we will know who it is.
  • Funny
    Strange, but my eyes look like that when the lights are off. I guess we're all the same in the dark.
  • collage
    It simply is not funny. Racist is a strong word. Definately childish and stupid. And a waste of time on the job. Doesn't she have anything better to do?
  • Sense of Humor??
    America has obviously lost its sense of humor and its people grown too sensitive. Additionally, name the one government employee that has NEVER used his or her Internet access to send a personal email, check the weather, pay a bill or shop online during working hours. I would certainly like to meet that dweeb!
  • racism
    its funny where can i get mine
  • racism!! Now where did I leave my pitchfork?
    There is a thin line seperating racism,offensive humor,bad taste and stupidity.Much like the David Letterman joke,this email dips a little into all these catagories, but the person should be fired for just being stupid and possible abuse of office email guidelines.(Besides its just not funny but the PC crowd will gather the torches and pitchforks about anything)
  • laff my ass off.............................
    that poster should be placed in the MOMA. it is friggin' funny. and since the elections I have started to become a red neck 'xcept for the nascar part. can't dew dat left turn stuff.

    how dew day knowz dat be osamabama???
  • She should be fired because she's dumb as hell.
    Couldn't have said any better than that.
  • looks just like him. :O)
  • Reality Check
    It's threads like these that show true mindset of the Boortz myrmidons. But hey, I'm sure Neal loves and is proud of his bigoted listeners.
  • Racist is a stretch, you've got to really know the person
    Racists believe in genetic inferiority simply due to race. This poster doesn't imply that. It does however, illustrate absolute stupidity that this was done on government time with government assets. Its one thing to make something for fark.com at home on your own time, but to do something like this on state equipment... yes, a termination is in order.
  • The way I SEES it...
    that set of eyes was not supposed to be PrezBO, but rather the Amercian people, who can't believe what is happening to the country that was built up by the first 43 Presidents, and could well be unraveled by the 44th.

    (CODE not readable, will try again)
  • No, she should be fired for being a racist
    Yes, she is stupid. But so are many Republicans.

    This sort of behaviour is not tolerated within the ranks of the Republican party. Only the Democrats DEFEND racists. We push them out.
  • GOP email
    God, she should be fired! We do not need racist idiots in the GOP! We do not need racist idiots calling themselves conservative! I don't like a lot of what Obama is doing but it has nothing to do with the color of the man's skin.
  • Outrage of Convenience.
    Where were all the cries of racism when Obama himself said "I don’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."?

    I think the image is funny simply because it expands upon that to the point where it's ridiculous. They were tasteful in that there is no TV being carried away in the picture.
  • Bigotry
    I hope that Sen Black as a wise white woman will come to a better solution than a wise black woman would.

    She is white isn't she ? Sen Black I mean.
  • that poster!
    i know i'm going to hell for being a racist. but that's funny!
  • The Senator's Name is BLACK
    LOL
  • ha
    i personally thought it was funny. there is nothing racist about it, but minority "leaders" will stop at nothing to claim victimhood over any issue at all.
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