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Another racist or not?
savage170
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People need to get a life
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/Holy-Cow---116595973.html?dr
Holy Cow! Md. GOPers Have a Beef With "Oprah"
Bad judgment or "udder" nonsense?
Updated 9:26 AM EST, Tue, Feb 22, 2011
A political leader in Maryland is under fire because of the name of a family pet.
Diana Waterman, the newly elected First Vice Chairman of the state Republican Party, has a black Angus cow named "Oprah."
According to the Baltimore Sun, the issue came to light on a recent Facebook posting when the cow birthed a calf.
The Sun says the posting caught the attention of Sveinn Storm, who runs a Queen Anne's County-focused blog called "Pave Our County?"
Storm criticized Waterman's naming the cow after the African-American talk show host who has struggled with her weight. Storm say that's "precisely why an enormouse number of Americans view Republicans as racists."
Waterman defends the name. In a response to the Sun she said her children named the family's three cows. Oprah was named for a person they admire. The other two, Ferdinand and Isabella are named after the Spanish monarchs who approved Christopher Columbus's trip to the New World.
A spokesman for the Maryland GOP says the state has bigger problems than the naming of a cow.
"With Maryland facing a record budget deficit, historic unemployment and a government that spends beyond its means, I'm not sure why we're talking about cows," said Ryan Mahoney.
On her Facebook posting, Waterman joked that the newborn would not be called "veal."
First Published: Feb 21, 2011 10:47 AM
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/Holy-Cow---116595973.html?dr
Holy Cow! Md. GOPers Have a Beef With "Oprah"
Bad judgment or "udder" nonsense?
Updated 9:26 AM EST, Tue, Feb 22, 2011
A political leader in Maryland is under fire because of the name of a family pet.
Diana Waterman, the newly elected First Vice Chairman of the state Republican Party, has a black Angus cow named "Oprah."
According to the Baltimore Sun, the issue came to light on a recent Facebook posting when the cow birthed a calf.
The Sun says the posting caught the attention of Sveinn Storm, who runs a Queen Anne's County-focused blog called "Pave Our County?"
Storm criticized Waterman's naming the cow after the African-American talk show host who has struggled with her weight. Storm say that's "precisely why an enormouse number of Americans view Republicans as racists."
Waterman defends the name. In a response to the Sun she said her children named the family's three cows. Oprah was named for a person they admire. The other two, Ferdinand and Isabella are named after the Spanish monarchs who approved Christopher Columbus's trip to the New World.
A spokesman for the Maryland GOP says the state has bigger problems than the naming of a cow.
"With Maryland facing a record budget deficit, historic unemployment and a government that spends beyond its means, I'm not sure why we're talking about cows," said Ryan Mahoney.
On her Facebook posting, Waterman joked that the newborn would not be called "veal."
First Published: Feb 21, 2011 10:47 AM
Comments
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Oh no!! what a racist thing to say!!
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
One of these days! Somebody is going to blurt out, YES, I am a racist!!! What's your point?[}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]
Eboy did that long ago.
Clouder..
A fork.[;)][:D]
Hopefully Sveinn Storm will stop by and explain the difference?
that's peoples stupidity showing
which??? the person that named the cow or this columnist making a huge deal out of nothing??
unfortunately this type story works on the "public". There are many folks that this story will reach and will effectively distract from the real issues, that is exactly why he is writing it!
You would think politicians would realize that everything on the internet is open to scrutiny
no one is allowed to have a sense of humor anymore.
Right... and who believes that?
If you keep this up we will have to send you to re-education camp.
Okra Chimpfry should be honored to have a useful animal named after her.