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Florida GOPer Resigns After Tasteless Katrina Joke

Resigns after email mocking trapped "blacks"

By Gabriel Winant,  Newser User

Posted Feb 6, 2009 9:30 AM CST

(Newser) – Carol Carter, a Florida Republican committeewoman, isn’t racist. It’s just that she likes Katrina jokes. So much that she emailed this one around last week: “How can 2,000,000 blacks get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps...   Read full story »

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