Tenn. State Sen. Diane Black (the one with the racist emailing staffer) brings gasoline to the fire:

:wow:



from ThinkProgress:



Copy Of Black’s ‘Strongly Worded Reprimand’ To Aide For Racist E-mail: ‘I Look Forward To Working Together’

Pressure has been building on Tennessee State Sen. Diane Black (R) to fire her aide, Sherri Goforth, who sent an e-mail with a racist image of President Obama. Today on CNN, for example, former Cheney aide Ron Christie said that “I think the appropriate course of action would be for this staffer to be dismissed.”

However, Black has dug in her heels. Yesterday, she told CNN that that although the e-mail “does not represent the beliefs or opinions of my office,” she decided to keep Goforth on:



As the Knoxville News Sentinel reports, the Tennessee Democratic Party has obtained a copy of this “strongly worded reprimand,” which is barely a slap on the wrist. Black advises Goforth not to send communications that are “derogatory regarding any minority” and adds, “I look forward to working together in the future within these guidelines.” The letter: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/goforth-letter/


Goforth initially refused to apologize for the racist imagery, saying only that she sent it to the wrong list. (She eventually apologized for the “offensive nature” of her e-mail.)

Black has repeatedly insisted that Goforth’s e-mail did not “reflect any of my beliefs.” As proof she has cited her time as a nurse, “working with people with black skin who needed medical help” around the world.


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/17/goforth-letter/

I'll bet some of her best friends are black as well.

is she probably thinks there is nothing wrong with how she stated that.

Somebody, grab me a bucket. I need to vomit.