You may remember a story from last fall about the chair of the local Republican Party who sent out a racist email during early voting. Here's a snippet from the St. Pete Times story:
"Just days before Americans vote in an election with the first black presidential nominee, the head of the Hillsborough County Republican Party sent an e-mail warning members of "the threat" of "carloads of black Obama supporters coming from the inner city to cast their votes."
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"The e-mail, written in all capital letters by volunteer Ron Whitley, 72, was forwarded by Storck to about 400 party members.
It begins with the words "The Threat," and, referring to an early voting site in Temple Terrace, reads in part: "I see carloads of black Obama supporters coming from the inner city to cast their votes for Obama. This is their chance to get a black president and they seem to care little that he is at minimum, socialist, and probably Marxist in his core beliefs. After all, he is black — no experience or accomplishments — but he is black."
Well they're at it again...
You would think that when their party just elected its first African American chair, they would be a little more sensitive to racial jokes, but you would be wrong! This is Hillsborough County, Florida, after all.
Check out the email that Republican Party State Committeewoman Carol Carter sent out to her friends. Turns out one of her friends wasn't a "team player," and he busted her.
Check it out: Immediately following is her apology email.
From: Carol Carter
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:30 AM
Subject: FW: Amazing!
I'm confused
How can 2,000,000 blacks get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice?
Carol Carter
And a few hours later:
From: Carol Carter
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 5:54 PM
Subject: Earlier email
I have been asked to send this apology for my earlier email. I am sorry that it was received in a negative manner. I do hope that we are going to be allowed to keep our sense of humor.
As you can now see, it went to very few people. I did add Todd Marks in this apology, as he is in the mix now. I am also sorry to learn that some of these persons are not real team players. There really was no reason for this to go beyond those that I emailed ( 8 people). This was not an email blast as I do not have that capability.
Carol
Unbelievable.
The new State Party Chair is threatening to force her out (he was a Michael Steele supporter), but we'll have to wait and see if that happens. I'm especially curious to see what Charlie Crist has to say about this.