GOP Chair Under Fire For Anti-Obama E-Mail

[liberal N proud]

This is over a racist email sent by a GOP volunteer from the GOP Tampa office. It is so racist that I refuse to post those parts here.

By Sherri Ackerman -- [e-mail]
Tampa Bay Online
updated 11:15 p.m. ET, Thurs., Oct. 30, 2008
TAMPA - The e-mail, written in all capital letters by a volunteer in the party's Temple Terrace office, begins like this:

"Here in Temple Terrace, FL our Republican HQ is one block away from our library, which is an early voting site.

"I see carloads of black Obama supporters coming from the inner city to cast their votes for Obama.

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David Storck, chairman of the county's Republican Party, forwarded the e-mail written by volunteer Ron Whitley on Wednesday to his executive committee, along with a note asking, "If you think it can help us win this election please pass it on.''

The e-mail reached hundreds of Republicans and beyond. By Thursday afternoon, community leaders from both parties were criticizing Storck's lack of judgment and calling for his resignation.

"Disgusting," said Karen Thurman, chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party and a former congresswoman.

Storck released a statement late Thursday apologizing for forwarding the e-mail.

Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White, a Democrat and the lone black member of the county commission, said he was "deeply disturbed" Storck had forwarded the e-mail.

"It's discouraging that people can still think this way in the times that we live in."

White said Storck's actions come at a time when people are hopeful the future will be different.

"We've come so far, but this still reminds us," he said, "we as a community, as a nation, still have so far to go."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27464483/