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Obama Delegate Resigns After Remark - used the word "monkeys" to describe black children playing
Associated Press ^ | April 8, 2008

Posted on 04/08/2008 1:53:56 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Obama Delegate Resigns After Remark

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Associated Press

CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. -- An Illinois delegate for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama resigned after using the word "monkeys" to describe black children playing in a tree, the Obama campaign said Tuesday.

Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski, a trustee in the Chicago suburb of Carpentersville, was issued a $75 ticket for disorderly conduct after neighbors complained to police. She says the word wasn't meant racially and she will fight the ticket.

"Given the incident, Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski is stepping down as a delegate and will be replaced," said Obama spokeswoman Amy Brundage.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: howardcosell; mword; obama
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To: Clemenza
Puts me in mind of Howard Cosell.

That was a classic moment. I was watching that game, and said that Cosell's career just ended.

41 posted on 04/08/2008 2:27:16 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well....I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!


42 posted on 04/08/2008 2:29:51 PM PDT by syriacus (Wright's non-prophet chickenhood came home to roost in a million dollar mansion in a gated community)
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To: Rome2000
the incident occurred Saturday, when two children were playing in a tree next door to Ramirez-Sliwinski’s house.

It sounds like the kids were playing in their own tree, which makes this woman the worst kind of busybody (especially given that the parents were present). Calling the police was not an appropriate response, but she should have minded her own business.

43 posted on 04/08/2008 2:34:39 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: syriacus
Well....I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!


44 posted on 04/08/2008 2:38:13 PM PDT by steveo (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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To: Bitsy

Are you from a racial group that has historically been compared to monkeys and apes?


45 posted on 04/08/2008 2:38:43 PM PDT by Shade2
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To: Disambiguator

If they weren’t in their “own” tree.... the kids were trespassing and the parents were allowing it. Next time the “busybody” just needs to call police and have them intervene on the property owner’s behalf.


46 posted on 04/08/2008 2:39:33 PM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: Yaelle

I call my asian/black/caucasion kids little monkeys. Do I sue myself?


47 posted on 04/08/2008 2:42:07 PM PDT by denfurb (proud Mama, 6 girls and 1 boy)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

PC run amok. I love it when the liberals eat their own. Live by PC die by PC.......


48 posted on 04/08/2008 2:43:07 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: denfurb

No, but you can give yourself a ticket :).


49 posted on 04/08/2008 2:43:19 PM PDT by notbuyingit2
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To: Rome2000

Why do you assume that they will grow up and rob her house?


50 posted on 04/08/2008 2:43:46 PM PDT by Shade2
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To: Comparative Advantage

This is a great example of a liberal being hoisted by her own petard of political correctness.

I heard her interviewed on the radio the other morning about this incident. The tree was on the neighbor’s yard, not hers - although the people she got into the dispute with are renters and do not own the property.

Typical liberal - she thinks it’s her business even though it was not her tree (she claimed to be concerned about the boy’s safety). The Tribune article also mentions that she got into a previous altercation with these people when she tried to “instruct them on how to properly use the village’s new garbage bins”.

This woman, who is a village trustee, has been an outspoken opponent of efforts to crack down on illegal immigration in her town and has made a lot of enemies. When the town tried to pass an ordinance to set fines for employers and landlords who aid and abet illegal aliens, she was the first one to scream racism: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727583/posts


51 posted on 04/08/2008 2:50:51 PM PDT by Freedumb
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So Italians called garlic noses is ok.
HYPOCRITE SKUNKS wanting to remove more of your free speech.
double standard, good for minorities, no good for racist, biggoted whites.


52 posted on 04/08/2008 2:51:16 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (I'd rather be hunting with dick than driving with Ted)
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To: isrul
It really wasn't any of her business that the childrens were aping simian behavior.


53 posted on 04/08/2008 2:52:44 PM PDT by Squeako (Obama because he's black, Clinton because she's a woman, McCain because he's a Vet/POW. No thanks.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

How pathetic! How traumatized and neurotic can people be? The lady only said a sweet thing. If I were a monkey I would be flattered if they called playing children after me. Get a grip on reality, policor fools!


54 posted on 04/08/2008 2:53:47 PM PDT by Ka-leo-lani
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To: Free ThinkerNY
An Illinois delegate for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama resigned after using the word "monkeys" to describe black children playing in a tree,. . . "

I think she was describing "CHILDREN"! How many times have we described children as "monkeys"? Heck, even one piece of our playground equipment is called "monkey bars". Geeeez! These people need to lighten up!

55 posted on 04/08/2008 2:55:54 PM PDT by jackibutterfly
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To: LaineyDee
I don't think they were trespassing. This post has some clarifying information.
56 posted on 04/08/2008 2:56:42 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Ever watch children (of any race) play in a tree? They generally look like a bunch of monkeys. Of course, I don’t have a lot of sympathy for political correctness enforcers (libs) when they receive self-inflicted wounds from their own weapons!


57 posted on 04/08/2008 2:56:53 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Member of CRAM - Conservative Resigned to Accept McCain)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The m word.


58 posted on 04/08/2008 2:57:50 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
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To: McKayopectate
That’s what I was going to say. Black, white, whatever, I call any kid who climbs trees a “monkey.” For God’s sake things are really getting out of hand.

They sure have. I called my kids monkeys and my grandkids. There isn't as much racism as it is sensitivity. People are becoming too darn sensitive. Everyone walking around with a chip on their shoulder seeing how they can be offended.

59 posted on 04/08/2008 3:01:11 PM PDT by Texas Mom (Two places you're always welcome. Church and Grandma's house.)
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To: muawiyah

I live in C’ville. The tree was in “his” yard not hers. She was just trying to be a good neighbor and a board trustee. Although I do not agree with her politics (sanctuary for illegals), to think that she would be forced to pay a fine for speech is outrageous!! The scariest part is that Obama dumped her for one word. He hasn’t done the same for his pastor that has preached hate openly for over 20 years!! What the he!! kind of President he would make! I hope this hangs around his neck like a lead weight for the rest of the election cycle. Its time people stopped making excuses for this garbage and started holding him accountable for his actions (or lack therof)


60 posted on 04/08/2008 3:08:30 PM PDT by tiger640 (NO DEMOCRATS IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!! NOT NOW NOT EVER!!!)
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