Posted on 06/14/2009 10:04:33 PM PDT by melt
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A former chairman of the South Carolina Election Commission has apologized after his posting on Facebook suggested a gorilla that escaped form a Columbia zoo was an ancestor of first lady Michelle Obama.
Minutes after the gorilla’s escape was reported Friday, Rusty DePass posted: "I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors — probably harmless."
The comment has since been deleted, but DePass confirmed to WIS-TV that he made it, apologizing and saying it was a joke about statements Obama has made about evolution.
DePass is a former chairman of the Richland County Republican Party. He didn’t respond to a phone message Saturday from The Associated Press.
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No, there does not appear to be anything racist in your post that now reads:
Comment #48 Removed by Moderator
Every time i see that pic of michelle i think of the monster in Alien.
Habetis bona deum
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury.
“From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising them the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.
“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:
“From bondage to spiritual faith;
from spiritual faith to great courage;
from courage to liberty;
from liberty to abundance;
from abundance to selfishness;
from selfishness to apathy;
from apathy to dependence;
from dependency back again into bondage.”
Alexander Tyler....
Crapulam terriblem habeo .
Magnum Crapulum Procella Est.
It was my wife birthday try spending it with polish in-laws who gargle with vodka.
Vinum et musica laetificant cor .
Yeah but payback is a bitch...
There never was anything remotely racist in my post to begin with. I really don’t appreciate your lies in claiming there was.
I never did claim that your post was racist.
Instead, I said that there is nothing racist about the post that now reads Comment #48 Removed by Moderator.
After you read your post #51 again, that will be two apologies you owe me.
Okay, I’m not going to say Michelle Obama is ugly. But didn’t I see her ordering roast duck with mango salsa on a GEICO commercial a while back?
Well, for some reason, your post 48 was removed.
Perhaps, you should re-post its original content.
No thanks, because ignorant hyperdefensive morons (who helped 0bama get elected) who are too stupid to understand will get their knickers in a twist again.
I agree with you. I, too, thought we were here to fight Obama's dangerous politics. Ranting against Michelle's stupid statements is valid but the ugliness against her looks has become vile.
Often now, I would like to ask these people to post a full length 'unaltered' picture of themselves lounging around the house. If they can make 'ugly statements' then they should be held to task too, right?
I have never known of a problem that meaness solved and I won't stoop to meaness to vent my anger.
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