E-Mail Compares First Lady to Tarzan's Cheeta

Saturday, 06 Mar 2010 06:43 PM


The CEO of Tennessee's hospitality association is apologizing for sending an e-mail to a group of public figures that compares first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee.

The Tennessean of Nashville reports that Tennessee Hospitality Association CEO Walt Baker's e-mail compares the first lady to Tarzan sidekick Cheeta. At the bottom of the e-mail is a photo of Obama, caught in an awkward moment with her lips pursed, and one of a chimpanzee wearing a similar expression.

Baker apologized in an e-mail to Nashville Metro Council members Saturday saying the message was not intended to be malicious but meant as "political humor."

Also on Saturday, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau said it would drop its contract with Baker's marketing firm.


Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.

Nah, the south isn't racist.

(03-06-2010 09:15 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Nah, the south isn't racist.

But it was funny when they did it to Bush, right?

(03-06-2010 09:32 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(03-06-2010 09:15 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Nah, the south isn't racist.

But it was funny when they did it to Bush, right?

Shh...I think Sum has a plan here.

The email.

Quote:From: Walt Baker < [email protected] > To: Albie DelFavero, Bruce Dobie, Butch Spyridon, Joe Hall, Peter Heidenreich, Terry Clements, Toby Compton, Chuck Creasy, Rob Moorefield, Ken Whitehouse, Paul Brown, Bob Davis Date: March 4, 2010 9:18:29 PM CST

Quoting Larry the Cable Guy...I don't care who you are, this is funny...

I was at the store yesterday, and I ran into Tarzan! I asked him how it was going and if he was into anymore movies.

He told me that he could no longer make any more movies as he had severe arthritis in both shoulders and could no longer swing from vine to tree.

I asked how Jane was doing, he told me she was in bad shape, in a nursing home, has Alzheimer's and no longer recognizes anyone, how sad. I asked about Boy, and he told me that Boy had gone to the big city, got hooked up with bad women, drugs, alcohol, and the only time he heard from him was if he was in trouble or needed something.

I asked about Cheeta, he beamed and said she was doing good, had married a Lawyer and now lived in the White House!!!

(03-06-2010 09:15 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Nah, the south isn't racist.

Nah, Roberta is Cheeta's sister.

The only acceptable comparison to chimps are white people. You didn't know that?

However, this was in VERY poor taste and a disservice the chimps. I'd compare her to a cockroach. See, cockroaches are creatures that come into a good situation, benefit from said situation, then **** all over the situation. I.e. "For the first time in my life I'm proud of my country". I.e., she wasn't proud that this nation full crackers, assuming she thinks we're just a racist ass country, allowed her to go to a bunch of Ivy League schools, obtain her JD, pass the bar, become an attorney, and then get a job making more than I will ever make, no, this is just a racist, mean-spirited country. Wow, can I have someone be that mean-spirited to me? ...and you wonder why I say these two idiots have NOTHING in common with the black people I know? I'm from a region that's about 50% black. Yes, the South is about 50% black. I also don't think it's a secret that I can't stand that *****, for the same reason I can't stand the Klan, the Aryan Nations, Jesse Jackson, etc. They make their LIVING on keeping us divided.

(03-06-2010 11:32 PM)Rebel Wrote:  The only acceptable comparison to chimps are white people. You didn't know that?

However, this was in VERY poor taste and a disservice the chimps. I'd compare her to a cockroach. See, cockroaches are creatures that come into a good situation, benefit from said situation, then **** all over the situation. I.e. "For the first time in my life I'm proud of my country". I.e., she wasn't proud that this nation full crackers, assuming she thinks we're just a racist *** country, allowed her to go to a bunch of Ivy League schools, obtain her JD, pass the bar, become an attorney, and then get a job making more than I will ever make, no, this is just a racist, mean-spirited country. Wow, can I have someone be that mean-spirited to me? ...and you wonder why I say these two idiots have NOTHING in common with the black people I know? I'm from a region that's about 50% black. Yes, the South is about 50% black. I also don't think it's a secret that I can't stand that *****, for the same reason I can't stand the Klan, the Aryan Nations, Jesse Jackson, etc. They make their LIVING on keeping us divided.

(03-07-2010 12:47 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

Go ahead and laugh up there in your lilly white state (get outside of Chicago and Springfield). You northerner's distaste for blacks is why about 90% of blacks in northern states are confined to the inner cities. Down here they reside and are welcome everywhere.

(03-07-2010 12:52 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(03-07-2010 12:47 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

Go ahead and laugh up there in your lilly white state (get outside of Chicago and Springfield). You northerner's distaste for blacks is why about 90% of blacks in northern states are confined to the inner cities. Down here they reside and are welcome everywhere.

(03-07-2010 01:12 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(03-07-2010 12:52 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(03-07-2010 12:47 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

Go ahead and laugh up there in your lilly white state (get outside of Chicago and Springfield). You northerner's distaste for blacks is why about 90% of blacks in northern states are confined to the inner cities. Down here they reside and are welcome everywhere.

Have you ever been to the south, you dumb***?

(03-06-2010 09:15 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Nah, the south isn't racist.

