Y'all must be very proud

State GOP staffer sends racist image of Obama.

Over the weekend, a GOP official in South Carolina TREY WALKER, an advisor to S.C. Attorney General HENRY McMASTER, posted an innocuous Facebook update about this morning’s escape of a Western Lowlands Gorilla from Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo.

Walker’s update, however was followed by a highly-questionable comment from longtime SCGOP activist and former State Senate candidate, RUSTY DePASS.

“I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors — probably harmless,” RUSTY DePASS wrote.

(this moron suddenly believes in evolution?!)

Now, in a second instance of Republicans playing the race card against the Obamas, Wonkette notes that a racist e-mail was sent out by a legislative staffer for Tennessee GOP state senator Diane Black.

The staffer, SHERRI GOFORTH, e-mailed this composite picture of the country’s 44 presidents, which represents President Obama with only a set of eyes:

"Nashville Is Talking" asked SHERRI GOFORTH about the e-mail:

When I asked her if she understood the controversial nature of the photo, SHERRI GOFORTH would only say she, SHERRI GOFORTH, felt very bad about accidentally sending it to the wrong list. When I gave her a second chance to address the controversial nature of the email, she again repeated that she, SHERRI GOFORTH, only felt bad about sending it to the wrong list of people.

“I went on the wrong email and I inadvertently hit the wrong button,” SHERRI GOFORTH told NIT.

“I’m very sick about it, and it’s one of those things I can’t change or take back.”

very sick, indeed.

Update: Sherri Goforth won't be fired.

Consider who she works for.

They love Jesus, but they've tried to kill prenatal care, women's health clinics, and pre-kindergarten funding. They've attempted to reject federal stimulus money for the unemployed.

But they have tried to put a gun in every bar, park and playground.

Jesus would have liked that.

Is it any wonder she believes what she does? To fire her would only pick off a middle-aged lady. It does nothing to heal the greater wound, which is composed by the creeps, racists, half-wits and professional victims who make up the Tennessee legislature.

They're the real affront here,

the wound that will become terminal if left unchecked.