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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:36 PM Jan 2012

Kansas House Speaker apologizes for calling First Lady ‘Mrs. YoMama’



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/06/kansas-house-speaker-apologizes-for-calling-first-lady-mrs-yomama/

Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal, from the city of Hutchison, sent an email before Christmas that compared the president’s wife to the Dr. Seuss character The Grinch, with a tagline asking: “Twins separated at birth?”

“I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing Mrs. YoMama a wonderful, long Hawaii Christmas vacation — at our expense, of course,” the forward read.

“Sorry, just had to forward this latest holiday message!” O’Neal wrote. “I’ve had worse hair days but this is pretty funny.”

In a statement to The Lawrence Journal-World, a newspaper in Kansas that was first to obtain the emails, O’Neal apologized for “missing” the offending text. “To those I have offended, I am sorry,” he said. “That was not my intent.”[div]
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Kansas House Speaker apologizes for calling First Lady ‘Mrs. YoMama’ (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Jan 2012 OP
Racist piece of shit. trumad Jan 2012 #1
Yep, he's another waste of humanity. nt valerief Jan 2012 #6
He represents Kansans Blacksheep214 Jan 2012 #2
Fuck him... one_voice Jan 2012 #3
“That was not my intent.” TheDebbieDee Jan 2012 #4
His 'intent' was not getting caught being a racist. Looks like he assumed everybody he sent Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #5
WTF. He just apologised because he got caught and didn't get the back uo from his Ecumenist Jan 2012 #7
It was not his intent to get caught! Logical Jan 2012 #8

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
3. Fuck him...
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 11:45 PM
Jan 2012

He knew exactly what he did. Now all will be forgiven cuz he said sorry. Fuck him! Racist piece of shit...

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
5. His 'intent' was not getting caught being a racist. Looks like he assumed everybody he sent
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 12:05 AM
Jan 2012

that e-mail was a racist asshole, too.

Looks like he fucked up.

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