I've already said I thought a county chairman was kind of a low level and not really a national news story. You do. So what's there to reply to?
But...as I've already shown you, she the county* chairperson wasn't a "kind of a low level". She's the leader of what is arguably one of the largest Republican bastions in the country...
This woman is what? the Chairperson of the Republican Party in Orange County*, California. With a population of 3,026,786, it's not a little borough.
Orange County* is also the home of Tricky Dick, so you know there's a whole lot of credibility going on there. Republicans in the county* are an overwhelming majority so that's a whole hell of a lot of racist post cards and emails going out in the mail on party time.
So, yeah. It's a big deal.
Oh. And let's clear up this little "elected" bit right now, too.
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-04-17/news/29464933_1_racist-e-mail-president-obama-central-committeeA California Republican party official who sent out an e-mail of President Obama's face super-imposed onto a chimp says she's sorry, but insists she wasn't trying to be racist.
Marilyn Davenport, an elected member of the Orange County Republican central committee, sent the e-mail on Friday. The "family photo" features the commander-in-chief as a baby chimpanzee with two chimp parents.
Hope you're having Humble Pie for Easter.
http://www.ocgop.org/ocgop_bylaws.pdf