Calif. hospital board chair ousted after calling Obama 'Blackie' in email

[Newsjock]

Source: Fresno Bee

The chair of the board at Community Medical Centers, also a prominent Valley grower and Republican, was forced to step down after making a racially insensitive statement about President Barack Obama.

Mark Borba of Riverdale referred to the president as "Blackie" in a rant about federal water policy, which he shared with other farmers via an email obtained by The Bee. The email also used expletives to discuss others in Washington.

Borba has since apologized for the comments, but only after his email circulated up the chain of the state's powerful agricultural community and even into offices of federal lawmakers.

... The 15-member board oversees the largest hospital system in the San Joaquin Valley, with three hospitals in the Fresno area and more than 6,000 employees.

Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/04/08/3249151/community-medical-centers-board.html

[graham4anything]

1. Goodbye to the racist. I can imagine the what if he decided who his staff operated on

[sharp_stick]

2. So dumb it's unbelievable

I'm amazed at just how fucking stupid they are. How in holy hell can you rise up as high as this and not know that you don't refer to someone as "Blackie" in a form that sure as hell is going to get out.

It's just idiotic.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

3. Good. nt

[SoCalMusicLover]

4. In The Days Before....

Before E-Mails, Twitter, Facebook, etc. ......Cretins like this would have continued on in their profession, with their bigot beliefs going unchallenged or perhaps noticed by more than just a few folks in constant contact with them.

Every time an idiot does something stupid, and then posts it for the world to see, I cheer. The rapists in Steubenville would not be where they are now were it not for the internet, and the ability for them to show all the world their misdeeds.

[southernyankeebelle]

5. Crazy the more the republicans say they aren't racists the more their actions show

otherwise.