Posted on 04/08/2008 11:34:49 AM PDT by JRochelle
A Barack Obama supporter has given up her role as a pledged delegate after the campaign found “unacceptable” her description of her neighbor’s children as “monkeys,” which she says she called them because they were climbing in trees.
Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski, an a Hispanic trustee for the Village of Carpentersville, Ill., was accused of racism following the interaction with her African-American neighbors.
“Given the incident, she is stepping down and will be replaced as delegate,” Ben Labolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign told FOXNews.com, calling Sliwinski’s remarks “unacceptable.”
The campaign discussed the incident with Ramirez-Sliwinski, who decided to step aside as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in August, Labolt said.
Police issued a $75 citation for disorderly conduct on Saturday to Ramirez-Sliwinski , Carpentersville Police Cmdr. Michael Kilbourne told FOXNews.com.
“This is like a parking ticket,” Kilbourne said. “She was not arrested, she was not fingerprinted.”
Police officers were dispatched to Sparrow Road for a neighbor dispute, Kilbourne said.
Ramirez-Sliwinski told the kids to stop playing in her next-door neighbor’s tree because she was worried they would fall out of the tree and hurt themselves, Kilbourne said.
Dametta Stewart, a parent of one of the kids, alleges that Ramirez-Sliwinski came outside and told the kids to “quit playing in the tree like monkeys,” according to the police report. Stewart told police she was upset and felt the comment was racist since her children are African-American, Kilbourne said.
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I have called kids monkeys when they were climbing all kinds of things!
12 little monkeys is now going to be a racist nursery rhyme.
The monkeys shoulda told the wet-back to mind her own business.
“Ramirez-Sliwinski told the kids to stop playing in her next-door neighbor’s tree”
Journalist’s keep obfuscating. The next-door neighbor’s tree was filled with the next-door neighbors kids. They lived there!
I wonder would Obama consider this the “typical hispanic”???? Oh how I love it when the tables are turned on these leftist liberal racist dems.
So much for O’Bama’s Hispanic vote. Now he has none.
In other news, this racist nursery rhyme has been banned in the US:
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”
Four little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped her head.
Papa called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”
Three little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped her head.
Papa called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”
One little monkey jumping on the bed,
He fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
“Put those monkeys straight to bed!”
I read on an earlier thread that this woman is a hardcore LaRaza/MS-13/open borders supporter.
If Obama really is a Post-Racial candidate, then he could have said the remark was no big deal.
Yes - I could use some clarification on this too.
The hyphenated-lady had a problem with these kids - playing in their OWN tree??
Bwahahahaha!! How often has everyone joked to the kids for their tree climbing activities and called them little monkeys?
My my, for such a collection of racist and vocal whitey and Jew haters, Obama's supporters sure are sensitive.
Now if they were just sitting on their porch, I could understand it.
I was a monkey when I was a kid!
My friends and I practically lived in trees!
I even had a tree house one could sleep in... I loved it!
Can white kids act like monkeys?
Some blacks need to chill-out a little.
Some blacks need to Spend less energy nursing resentments, and more time refining themselves culturally, and intellectually.
Exactly!
The Democrats spent 8 years calling President Bush a monkey and hosting websites with photographic comparisons.
But Fearless Leader prohibits some mockery.
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