I am an open-minded person; but this is just straight up damned wrong!
ORIGINAL POST, April 15, 5 P.M.: Orange County might be a beautiful oceanfront locale, but it’s also home to Holocaust deniers, vicious anti-gay bigots and freakish big-haired televangelists.
Here, one of our Republican politicians welcomed the inauguration of the first African American U.S. president in early 2009 by sending out an email that depicted a watermelon field in front of the White House.
That incident drew embarrassing international attention, but now another Orange County Republican has apparently topped the watermelon imagery with another racist attack on President Barack Obama.
The Weekly has obtained a copy of an email sent to fellow conservatives this week by Marilyn Davenport, a Southern California Tea Party activist and member of the central committee of the Orange County Republican Party.
Under the words, “Now you know why no birth certificate,” there’s an Obama family portrait showing them as apes.
(Donald Trump must be elated to finally have an explanation about Obama’s true birth circumstances.)
Here’s the image attached to the email:
…and what might her rational be for this sort of stupidity?
This:
UPDATE, APRIL 16, 5:55 P.M.: This afternoon, Marilyn Davenport sent an email to fellow Orange County Republican elected officials, apologizing if anyone was offended and blasted the “liberal media” for reporting the story.
“I simply found it amusing regarding the character of [President Barack] Obama and all the questions surrounding his origin of birth,” Davenport wrote. “In no way did I even consider the fact he’s half black when I sent out the email. In fact, the thought never entered my mind until one or two other people [Scott Baugh, Orange County GOP boss, and this writer] tried to make this about race . . . I received plenty of emails about George Bush that I didn’t particularly like yet there was no ‘cry’ in the media about them . . . That being said, I will NOT resign my central committee position over this matter that the average person knows and agrees is much to do about nothing.” (*Davenport’s entire statement is at the end of this article.)
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(This is a copy of Davenport’s entire 12:24 p.m. Saturday email to other OC Republican leaders: “I’m sorry if my email offended anyone. I simply found it amusing regarding the character of Obama and all the questions surrounding his origin of birth. In no way did I even consider the fact he’s half black when I sent out the email. In fact, the thought never entered my mind until one or two other people tried to make this about race. We all know a double standard applies regarding this president. I received plenty of emails about George Bush that I didn’t particularly like yet there was no ‘cry’ in the media about them. One only has to go to Youtube or Google Images to see a plethora or lampooning videos and pictures of Obama, Bush and other politicians. That being said, I will NOT resign my central committee position over this matter that the average person knows and agrees is much to do about nothing. Again, for those select few who might be truly offended by viewing a copy of an email I sent to a select list of friends and acquaintances, unlike the liberal left when they do the same, I offer my sincere apologies to you–the email was no meant for you. For any of my friends or acquaintances who were the recipients of my email and were truly offended, please call me so I may offer a sincere verbal apology to you.”)
No ma’am, you are wrong. It IS racism! Comparing a black man to a chimp, is classic racial stereotyping and it is damned wrong. The Republican Party is the party of Lincoln and this sort of stupidity should NOT be tolerated; and if this vermin of a woman does not resign, she should be removed by the Republican leadership themselves. Of course, the liberal media and bloggers are upset, as they should rightly be. There is no place for this sort of nonsense in Conservative or Republican politics. Anyone says there is, is not; in my humble opinion, a true Conservative.
So, again, to this racist vermin bitch; GET THE HELL OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!
…and before anyone asks, “Is not what you do here racist?” To that I answer very simply; hell to the no, it is not racist! This blog is simply a man, who politics is “right of center,” who happens to believe that the far socialist left is wrong on a number of things. It has never been, nor will it ever be about racism. I admittedly, have issues with the fact that the Democratic Party choose Barack Obama — because of his skin color, which they did. However, I do NOT ever, nor will I ever post any sort of racist imagery on this blog, ever! Oh, believe you me; I get emails all the time, “Hey this might be funny on your blog” and it is some racist tripe crap, that I would never, in a million years publish here. Hell, I have unfriended people on Facebook for this very thing. It is uncalled for, and those who do it are NOT Conservative; not in my view of what true Conservative Christianity and Republicanism is about.
