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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Mon Dec 29, 2014, 04:39 AM Dec 2014

Juan Cole: GOP Figures Used Racist Ape Imagery for Obama Before North Korea Did

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/27742-focus-gop-figures-used-racist-ape-imagery-for-obama-before-north-korea-did

In spring of 2011 a senior GOP official from Orange County, Ca., sent around by email with a picture attached of Obama as monkey.

In 2012 a GOP official sat silently as the radio host interviewing him called president Obama a monkey. The Republican politician called support for Obama “a national sickness.”
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Juan Cole: GOP Figures Used Racist Ape Imagery for Obama Before North Korea Did (Original Post) eridani Dec 2014 OP
And those who use it as despicable. Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #1
gop, North Korea, Russia.. all on equal racist, bigoted footing. Cha Dec 2014 #2

Behind the Aegis

(53,975 posts)
1. And those who use it as despicable.
Mon Dec 29, 2014, 04:45 AM
Dec 2014

Who gives a shit "who went first?" Well, I mean other than Cole and those like him.

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