Racism alive and well in Hillsorough State Committee

This was too good not to re-post. Originally from St. Peters Blog. My comments in bold.

How many black people does it take to fire a GOP official?

NONE! It actually just takes said GOP official forwarding racist, idiotic e-mails and those going public. For your enjoyment I present the comedic stylings of Hillsborough state committeewoman Carol Carter.

From: Carol Carter
Friday, January 30, 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

Good one, Carol! HAWE HAWE HAWE. What an asshat.

The most ridiculous part of this is you’d think someone in that position would know that email is easily monitored. You’d also think that of the people she sent it to, at least ONE of them would take some offense. This is insanity that this kind of blatant racism exists within our local government.

I find it worse that in the e-mail she sent to apologize for the first e-mail she said the following:

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 e-mailed (8 people). This was not an e-mail blast as I do not have that capability.

Yeah dudes, that means what you think it means: team player in the GOP = keeping those racist jokes going and definitely not sharing them with those close minded people out there in the world that don’t find humor in racist jokes about national tragedies. Duh!

I am pleased to announce that Carol has resigned from her position as Hillsborough GOP Comedienne Laureate effective today. I’m also please to announce that the HCRP site is TEH SHIT!

Can you even imagine the email that prompted that half-ass apology? I’m sure one of her not-team-players was like, “Listen, lady, this isn’t 1885 and you’re no land baron”. Furthermore, this is equivalent to those holocaust deniers that rant and rave all day about the importance of the “Final Solution”. What are these people on? I can’t even imagine how anyone would find this acceptable. I wonder how Ray Nagin feels about this? or the NAACP? I’m hoping this woman never gets hired anywhere again. I know I wouldn’t tolerate this kind of hate in my workplace.