Judge guilty of hate

So there is this middle-aged white male who just happens to be Montana’s chief federal judge. A President George W. Bush appointee, Richard Cebull forwarded an email joke he thought humorous to six buddies. The email ended up in print in the Great Falls Tribune. It is racist, vulgar and sexist.

It suggested President Barack Obama’s father could have been either a black man, or a dog, and denigrated Obama’s mother by labeling her a promiscuous slut. When did bashing mothers, especially dead ones, become part of politics? Cebull insisted he was just trying to show he was anti-Obama, but none of Obama’s policies was mentioned. He stated the “joke” touched his heart.

As disgusting as this man is, I believe we who do not think like him should thank him. He articulated the Republican heart, which, I think, translates to all the disrespectful anti-Obama code words: birther, Muslim, anti-religion, Communist, America-hater and fascist. This heart is the real elephant (pun intended) in the room.

Anyone who wants to read the email can find it through Google, or the Great Falls Tribune. Currently the honorable judge is scrambling as fast as Rush Limbaugh to apologize.

Janet Callen

Coeur d’Alene