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Another Republican Lawmaker Busted for Forwarding Racist Obama E-mails

  • 7/17/09 at 6:00 PM
Another Republican Lawmaker Busted for Forwarding Racist Obama E-mails

Atwater, California, City Councilman Gary Frago doesn't know why people are making a fuss about his steady forwarding of racist e-mail jokes about the Obamas. After all, he didn't write the headline "Breaking News Playboy just offered Sarah Palin $1 million to pose nude in the January issue. Michelle Obama got the same offer from National Geographic" — he just forwarded it along! "I'm not the only one that does it," he says, and he's right. He's just part of a glorious tradition of GOP officials busted for spreading racist viral messages about our president. There have been so many of them, we recently made an awesome slideshow about it. You are indeed not alone, Gary! [Sun-Star] Update: Frago's a Democrat!

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