Racist Cobleskil; Mayor resigns after racist remarks about the President.

[Historic NY]

COBLESKILL -- A racial controversy involving President Obama in this agricultural town prompted Village Mayor Mark Nadeau to resign Tuesday night during a town meeting where more than 100 residents demanded answers.

Nadeau walked out of the Village Board meeting after apologizing for racial remarks he and Town Supervisor Tom Murray (D) allegedly made in separate conversations. The remarks became public in late-June when Highway Superintendent Tom Fissell secretly recorded the conversations on audio tape in his office.

In one audio clip, Nadeau allegedly used the N-word to make fun of the president's campaign slogan.

"That's what change means, you know. What's that? Come... help... get... a... (N-word) elected. Oh, change. That's the platform he ran on. What do you think I'm running on. Change. I'm a (N-word). I've been treated like one."

In another clip, Murray allegedly used the N-word when talking about Martin Luther King Day. "...and the other thing, too, is the, the holiday. (N-word) day. Martin Luther Day."

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[Hosnon]

1. Well that's extremely disappointing. And confusing...

... such crap occurs outside of the South? :sarcasm:

[Lochloosa]

3. +1

[Jennicut]

9. It occurs everywhere. There are areas of Connecticut where I hear racist comments all the time.

In fact, I grew up in a predominately white, wealthy town where blacks were looked down upon. And this was in the early 90's.

[Hosnon]

10. I know it occurs everywhere. I just make it a point to highlight it when it occurs anywhere

outside of the South.

[SunsetDreams]

2. WOW! speechles! but K&R

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. I spent quite a lot of time in Schoharie, the next town over

It's nut country out there.

[Historic NY]

5. A lot going around...Cobleskill is a college town...

I hear this stuff quite a bit its amazing right out in public places too. It seems the Highway Supt had enough of the slurs. If you want to be an elected politician you need to zip it or skip it. Its not the old days an most racists tend to slip up.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Bill Van Handel was one of a few speakers to support Nadeau.

Van Handel said he was friends with the former mayor, and that Nadeau was not a racist. People should forgive Nadeau and put the episode in the past, he said. Van Handel said that many people say and think the same things, but aren't recorded.

Van Handel is blind if he believes that. Someone that is not a racist would not make derogatory remarks like that. I sure has hell don't refer to MLK Day as anything but MLK Day. Or the change thing.

[CakeGrrl]

15. Sounds like the Mel Gibson defense

I dare that guy to tell the "C-H-A-N-G-E" joke to a black person and see if they consider it racist.

To the same people who defended Gibson, I'd ask: So WHAT is the threshold for being racist, if symptoms like casually dropping the n-bomb don't rise to the level?

:wtf:

[JohnnyLib2]

7. Sigh. I don't remember that attitude in Ithaca. But in Kentucky,

.....any day, any place. I'm glad to see the outcome for this guy.

[Greg K]

8. C-H-G-A-N-E

I'm guessing this guy makes tea party signs in his spare time.

[kimmylavin]

14. No kidding!

Dude, if you're going to tell a vile, racist joke, at least do it correctly... Once more, spelling proves to be too big a hurdle.

[tanyev]

16. Y kant teebagurz spil????

:cry:

[geek tragedy]

11. These guys were forced out for racism by their

constituents. Which shows that the people up there are not racist hicks--they only got suckered into voting for a couple without knowing it.

[Cali_Democrat]

12. I don't think the mayor is racist

It seems to me that he was taken out of context.

Fox News and the conservatives say that racism only comes from the likes of the Obama White House and the NAACP.

Surely Fox News and the Republicans wouldn't lie to me.

Free Mark Nadeau.

[theothersnippywshrub]

13. How very Republican. The party of Lincoln has become the party of John Wilkes Booth. n/t