I grew up, and still live, in the south. The only times I have EVER seen/heard a black person compared to a monkey are in "That's Racist!!" threads on this board.

BTW Robert, I've been to New York, Pennsylvania, Washington state, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and almost every other state. What I say is the truth. What you "think" is fantasy. Think of Pennsylvania. It was the whitest ass place I'd ever been. Aside from Philly, Pitt, and Harrisburg, I saw NO black Americans.

(03-07-2010 01:20 AM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  

That kinda pisses me off as well. Kid is eating watermelon, twirling a basketball, and had KFC in the background. We ALL played basketball as kids, we all LOVE watermelon, and KFC? That **** is heaven in a box. When I went into the military I got pissed as this "Soul Food" day that happened on Thursday's in the chow hall. Why? Well, apparently "Soul Food", guess they were saying "Black Food", was greens, BBQ ribs and chicken, fried chicken, fried okra, blackeyed peas, etc. People, I grew UP in this **** my entire life. We didn't eat Caviar where I came from and any form of Pate came in the form of potted meat. Yum yum. Idiots like the progressive Robert are probably too good for that though. I'd love to see how Robert would handle some Souse. That would be interesting.

wait, what about when hip hop fans compare jay-z to a camel? is that racist?

Northerners are ridiculous. One time i was at this party and I was joking around about the crappy music they played. It was some white group and I was like "i don't listen to white music." well this one girl got all offended (she was white). I started joking around even more and i then jokingly called her a racist. She responded with (this is an exact quote) "i can't be racist, i'm from the north." I was quite literally, stunned. Who expects someone to be so ignorant. I asked her if she ever heard of Boston and she just turned around.

(03-07-2010 02:18 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  wait, what about when hip hop fans compare jay-z to a camel? is that racist?

Northerners are ridiculous. One time i was at this party and I was joking around about the crappy music they played. It was some white group and I was like "i don't listen to white music." well this one girl got all offended (she was white). I started joking around even more and i then jokingly called her a racist. She responded with (this is an exact quote) "i can't be racist, i'm from the north." I was quite literally, stunned. Who expects someone to be so ignorant. I asked her if she ever heard of Boston and she just turned around.

Swoosh, love ya man, but that's part of the problem. "White music"? Just what is "white music"? Rock? Nope, black people have helped define rock way before these talkers on stage ever arrived. Country? Darrius Rucker just received a CMA decades after Charlie Pride entered the stage. How about Cowboy Troy? In the 80's I listened to a bunch of hair bands, loved every one of'em. RATT, Poison, Motley Crue, Y&T, Dokken, you name it. Hell, In Living Color? They were a hit. I can't tell you how many vinyls my dad had of the Temptations, etc. Not only that, being from Mississippi, pretty much the home of Blues, I grew up on black artists who had their own genre of music. As for rap, Look up Colt Ford. He's a country rapper. Truth is, there is no "black music/white music". We're all Americans. I'll continue to discriminate based on political ideology and idiocy.

Music is in the heart. Color be damned.

...apparently that dude really likes his country.

http://www.youtube.com/user/thumes88

(03-07-2010 03:10 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(03-07-2010 02:18 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  wait, what about when hip hop fans compare jay-z to a camel? is that racist?

Northerners are ridiculous. One time i was at this party and I was joking around about the crappy music they played. It was some white group and I was like "i don't listen to white music." well this one girl got all offended (she was white). I started joking around even more and i then jokingly called her a racist. She responded with (this is an exact quote) "i can't be racist, i'm from the north." I was quite literally, stunned. Who expects someone to be so ignorant. I asked her if she ever heard of Boston and she just turned around.

Swoosh, love ya man, but that's part of the problem. "White music"? Just what is "white music"? Rock? Nope, black people have helped define rock way before these talkers on stage ever arrived. Country? Darrius Rucker just received a CMA decades after Charlie Pride entered the stage. How about Cowboy Troy? In the 80's I listened to a bunch of hair bands, loved every one of'em. RATT, Poison, Motley Crue, Y&T, Dokken, you name it. Hell, In Living Color? They were a hit. I can't tell you how many vinyls my dad had of the Temptations, etc. Not only that, being from Mississippi, pretty much the home of Blues, I grew up on black artists who had their own genre of music. As for rap, Look up Colt Ford. He's a country rapper. Truth is, there is no "black music/white music". We're all Americans. I'll continue to discriminate based on political ideology and idiocy.

Music is in the heart. Color be damned.

i was joking. That's why i prefaced that sentence with "joking around." in fact, these days i pretty much only listen to music made by white people, since hip hop is dying a horrible death.

btw, i too grew up on black music, like doo wop. although i do realize there were some great, white doo wop artists (dion and the belmonts, frankie valli and the 4 seasons).

(03-07-2010 03:10 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Swoosh, love ya man, but that's part of the problem. "White music"? Just what is "white music"?

European classical?

Jokes like these are wholly inappropriate. Anyone in or affiliated with the GOP who displays such repugnant racial attitudes should be expelled from our midsts immediately. Regardless of political persuasion, all Americans should agree that racism will not be tolerated. It is sad that more of my fellow Republicans don't seem to agree.