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Ohio judge Scott Nusbaum apologizes for blackface Halloween costume
WCPO.COM ^ | 16 NOVEMBER 2013 | AP

Posted on 11/16/2013 6:32:35 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist

Edited on 11/16/2013 6:34:27 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio county judge has apologized for donning blackface for a Halloween costume and has met with a local NAACP leader about the issue.

The Chillicothe Gazette reports Ross County Common Pleas Judge Scott Nusbaum was photographed at a party wearing dark makeup, a pink dress and a gray wig.


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1 posted on 11/16/2013 6:32:35 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Right or wrong. Funny or not funny. You’d think by now everybody would know better.

But then, what do you call a lawyer with half a brain? “Your Honor.”


2 posted on 11/16/2013 6:33:53 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Obamas costume, when will he apologize? http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k521/jyrostng/obama_witchofthenorth.jpg?t=1384634898


3 posted on 11/16/2013 6:35:23 PM PST by jyro (French-like Democrats wave the white flag of surrender while we are winning)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

You know what? F You, you don’t get to set the rules. Anybody that bows to this PC bull$#!^ doesn’t have a hair on his @$$.


4 posted on 11/16/2013 6:35:23 PM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: Feckless
I thought about dressing up in blackface so who do I apologize to for this thought crime?
5 posted on 11/16/2013 6:37:12 PM PST by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

NOBODY. F’em


6 posted on 11/16/2013 6:55:43 PM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

If it is for Halloween, I would go in whiteface as the ghost of someone in blackface.


7 posted on 11/16/2013 7:40:21 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Why should he apologize ? All he had to say was he was playing Al Jolson


8 posted on 11/17/2013 2:48:37 AM PST by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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