South Carolina GOP Operative Apologizes For Racist Tweet Against Obama

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/south-carolina-gop-operative-doesnt-deny-racist-tweet-against-obama.php?ref=fpblg

By Eric Kleefeld - June 15, 2009, 4:17PM

Indigo Journal, a liberal blog in South Carolina, reports that GOP operative Mike Green posted a racist joke about President Obama on his Twitter account over the weekend -- and in a brief conversation with TPM, Green did not deny it. (Late Update: Green has now admitted it in a new set of Tweets, and apologized. See new section after the jump.)

Green posted this, then deleted it some time later:

JUST HEARD OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT'S WHITE AND IT WORKS.

That post is not currently on Green's actual Twitter page, but Indigo Journal has what purports to be a screenshot, documenting it from when it was still up. I called Green to ask if this was true. "I don't know," said Green. "Let me give you a call back." I also asked Green if anyone else writes on his Twitter account, or if it's just him. Again, he said he would have to call back. He has not yet called back.

Indigo Journal says that Green works for Congressman Gresham Barrett's campaign for governor. However, Barrett communications consultant Jim Dyke told TPM that while Green's firm, Starboard Communications, might do the odd bit of work for Barrett (who is on the client list), Green does not work for the campaign.

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Standard non-denial.

[marmar]

1. There are some real Cro-Magnons in the South Carolina Republican Party....

n/t

[babylonsister]

2. So he wouldn't acknowledge he wrote it, then apologized.

Got it. There are some pin heads there.

[sandnsea]

3. The core of opposition to affirmative action

Right there. Only white people really work, more specifically, white males. It's what they really think.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Twitter and the GOP do not mix well.

Neither does Facebook or email.

They really are that dumb. They don't understand that the Internets are a series of tubes that can be read by everyone.

I hope they NEVER figure it out.