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Obama watermelon joke unseats mayor

by Frank James

The soon-to-be-ex-mayor of Los Alamitos. Calif. sounds like he's maybe not the sharpest knife in the draw.

Not only did he e-mail a doctored photo of the White House South Lawn covered in watermelons under the words: "No Easter egg hunt this year" but he then came up with a lame explanation of what happened.

According to the Associated Press:

Grose said he didn't mean to offend anyone and claimed he was unaware of the racial stereotype linking black people with eating watermelons.

Ahem, Mayor Grose, if you were unaware of the stereotype then what made the e-mail worth sending out?

He did the honorable thing by announcing his plan to resign Monday.

But he ruined a good apology and fall on the sword with his laughable explanation.

Here's an excerpt:

Grose came under fire for sending the picture to what he called "a small group of friends." One of the recipients, a local businesswoman and city volunteer, publicly scolded the mayor for his actions.

Grose says he accepts that the e-mail was in poor taste and has affected his ability to lead the city. Grose said he didn't mean to offend anyone and claimed he was unaware of the racial stereotype linking black people with eating watermelons.

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