The J-W reports that O'Neal's forwarded message came with the subject line "Twins separated at birth?" and the body of the message (which O'Neal did not write) read, "I'm sure you'll join me in wishing Mrs. YoMama a wonderful, long Hawaii Christmas vacation — at our expense, of course." It was a less-than-creative dig at the First Family spending its Christmas in Hawaii. O'Neal reportedly wrote to his buddies, "Sorry, just had to forward this latest holiday message! I've had worse hair days but this is pretty funny."
Last night, O'Neal's spokeswoman, Alyson Rodee, defended the e-mail. "Political cartoons are a part of American culture. It's hard to see how Mike O'Neal poking fun at himself and forwarding a lighthearted political cartoon about the first lady's extravagant spending of taxpayer funds during a time when many Americans are financially struggling is newsworthy," she said. Later, however, O'Neal apologized.
To his credit, O'Neal didn't hiss out some half-assed "If anybody was offended, I'm kinda sorry because it will make this go away, I guess" mea culpas. According to The Star, the Hutchinson Republican said in a statement: "Cartoons are intended to be humorous. This one made me laugh — I’ve had bad hair days too. I forwarded it too quickly, missing the text included in the body of the email. To those I have offended, I am sorry. That was not at all my intent."
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Patriot, I don't think you are really interested in facts but:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Origin-of-Yo-Mam…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dozens
Now that your pants are pulled down around your ankles and your tiny little thing is dangling there for all to see, I bet you run away.
Patriot, I don't really think you seriously give a damn about facts but here you go.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Origin-of-Yo-Mam…
I'm guessing an idiot like you just shuts up now that your pants are all the way down around your ankles and your little thing is just hanging there all limp.
Refractional, please copy and paste a link that solidifies your inference that "yomama" is a racially motivated phrase or slur. Please, for the better good of your beloved race, make yourself look semi-intelligent and prove this to me. Please correlate "yomama" to blacks. Don't cheat! Correlating "yomama" to a racial slur in the same manner that you people correlate marijuana arrests to the cause for KC's black homicide rate is cheating. I just wanted to clear that up.
Ohh Patriot is an english major. OOOpps I mean English major. OOps I mean oops.
So funny how with all the racist blurbs (and poor English) posted here how you want to attack me. And at a personal level too, bringing my poor deceased mother into it like that. I am really hurt and I'm going to end a lot of sentences with prepositions just to punish you for it. Get it?
Your racist internet personna seems ignorant pretending not to know that "YoMama" is a black racial reference. Even the white gov't official had the good sense to acknowledge his mistake and to apologize for it. Did you actually read the story?
Clean this up for me and re-post ok MR editor?
"Patriot you and me and the whole entire world know that YoMama is used as a racial stereotype in the email, and meant to demean the wife of the President.
You should be appalled, not a defender of this behavior.
Why do so many white people like you waste so much time defending obvious racism?"
Refractional, when you address someone, you place a comma following that person's name like I've done right here. Also, when speaking about yourself and another, you say, "you and I" and not "you and me." I've also read a few of your other posts. Nothing you say holds much water because you are illiterate. Thank you for further proving our cultural differences.
"Patriot you and me and the whole entire world know that YoMama is used as a racial stereotype in the email, and meant to demean the wife of the President." I would appreciate it if you wouldn't make inferences about what I know or don't know. I don't make non-factual statements about what I think you know. I do make comments about what I do know, however. I know that you are illiterate and "yomama" isn't a racist comment, dunderhead. It's folks similar to you that ENCOURAGE racism by making assumptions about what people think and insisting that there be special exceptions as to what different races of humans are allowed to say to one another. Do me a favor, please. Take your black pity party to college and obtain further education.
Sincerely,
Your MOTHER
MORE hypocritical liberals that act holier than thou when it comes to someone they endorse but they can call others the nastiest names they want and than say it is different??? You sick brain washed libs are destroying this country faster and faster. Hope your kids will forgive you for destroying their future with your hypocritical B...S....!! For 20 years that Obama clown put down this country and its whites but that is ok right?? WHY?? Cause their black??? Are you so stupid to buy that garbage?? There will NEVER be equality in ANY country when the rules change according to what race you are!!! So it's ok to be racist if your black but NOT if your white!! Who made up those rediculous rules??? I know who more brain washed hypocritical liberals that's who!!!!
Not only is she a YOMAMA she is also FAT, has the biggest BE-DUNK, and is a big fat hypocrit. Mrs. Yomama Obama is the biggest racist of them all!!!She makes speeches to children about eating healthier while she and her kids are seen leaving a McDonalds with a big hunking burger to add to her huge BE_DUNK butt!!!!!! Mrs. Yomama has written articles in college degrading whites and hating this country and it's whites. She is a douchbag married to a clown!!!
Patriot you and me and the whole entire world know that YoMama is used as a racial stereotype in the email, and meant to demean the wife of the President.
You should be appalled, not a defender of this behavior.
Why do so many white people like you waste so much time defending obvious racism?
"he use of "YoMamma" on the other hand was pure, unadulterated racism at its best/worst." <----please explain this to me, JaCoMo! As I peruse page after page of google search results for the term "yomama", I have yet to find one that states that the term is a racial specific term. You can have your race card back now, I'm sure you'll want to use it tomorrow. If we were to sit down and generate a list of terms that could be construed as racist to blacks (is it okay to still call blacks blacks?), I think we would find that list to be much more lengthy than the same type of list generated for racist white comments. The fact that blacks seem to find it acceptable to differentiate between who is able to openly speak of these terms is "racism at it best/worst." That SIMPLE concept in itself, shows how unwilling blacks are to make an equal and fair country. I don't refer to myself as a cracker and neither do any of my peers. How many words, slurs, slangs, phrases, or languages are black people going to adopt into their infinite dictionary of ways to play that almighty card they have burning a hole in their pocket? Soon, no one will be able to speak without being persecuted by the racism police.
Lets create a hypothesis from all of this based on what I think you may be upset about.
mama: a term used loosely to describe one's mother or mom
(maybe most blacks prefer to call their mother mama)
mother: same definition as above, but blacks most usually like to use the term "mama"
I GET IT!! Since whites use "mother" and blacks use "mama", then any time a black uses "mother", it's racist. Anytime a white uses "mama", it's racist! This is easy. Oh, but that's not quite fair you will say, only blacks can deem words as being racist because they were repressed for several years and they have created their own culture driven, English language spinoff. THAT, my friend, is RACISM!
I just want to pray for all American's, we are in a sad time. There is so much hate. can't we just all get along. United we stand, divided we fall. This country is falling, and we are all falling with it regardless of our color. God does not see color, when he brings his judgment upon America, we will all go down. Please folks let all of us think of each other as human. We should respect and support each other no matter what our color. Why on earth is color so important to people, we did not make ourselves and nor can we save ourselves. I am sure there is something about us that we would change if we could regardless if we are white, black, blue or green. It is what's in our hearts that counts.
All of the usual cries of "racism". This is an administration that placed a hiring-freeze on Whites. This Country is divided into three parts: Those embracing fantasy, those rejecting fantasy, and those that just want to eat their pork-chops and watch "Dancing With The Stars".
If it's ok to depict Bush as a monkey then why is it racism to depict the Obama's as monkeys.....oh I forgot.
If it's ok to to say Bush is stupid, a cowboy, etc.....then why is it racist to call Obama a socialist, unqualified, etc.......oh I forgot.
If Michelle gets mad and slaps someone because someone said she's angry ......then why is it racism to say she's angry.......oh I forgot.
Double Standard....
People please, This is so wrong on many levels,this folks(Obamas) are the 1st family and as such deserves a degree of respect and reverence.White racist are still around and only God will deal with them,for the rest of us ,please have SOME respect!!! The whole world is watching,WE do not want to be judged by the actions of a few stupid people.
White people do this crap all the time- I worked for the University of Kansas as a National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition Host. And the GM of the radio station told her staff that they quote: "all had to go get a black friend" upon the hiring of the first female and Black Chancellor-- I told them (being of color) that I did too!!! Racism is alive and well in Kansas and all over the country... that's why God is gonna whip white folks asses for all the damnable things they've done and are continuing to do.
Wake up! It's about an ELECTED OFFICIAL doing this! This is a man that was elected to use good judgement and common sense to represent ALL people in his district. Not to put crap out that is racist. My god every President flies all over the place and takes vacations. If you think it's an easy job your nuts! Take a look at every president when they took office and after a couple years. They aged 10 years!!! Respect the position and whoever is in it!
The image is great. It is spot on, it is hilarious and it is in the tradition of the finest political cartoons which have been with this nation since its inception. In the words of a far more famous and semi-intelligent Democrat: “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
It's not the image that's offensive here... this bleeding-heart tree-hugger thought it was funny. The use of "YoMamma" on the other hand was pure, unadulterated racism at its best/worst.
Making fun of the way a president speaks, looks, and acts has been an American institution since George Washington stepped down and John Adams won the presidency.
It seems really thin skinned that people are unable to make fun of this president because he is black.
Well he might be terrified of Michelle's giant rippling biceps and how she turns green, tears off her sleeves and smashes stuff, but we aren't. That huge scary lady is at least half a country away.
Legalize marijuana!
These fools in Kansas are obviously smoking it... why can't I?
Bush-monkey juxtapositions are not racism. Neither is calling Bush Hitler, baby-killer, or Romney a Mormon racism, not even remotely.
Racism is a type of hatred that our country has a very long and bad history with, mostly whites degrading and controlling blacks. Racism remains a fact of life in America even today. It can be subtle like we see in the disproportionate rates of arrests, hiring and income, or overt, like the actions of neo-Nazis, the Aryan Brotherhood, etc.
Racism like being pregnant... it either is, or it is not, with no shades of grey. You can't straddle it or hide from it.
If you defend racism (or forward racist emails), it smears on to you as well. That is why most intelligent and thoughtful people avoid using racial stereotypes against races other than their own.
Didn't we have 8 years of bush-monkey juxtaposition pictures?
Obamas boys can dish but cant take it. Remember them compaining to the editorial cartoonists about making his ears too big?
Anything thats not him standing up straight with a big superman S is rayyyyciiiiist
Oh, I guess the idea of free speech doesn't exist when it comes to the Obama's. Where were are the defenders of being respectful when Mr. Bush was being called the extreme names, 'Hitler', 'Baby Killer', 'stupid', etc. Oh, but then it was, this is America you can say anything you want!!!!
But when said about the Obamas it all of the sudden is disrespectful, racist, unbecoming.
Just recently the Wisconsin lawmaker made a comment about Ms. Obama's butt. Wow!!!! Was he taken to task. Not a word about "free speech" then.
But, no one said a thing about all the hateful horrible comments and diatribe being said about Sarah Palin. Where was all the outrage then???? Where is all the outrage about the remarks about Mr. Romney being Mormon. Oh too, I guess all the disparaging comments about Newt is Ok too. Oops but they are all Republicans. How quick we forget the comments about the Tea Partiers, 'red necks', etc. That's right only GOP's aren't supposed to make degrading or questionable comments. There never is the outcry of 'foul' when directed toward them. Only when it comes from them.
It appears all is fair when speaking about conservatives. Only when it's any comments about liberal democrats is it called an outrage. Oh, and always the race card is dropped if a critical remark is said about the Obama's. In case there is any question just note the comments here about the people of Kansas and those that are directed by the persons here about O'neal. Note the names and references they have used toward Republican O'Neal due to his comment. Much worse they what he said.
But, hey it's supposed to be acceptable coming from liberals who don't know how to express themselves without using gutter language.
So what's new in Kansas? REALLY...a state with the most rigid, closed-minded people in the nation...backwards moving anti-evolution retarded ones. They can't tell their backsides from their elbows and think they are the tell-all to beat-all with their supremely entitled ARROGANT asses.
thats total disrespect wow..this man has no business representing any state..this is why our country is fucked up.. these politicians
This lawmaker has this much time to send these racist emails back and forth between each other, means to me that first they are racist scumbags that the taxpayers elected to do a job and instead they are acting like kids.
Second there should be some sort of punishment for this type of behavior, i vote for impeachment due to the fact they are not doing their jobs and are suppose to represent all the people and it does not take a rocket scientist to know Mike Oneil is one of many in his address book he sends racist emails to, white trash along with all the people he emails and gets emails back from hate, racist,ignorant,propaganda, these pigs are shewing out and should answer for it.
I bet he's one that will say i'm not prejudiced, i have one black friend, all the good people of kansas should not put up with this man being a racist and giving the state a bad name, and he is the Speaker of the House, so how much of this is going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That casual racist crap is what got Funkhouser's wife in trouble wasn't it? Didn't she call the black women over at city hall Mammy?
I'll never understand how supposedly enlightened people in this day and age can speak so stupidly.
I agree with Mike. I thought it was funny. I don't see any comparison to republican or democrat is needed. Even politicians have to have a little humor. I'll bet the Pres and 1st Lady had a chuckle over it as well.
Wow, if we don't like someone (who we don't even know on a personal basis) it's just great to spew out anything "funny" about them. I "get" political cartoons but this guy is over the hill on his comments.How ignorant! I guess O'Neal is so pretty , he doesn't have to worry about anyone making fun of his "good looks". However, they may question his intelligence.
Republicans are always going on and on about having respect for the office of the presidency, and yet they will say the most vile, personal, infantile insults (insulting the shape of the first lady's butt??!) about our current president and his family. I'm not talking about random citizens, I'm talking about elite politicians like O'Neil. Rodee describing these pictures as a "political cartoon" is like describing Hustler as a "illuminated manuscript". Total BS political double speak. And another thing: All this complaining about "taking vacation" in Hawaii. That is what presidents do! They go on trips. They go home. They go to Europe. Every president does this, and it is part of the perks of the job. If you want to go to Hawaii, do the following: 1) Adopt a Hawaiian family 2) Become president.
Ya gotta admit...there is a Grinch resemblance there...but that won't stop me from voting for her spouse or from despising KS RWNJs.
hey, Alyson Rodee, you really think people are that stupid. your statement is utter nonsense. you and your crazy boss are wasting the taxpayers money by not doing your jobs.
how about creating some jobs, duh! or making kansas more atttractive for people with bright minds to relocate or stay in kansas and start new businesses. gosh, being a nutbag repub must be fun, eat up taxes and no work
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