Tennessee GOP Staffer Emails Racist Obama "Spook" Photo (And keeps her job!)

[gatorboy]

http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/sen-diane-blacks-r-gallatin-legislative-aid-circulates-racist-email/

Newscoma posted details of a racist email sent from Sherri Goforth, legislative aid for Sen. Diane Black (R-Gallatin). The email depicts the Presidents of the United States with President Barack Obama as a pair of eyes in a black background.

I spoke with Sherri Goforth minutes ago to confirm she sent this email. She confirmed she had sent it and also said she had received a letter of reprimand from her superiors but said she will stay on the job.

When I asked her if she understood the controversial nature of the photo, Goforth would only say she felt very bad about accidentally sending it to the wrong list. When I gave her a second chance to address the controversial nature of the email, she again repeated that she only felt bad about sending it to the wrong list of people.

“I went on the wrong email and I inadvertently hit the wrong button,” Goforth told NIT. “I’m very sick about it, and it’s one of those things I can’t change or take back.”

[ccharles000]

1. What a disgusting person

[predfan]

2. Thanks, Sherri, for being an embarrassment to our state.

Just another example of the trials and tribulations of being blue in a red state.

[walkaway]

3. I had a neighbor from Tennessee. He used to tell stories about harrassing the black people in his t

He knew that I had black friends coming to my house all of the time but that didn't faze him. If I politely tried to infer that his stories were unwelcome he just didn't get the point. I finally had to loudly call him a bigoted idiot before he stopped talking to me.

This guy thought it was perfectly normal to talk about the good old days of his youth, riding his motorbike down his street and knocking women down with a stick for fun. Blood Simple!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. Do any of the stories confirm she sent it using a government account?

I assume this to be the case but that detail is not addressed in any of the several articles I've read on it.

[MineralMan]

5. No doubt she was using a government account.

This story is getting national coverage. I saw the image and a story this morning on CNN. Kinda makes the Palin joke fade away, it seems to me.

Disgusting.

[gatorboy]

7. Did CNN have any new report on whether she still has a job?

That's probably the most appalling aspect of this story (If it can even get more appalling).

[MineralMan]

11. They didn't in the story I heard, but it sounded like it was

a new story for them. I'm sure we'll hear about the "apology" later, and that she got a "reprimand" for doing it.

I expect Goforth will "resign" later today. She'll go forth and sin no more, I'm sure. :sarcasm:

[MineralMan]

6. According to this story, it was sent from a state computer.

http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/tennessee/061509_GOP_Lawmakers_Aide_Disciplined_Over_Obama_E_mail

[Heidi]

8. So she doesn't regret her bigotry, only that it was made public?

In a time when there are lots of decent, hardworking people looking for jobs, this bigot needs to be fired so one of the good folks can have a shot at her salary and benefits. Ms. Goforth could use the time to think.

[theothersnippywshrub]

9. How very republican.

[predfan]

10. That's what is so amazing........they've been racist so long it's just natural.

Don't even think about it.

[MUAD_DIB]

12. If I had ever done that at any job I have ever worked at I would

most likely be packing my personals into a box and being escorted out of the building.

[gratuitous]

13. Why wouldn't she keep her job?

She'd have to do something her employer disapproved of in order to get fired.

[Vickers]

14. "accidentally sending it to the wrong list"

Oops!

Meant to send it to "bigot_pals."

:eyes:

[Lilyeye]

15. I'm sure you're sick about it you disgusting asshole.

[depakid]

16. Probably says something about the culture of the state