New GOP "Racist" Headache

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-06/new-gop-racist-headache/

After "Barack the Magic Negro" and other GOP racial gaffes, a top Young Republican official—who was elected chairman Saturday—laughs at a racial slur about President Obama. The Daily Beast's John Avlon on a choice facing GOP brass: Lose the radical fringe, or never email, use social media or send out holiday CDs again.

Note to Republicans: Racist “humor,” the Internet, and political ambitions don’t mix. Audra Shay, vice chairman of the Young Republicans and the leading candidate to be elected its chairman on Saturday, is now the latest in a growing list of GOP officials learning this lesson the hard way, based on pictures of a now-deleted Facebook page obtained by The Daily Beast.

“This is still America… freedom of speech and thought is still allowed… for now any ways… and the last time i checked I was a good ole southern boy… and if yur ass is black don’t let the sun set on it in a southern town…”


On Wednesday, Shay—a 38-year-old Army veteran, mother, and event planner from Louisiana who has been endorsed by her governor, Bobby Jindal—was holding court on her Facebook page, initiating a political conversation by posting that “WalMart just signed a death warrant” by “endorsing Obama’s healthcare plan.” At 1:52, a friend named listed as Eric S. Piker, but whose personal page says his actual name is Eric Pike, wrote “It’s the government making us commies… can’t even smoke in my damn car… whats next they going to issue toilet paper once a month… tell us how to wipe our asses…”

Two minutes later, Piker posted again saying “Obama Bin Lauden is the new terrorist… Muslim is on there side … need to take this country back from all of these mad coons… and illegals.”

Eight minutes after that, at 2:02, Shay weighed in on Piker’s comments: “You tell em Eric! lol.”

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2. It's at the GOP roots and the Senate hearings are making it very clear; racism is an integral

part of the RRRepublican party.

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3. Ah yes... sundown towns... A true piece of Americana...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town

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4. Love the comments:

Liberty Ship: "The Liberal's propensity to shoot themselves in the foot is amazing, isn't it?"

What I find even more amazing are racists who post this crap on the internet, who don't understand the whole world can see it. I would say the Cons have the Liberals beat in the foot-shooting department.

A couple did call her out on the "coon" reference.


On edit: I just sent this article to KO as a nominee for his Worst Person segment.