webfact Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Mayor in West Virginia resigns after racist Obama post CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia mayor resigned her post Tuesday following a backlash after she posted a response to a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook. The Clay Town Council accepted Mayor Beverly Whaling's resignation in a meeting late Tuesday afternoon and said it would act quickly to name a replacement for the remaining three years of her term. Council member Jason Hubbard issued a brief statement condemning the "horrific" post and said "racial intolerance isn't what this community is about." He apologized on behalf of the town to anyone who is offended, including Michelle Obama. Clay County Development Corp. director Pamela Ramsey Taylor made the post following Republican Donald Trump's election as president, saying: "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels." Whaling responded: "Just made my day Pam." Taylor told WCHS-TV on Monday night that she was put on leave. Meanwhile, Whaling issued a written apology to news media outlets saying that her comment wasn't intended to be racist. "I was referring to my day being made for change in the White House! I am truly sorry for any hard feeling this may have caused! Those who know me know that I'm not in any way racist!" Taylor did not return a call seeking comment. The post, first reported by WSAZ-TV, has caused a backlash and prompted calls for Taylor and Mayor Whaling to be fired. The post was shared hundreds of times on social media before it was deleted. The Facebook pages of Taylor and Whaling couldn't be found Monday. The nonprofit Clay County Development Corp. provides services to elderly and low-income residents in Clay County. It is funded through state and federal grants and local fees. It is not affiliated with the town of Clay, which is about 50 miles east of Charleston. Owens Brown, director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's West Virginia chapter, is among those calling for the removal of both women. "I feel it's so unfortunate that people still have these racist undertones," Brown said. "Unfortunately, this is a reality that we are dealing with in America today. There's no place for these types of attitudes in our state." African-Americans make up about 4 percent of West Virginia's 1.8 million residents, according to the U.S. Census. About 77 percent of Clay County residents supported Trump in the Nov. 8 election. In 2012, President Barack Obama received 31 percent of the county vote when Republican Mitt Romney easily carried the state. Last week in Kentucky, Republican Dan Johnson defeated incumbent Democrat Linda Belcher in Bullitt County in a race for the state House of Representatives, despite a series of posts he put on Facebook depicting President Barack Obama and his wife as monkeys. Republican officials, including likely new House Speaker Jeff Hoover, had called on Johnson to drop out of the race. But Hoover declared last week that Johnson would be "welcome in our caucus." -- © Associated Press 2016-11-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Just another low -life "Redneck." One rotten apple in every bushel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) Just so everyone knows what this nasty woman said and looks like, here you go. I really don't think a morbidly obese woman with a bad hairdo and too much make lipstick should be insulting Mrs. O. Edited November 16, 2016 by geriatrickid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opl Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) Posing in white, First Lady Michelle Obama wears Carolina Herrera dress Vogue – December 2016 The Obama couple gives a beautiful image of America Edited November 16, 2016 by Opl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 another idiot bites the dust on FB….they just don't have the brains to know how social media works. michelle o is a classy lady. i just think she's not a future president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churtz Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Is being a racist against the law? If not, why don't racists just admit they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 11 minutes ago, churtz said: Is being a racist against the law? If not, why don't racists just admit they are? Doesn't look so good on a resume... Being racist may be legal, but treating fellow employees in a racist manner isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 This is just the opening salvo by the right a bob and weave attack to see how far they can go. Yes you poor voters that voted for the Donald he is back pedaling left and right on all the fiery promises made on the campaign trail. He is filling his cabinet with old wash and rinse cycle Republican has beens and KKK supporters. Did you really think that The Donald is some kind of savior? How naive to think because he is an out of the beltway guy that he will make a good president. He is a businessman plain and simple and the businessman's mantra is a profit at any price and the price is you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdkane Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 The resignation should be applauded...any racist act from a public official should not be tolerated...now move onto the black officials who denegrate whites as well...if americans want to truly end bias, they simply need to treat people equally, without regard to race...so end affirmative action, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrantviolation Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 minute ago, hdkane said: The resignation should be applauded...any racist act from a public official should not be tolerated...now move onto the black officials who denegrate whites as well...if americans want to truly end bias, they simply need to treat people equally, without regard to race...so end affirmative action, etc... Over and over again, experiments have been conducted to see if banks and other institutions treat African Americans fairly. Repeatedly the results show that they don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdkane Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 7 minutes ago, elgordo38 said: This is just the opening salvo by the right a bob and weave attack to see how far they can go. Yes you poor voters that voted for the Donald he is back pedaling left and right on all the fiery promises made on the campaign trail. He is filling his cabinet with old wash and rinse cycle Republican has beens and KKK supporters. Did you really think that The Donald is some kind of savior? How naive to think because he is an out of the beltway guy that he will make a good president. He is a businessman plain and simple and the businessman's mantra is a profit at any price and the price is you. I agree that trump is a self interested and self serving marketer, but he's certainly not a conservative...if liberals would leave him alone, they would probably be surprised at how much he has in common with them...trump is a populist, so he has not guiding set of ethics or morals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Just now, hdkane said: I agree that trump is a self interested and self serving marketer, but he's certainly not a conservative...if liberals would leave him alone, they would probably be surprised at how much he has in common with them...trump is a populist, so he has not guiding set of ethics or morals... He keeps stating what he is and that scares me oversell. So we are saying that by being a populist no guiding set of ethics or morals are required strange. Should we all be populists and live by these rules. I would put him in the camp of Jesse James rather than Captain America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaidam Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 SOP in these all too frequent cases is to claim "oh dear my account must have been hacked", worked a treat for the loathsome elitist Don King one of the head honchos at BNP Paribas with his recent (and absolutely vile) tweets regarding Melania. Good for the goose, good for the gander as they say. MSM strangely avoiding the counterpoint to Pams tweet, why is that I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opl Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) "Classy beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House" .... Michelle Obama! (Vogue - December 2016) Edited November 20, 2016 by Opl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Off-topic posts removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 On November 15, 2016 at 9:49 PM, geriatrickid said: Just so everyone knows what this nasty woman said and looks like, here you go. I really don't think a morbidly obese woman with a bad hairdo and too much make lipstick should be insulting Mrs. O. I see its still OK to make fun of fat people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Credo Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 41 minutes ago, ClutchClark said: I see its still OK to make fun of fat people. Well, if you read the last part of her post, she does respect people's right to express their opinion of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 7 minutes ago, Credo said: Well, if you read the last part of her post, she does respect people's right to express their opinion of her. If only everyone were so thick-skinned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 6 hours ago, ClutchClark said: I see its still OK to make fun of fat people. Why quote me and then make a reference to making fun of fat people? No one has done that yet. Read what I wrote. How can you not understand that a morbidly obese person with a bad hairdo and wearing too much makeup should not be calling anyone an "ape in heels"? Old Thai saying, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Remember the golden rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 7 hours ago, ClutchClark said: I see its still OK to make fun of fat people. More than just OK ....It's great fun to take these Fat, Racist, Redneck Pigs to task!! Go broke and hope all Her teeth fall out the day before Thanksgiving so she loses Her Place at the trough!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opl Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) Michelle Obama " Commander in chic" Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, January 2009 Edited November 21, 2016 by Opl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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