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Archae

(46,328 posts)
Thu May 26, 2016, 12:01 PM May 2016

Another GOP'er shows her true colors...

Lily-white.

Colorado GOP Official Compares Obama To A Monkey

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Thursday, 5/26/2016 10:30 am

Linda Sorenson, chair of the Delta County, Colorado, Republican Party, posted a racist Facebook meme last week depicting President Obama as a monkey, according to Jason Salzman of the blog Big Media.



She reportedly told Salzman that she was only joking but doesn’t “care if people are offended by it.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/colorado-gop-official-compares-obama-monkey#sthash.4xx4XEHx.dpuf

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Another GOP'er shows her true colors... (Original Post) Archae May 2016 OP
Well, that's disgusting! Arkansas Granny May 2016 #1
Fixed it Cirque du So-What May 2016 #2
OK. I'm going to go there... mwooldri May 2016 #3
True man Glamrock May 2016 #6
Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty APE! Separation May 2016 #7
Allright allright Glamrock May 2016 #9
"One does not simply liken any human being to a primate" 1939 May 2016 #12
Exactly. mwooldri May 2016 #13
Thanks, Donald Trump PJMcK May 2016 #4
Don't forget... Archae May 2016 #5
She doesn't care if people are offended, huh? gratuitous May 2016 #8
Here is the link to Jason's blog: L. Coyote May 2016 #10
Yeah and now they claim that her FB page was hacked. 47of74 May 2016 #11
WOW! she doesn’t “care if people are offended by it.” potential trump VP!!! spanone May 2016 #14

Cirque du So-What

(25,940 posts)
2. Fixed it
Thu May 26, 2016, 12:24 PM
May 2016

I realize it's dated, but it still cracks me up.

They're not bothering to hide it anymore, are they?

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
3. OK. I'm going to go there...
Thu May 26, 2016, 12:25 PM
May 2016

Ms. Sorenson is wrong. That's George, aka "Dubya".

OK, reality check... what she said was offensive. What I said above is offensive. One does not simply liken any human being to a primate by using "is", i.e. "[person name] is a [primate]". However some people are amused at her statement and I bet someone might be amused at my statement. Apologies to Mr. Bush, btw.

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)
6. True man
Thu May 26, 2016, 12:59 PM
May 2016

but white folks like W haven't been described as monkeys and apes for decade after decade after decade after decade after.....

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)
9. Allright allright
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:46 PM
May 2016

Ya got me. I'm now sure that there was no racist sentiment from that awful woman. Lol. In all seriousness, I absolutely laughed out loud when I read your response. I even heard Heston's voice in me head. Tanks fer da laugh baby!

1939

(1,683 posts)
12. "One does not simply liken any human being to a primate"
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:53 PM
May 2016

I saw an awful lot of cartoons and photo shops relating to George Bush as the "chimperor".

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
4. Thanks, Donald Trump
Thu May 26, 2016, 12:26 PM
May 2016

The racism, misogyny and hatred that have always percolated beneath the surface of the Republican Party has been brought into the open thanks to Donald Trump's lack of civility and dignity. He has made it acceptable for Republicans to pull back the veil on their ugliness and throw away their dog whistles so they can "tell it like it is."

This picture is so offensive and disrespectful. That Ms. Sorenson, an official in the Republican Party, thinks this is a joke and doesn't care that many people would be offended demonstrates her callousness and lack of simple manners. She should be shamed out of her position.

Archae

(46,328 posts)
5. Don't forget...
Thu May 26, 2016, 12:58 PM
May 2016

This is the same state party that accepts Gordon Flingenshit...I mean Klingenschmitt into their ranks.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
11. Yeah and now they claim that her FB page was hacked.
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:01 PM
May 2016

The Party of Personal Responsibility (®/™/etc) is now claiming it's not Sorenson's fault, that her FB page was hacked.

An overtly racist Internet meme — comparing President Barack Obama to 1950s movie chimpanzee Bonzo — that appeared to be shared on the personal Facebook page of the chairwoman of the Delta County Republican Central Committee was the result of hacking, committee members said last week.

The photo, allegedly posted to the Facebook timeline for committee chairwoman Linda Sorenson, shows former President Ronald Reagan bottle-feeding the chimp in a movie still. The accompanying text says, “I’ll be damned … Reagan used to babysit Obama.”

“This whole thing is a hoax. Someone got into the Facebook somehow,” said Vic Ullrey, vice chairman of the committee. “It was hacked and somebody got into it, definitely.”

When asked why Sorenson was the specific target of the alleged hacking — possibly a federal crime, if true — Ullrey said, “I have no idea,” later adding, “Just to damage the Republican Party, no doubt. … Just to make us look bad,”




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