Obama Birth Mystery Solved As GOP Reveals His Parents Were Chimps

Now this is a good one. The explanation and apology are actually better than the original email. This Davenport lady is saying that sending this photo is not meant to “intentionally harm or berate others?” You’re saying the President of the United States is a fucking chimp, no? That's not "berating" the guy? I'd hate to see what she would do if she WAS berating him.

Then Davenport “simply found it amusing” regarding Obama’s character and “all the questions surrounding his origin of birth.” So Obama’s character is chimp-like? I would love to ask this woman some questions. What specific attributes are there in Obama’s character that remind you of chimps you have observed? And those pesky questions about his “origin of birth.” I didn’t realize these questions revolved around his parents actually being apes? I thought it was about the LOCATION of his birth. I also love how it doesn't occur to her that Obama was actually elected President and a lot of people voted for him, so how would THEY feel about seeing him portrayed as a chimp? That's a POSITIVE image, right? I love how the person that wrote this article has no problem saying flat out, "the racist email." There are some people that understand these things.

Finally, as classic apologies go this is kind of weak as the woman really believes she’s being picked on and a few jerks are turning this into a race thing. And she’s going to get even (HUNT DOWN!) with the person that forwarded it, exposing her to ridicule as a complete idiot. The problem isn't that she wrote the email in the first place, the problem is that some "coward" let the rest of the world in on it. That’s the main thing. And since she’s determined that Obama is only “half black” this OBVIOUSLY is not about race. If he was 100% black forget about it.

Isn't that what this is ultimately all about? They can't say "I don't like Obama because he's black," so they have to say something else? I'd have to say sending around a photo of him as a baby chimp is pretty close to saying "I don't like him because he's black," but it's not EXACTLY the same. The baby chimp photo thing is a little more creative, but the connection is definitely there. Let me know if I'm wrong on this.

This is the level of political "debate" in this country. This picture right here. "He's a CHIMP, get it? Har har har." Politicians will never learn. You can’t have fun once you’re elected. You have to keep a lid on this kind of thing. But it’s hard because that PhotoShop is just INCREDIBLE!

The California Republican who e-mailed a racist "family photo" of President Obama because she thought it was funny offered up a second, less defiant apology Monday.

Marilyn Davenport did not say sorry not in person, but through a statement read to the Orange County Republican Central Committee by fellow member Tim Whitacre. Davenport said she didn't show up at the committee meeting because she feared for her life.

"To my fellow Americans and to everyone else who has seen this e-mail I forwarded and was offended by my action, I humbly apologize and ask for your forgiveness of my unwise behavior," the 74-year-old wrote.

"I say unwise because at the time I received and forwarded the e-mail, I didn't stop to think about the historic implications and other examples of how this could be offensive," Davenport said.

"I would never do anything to intentionally harm or berate others regardless of ethnicity," she said in her apology. "Everyone who knows me knows that to be true."

The racist e-mail, which the elected GOP official sent out to dozens of friends and fellow Republicans on Friday, featured Obama as a baby chimpanzee with two chimpanzee parents.

Davenport stated Saturday she would "NOT resign." Her second apology made no mention of whether she would stay or go.

Not everyone on the Republican committee feels she should step down.
"It was a private e-mail from her private house to some private friends," Whitacre told ABC 7 News in Los Angeles. "She thought she was doing something quietly among some folks that might have found some humor in it as well."

State law prevents Davenport from being forcibly removed from her elected post.

The more humble tone in her second mea culpa comes in stark contrast to her half-hearted apology on Saturday.

Davenport told the Orange Country Weekly that she was "sorry if my email offended anyone," but that she "simply found it amusing regarding the character of Obama and all the questions surrounding his origin of birth."

"The thought never entered my mind until one or two other people tried to make this about race," she wrote in her Saturday e-mail, and referred to Obama as being only "half black."

Davenport then accused the media of "making much ado about nothing," and indicated she would hunt down the "cowardly" person who leaked the contents of the e-mail.

[NY Daily News]