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10 Most Disrespectful Moments For Michelle and Barack Obama

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tea-party-signs Protest Signs of the Tea Party (2013)

When Obama traveled to Orlando, Fla., Tea Party protesters greeted his motorcade with signs that read, “Kenyan Go Home.”

According to White House reporters, the crowd included 50, mostly older, white protesters. Presumably birthers, they  held signs that read “Impeach Obama,” because they believe the president forged his birth certificate.

Earlier that same week, a crowd in Phoenix, Arizona shouted “47 percent negro,” sang “Bye, Bye Black Sheep,” and carried signs that read “Impeach the Half-White Muslim!” outside an event the president was attending.

Taking cues from conservative punditry, protesters accused the president of dividing “all the races.”

Source: thinkprogress.org

rusty-michelle-obamaGOP Activist Rusty DePass Says Escaped Gorilla Was “Ancestor” of Michelle Obama (2009)

After an aide to South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster detailed the escape of the gorilla from Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo, GOP activist Rusty DePass commented: “I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors – probably harmless.”

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