Saturday, February 07, 2009
AP video: GOP's Michael Steele Attacks Democrats on the Stimulus Plan
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"Steele's 2006 Senate campaign spending questioned." But he wants to talk about wasted spending?? [Washington Post]
And BTW....
"Carol Carter, a Republican state committeewoman representing Hillsborough County, resigned Thursday after the St. Petersburg Times reported she forwarded an e-mail joke that was attacked as being racist.
The e-mail, with the subject line "Amazing!" read:
"I'm confused.
"How can 2,000,000 blacks get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice?"
Carter followed up with an apology e-mail to the county's Republican Executive Committee board saying she had sent the e-mail only to eight people and was "sorry that it was received in a negative manner. I do hope that we are going to be allowed to keep our sense of humor."
Carter did not return calls for comment." [click here for full story via the St. Petersburg Times]
Oh so we're wrong for not having a sense of humor and she's not wrong 'cos she only shared a private joke. Maybe she'll learn her lesson from Carol Thatcher's example about what's considered polite conversation, whether in private or public. I'm far from PC but if you think trading in meanspirited, racist humor like this is appropriate in 2009, I don't even know what to say.... [The Telegraph - UK]
Labels: Economy, GOP incompetence, Michael Steele, Republican f-ckery, US race relations
