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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (608116)	4/18/2011 9:32:09 AM
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GOP Official: Sorry About Obama-Chimp Email, But... ...IT'S NOT RACIST, SAYS CALIFORNIA PARTY OFFICIAL MARILYN DAVENPORT By Mark Russell, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Apr 18, 2011 4:03 AM CDT \| Updated Apr 18, 2011 4:23 AM CDT (NEWSER) – A Republican party official from California who emailed an altered Obama "family photo" featuring the president's face copied onto a chimpanzee's body says she is "sorry if my email offended anyone." But she said she never considered it racist, reports the New York Daily News. Marilyn Davenport said she simply was amused by the photo caption—"Now you know why no birth certificate"—and said she didn't connect the ape to Obama being "half-black." In fact, "the thought never entered my mind until one or two other people tried to make this about race," she told the Orange Country Weekly. Many Republican officials have expressed outrage over the email. "It's unbelievable," said a high-ranking Orange Country GOP official. "I can't believe it was sent out. I'm not an Obama fan, but how stupid do you have to be to do this?" But Davenport has refused to resign from the Republican Orange Country committee. "Oh, come on!" Davenport said. "Everybody who knows me knows that I am not a racist. It was a joke. I have friends who are black."

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