BARACK OBAMA FINALLY DISOWNS A RACIST

A Barack Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention was "ticketed for calling her neighbor's African-American children 'monkeys,' " reports the Chicago Sun-Times. (We didn't realize this was against the law, but the Chicago Tribune explains that the charge was disorderly conduct.) Here is what happened, according to the Sun-Times:

[Linda] Ramirez-Sliwinski "came outside and told the children to quit playing in the tree like monkeys. The tree was not on Ramirez-Sliwinski's property," Carpentersville Police Commander Michael Kilbourne said.
Ramirez-Sliwinski admitted she used the word "monkeys," but said she did not intend racism. She said she was only trying to protect them from falling out of the tree.
"Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski said she saw the kids playing in the tree and didn't want them falling out of the tree and getting hurt. She said she calls her own grandchildren 'monkeys,' " Kilbourne said. The mother of one of the children did not see it that way, noting she and Ramirez-Sliwinski have clashed before.
"She felt it was racist because of the fact the children were African-American," Kilbourne said.

Told of the incident Monday by the Sun-Times, Obama's campaign called Ramirez-Sliwinski and persuaded her to step aside as a delegate because the campaign felt her remarks were "divisive and unacceptable."

Finally, someone Barack Obama can disown! Let this be a lesson for other Obama delegates: If someone is bothering you, shout at the top of your lungs, "God damn America!" You know Obama will stand by you then.
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"Monkeys" comment and Ticket: Dangerous Precedent

Submitted by muddle on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 1:44pm.

Her5e's the final line from the article:

Ramirez-Sliwinski's $75 ticket was for "disorderly conduct," which Kilbourne defined as, "when a person does something that alarms or disturbs another."

The definition of disorderly conduct is vague enough here to allow for what is clearly a violation of this woman's constitutional rights.
It's the same sort of "hate speech" ordinance that various universities have attempted to impose over the last couple of decades.

I find it highly unlikely that she intended this as racist, and my exhibit A is the Obama sign in her yard, likely within sight of the alleged violation. But this is irrelevant. Even if she DID intend it as racist, the ticket is unconstitutional and should be challenged.

The current occupant of the White House bears a strong resemblance to some of our primate cousins. This has been noted over and again these past seven years.

Suppose Obama moves in and someone observes a similar resemblance. Will this then be off limits? Will the Secret Service wrestle the offender to the turf?

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