Former Rubio Volunteer Campaign Chair Compares Obama to Curious George
This week’s cancellation of Roseanne has brought out the worst in a lot of terrible, criminally online people. Add Susan Goldstein to that list.
Goldstein is a prominent figure in Florida Republican politics, as a former state representative, a board member of the Florida Association of Lobbyists, and as a volunteer county campaign chair for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign. But online is the great equalizer, and Miami New-Times reports that Goldstein has just been kind of doing A Lot on Facebook today, including comparing Barack Obama to Curious George (emphasis mine):
After Roseanne Barr got her show canceled this past Tuesday for comparing a black woman to an ape, Goldstein decided to go on a public Facebook rant decrying what she feels is a “double standard” between liberals and conservatives. Why, she repeatedly asked online, are people not racist for comparing Donald Trump to an orangutan but racist when someone like Barr compares a black woman to an ape?
“And I truly think Obama resembles the Curious George cartoon, who I think is an adorable character,” Goldstein wrote on Facebook. “Curious George that is. That is what my eyes see. And I am not racist, and there is not mean-spirited intent in my observation. But I can’t say it. Double standard.”
She then added, “One thing has nothing to do with the other. God made everyone with some kind of cultural identifying characteristics.”
When New Times’ Jerry Iannelli asked her to elaborate, she reportedly responded that “this is why people hate the press.” And when asked if she was aware of the historical context behind why comparing black people to apes is wrong, Goldstein—who, over the course of her wild ass day on the ‘book, also called herself a creationist and lamented the fact that men are allowed to kiss on television—said this: