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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 07:41 PM
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High-ranking South Carolina Republican activist Rusty DePass: Gorilla ‘one of Michelle’s ancestors’
S.C. GOPer: Gorilla ‘one of Michelle’s ancestors’

By Daniel Tencer

Published: June 14, 2009
Updated 7 hours ago

A high-ranking South Carolina Republican activist has issued an apology after comparing First Lady Michelle Obama to a gorilla.

Rusty DePass, a former chairman of the Richland County Republican Party, made the comments in a friend’s Facebook status update line after a gorilla was reported to have escaped from Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo.

According to FitsNews, the status line read: “I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors — probably harmless.”

DePass told the Associated Press that he made the comment in reference to President Barack Obama’s views on evolution.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/14/sc-goper-compares-michelle-obama-to-gorilla/
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 07:42 PM
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1. DePass is a horse's Ass. n/t
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 07:45 PM
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2. Me to Mr. DePass


And the horse he rode in on too!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 08:10 PM
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3. Vile. Just vile.
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 08:23 PM
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4. And who or what were Rusty's ancestors??
:D
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 10:12 PM
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5. Why is this shit even printed? And of course, the obligatory go no where apology.
They never learn..........
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 10:14 PM
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6. Wow
Edited on Sun Jun-14-09 10:14 PM by ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Probably a future Senator from SC right there.
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