The real sick and sad part is; there are “Supposed” Conservatives and Republicans, who think this sort of thing is just fine. It’s humor they say; no, it is not humor, it is racism and I will not sit by and watch it. I’ve called more than one blogger out on here for it too. They’re assholes and they give us honest guys a bad name. 😡
Related: The Huffington Post: Marilyn Davenport’s Racist Email Denounced By OC GOP
Others: Crooks and Liars, Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs, Pam’s House Blend, iOwnTheWorld.com, HyperVocal, Balloon Juice, The Immoral Minority, Booman Tribune, CBS Los Angeles and Mediaite
Update: For you Democrats coming here and being all smug about this. Your side does it too! See Here and Here please. So, wipe that smug look off of your face! Because your party and people’s hands are just as dirty as the Republican Party’s hands are, if not worse. Ever read any history?
Here is the litmus test. Is this a RACIST picture.
http://www.anvari.org/db/fun/World_Trade_Center/Bush_Monkey.jpg
NO WHAT ONLY WHITES CAN BE “RACIST” ahhaha the “LOGIC” of liberals
Which proves to me, that you sir are not a Conservative. Because for one, your IP address traces to Canada. Which is mostly liberal. There are Conservatives there, but they would never say anything like that.
Some of the Paleo-Conservatives would. But most self-respecting mainstream Conservatives would be repulsed the comparing of Obama to a chimp.
Sorry, but I reject that idiot notion of a moral equivalency. Anyone that understands the utter hell that black people had to endure at the hands of the American Democrats, whos party enabled, supported and even protected institutionalized racism for years; knows that what this woman did was utterly detestable and she should resign.
Commie Smasher? Yeah right. 🙄 You speak like a racist bigot and that is not Conservative.
This GOP Representative is a very small-minded, classless, ignorant and completely inconsequential sad excuse for a human being.
It will be a long time before you get an argument out of me over that one Mary! 😉
How can this be a “racist” issue? I didn’t know that “chimpanzee” was a race! Reminds me of the kids’ old birthday ditty-“Happy Birthday to you”… you look like a monkey, and smell like one too!” It may be silly and juvenile, but it is certainly not “racist”.
I guess it’s OK to have leftist protestors carry signs depicting Repubs as “Hitler”, and calling them “fascist” and
“woman killers” for being Pro-Life, right? Hypocrites!
RESIGN over this?…give me a break!
My God, how stupid can you be? 🙄
Read your history books idiot. 😡
I’m sure Davenport is being honest when she describes what the “average person” would perceive. Unconsciously, she’s decribing the average person in HER world. Her afluent, reactionary, blatantly racist,socialy-retarded representatives of a very specific and culturally non-inclusive enclave. These are the people who sometimes miss just how racially prejudiced they are simply because they don’t spend enough time around people who aren’t just like them. Davenport represents one of those old, ugly examples of “American” that we should all hope will continue to die-off. The rest of the world is pretty damned tired of waiting for them to evolve. Makes you wonder if Davenport should consider re-making the email as self portrait.
I hate to admit, but I do agree. 🙁
That thing that makes me sick to my stomach, is that some blacks, who just do not know any better; think that ALL white people are like that — and it is so damned wrong. 🙁
You’re right, Patrick. As a black man I would say that those who would classify an entire race are a segment that needs to die-out as well. There is simply to much pain wrought by those who don’t wish to have humanity for their fellow man. Those people come in a variety of colors and, in a better world, there is no place for them. Davenport only represents ONE of those groups. Unfortunately, she represents one of the groups that has the resources to be very influencial and that’s an even bigger shame.
You people, when will it ever end? When will the land of the cism awaken to a new tune other than
color, gender, race, creed? No matter what African Americans achieve we will always be met with
some social barrier or off colored remark to keep us in social holding pen.
You people??!?!?!
Are you referring to Whites?
Are you referring to Republicans?
In case you have not noticed sir; I strongly denounced the e-mails and yes, I am a White Conservative. I am not a Republican, I say that; because of crap like this.
So, I don’t understand this comment, at all.