# The Stupid Lying Asshat Soon To Be Ex Mayor of Los Alamitos **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 27, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693 "2009-02-27T18:01:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/1 "2009-02-27T18:01:57Z")
It would take me a whole bunch of time to craft the post I would like to craft, outlining all the ways that lying offends me, why it’s such a bane to my existence, how much it enrages me when nothing else does. But I really can’t justify the time. But I will share what prompted me to bring it up today: the lamest, most pointless and stupid lie I have come across in quite awhile. Some asshat mayor here in my lovely state thought it would be hilarious to send out an email to a few select friends that depict the White House lawn planted with watermelons., with the tag: “No Easter Egg hunt this year.” Just fucking stupid as hell, and even if you are the most racist fuck on the planet…it’s not funny. Not “not funny” due to being offensive, I’m fine with offensive. It’s simply lacking genuine wit (as is true of the vast majority of humor that is focused on hatefulness or judgment) and serves no purpose than to advertise this particular asshat’s asshattedness. Okay, fine, he’s been outed for the lame racist asshat that he is and is now doing the right thing, which is resigning. He said he “accepts” that the email was in poor taste and has affected his ability to lead the city. Fine. STOP TALKING NOW, ASSHAT!!! Nope. He went on to tell a lie so goddamn idiotic that any points he might have earned for apologizing and quitting went up in flames. He said he “didn’t mean to offend anyone” AND…wait for it…wait for it… he was “unaware of the racial stereotype linking black people with watermelons” :smack::smack::smack: Please write on the board 10,000 times: “I am an asshat, a stupid, stupid, stupid lying asshat.” You should also wear a sign on your back for the next 6 months that says “Kick me, for I am a stupid, racist, lying…did I mention that I’m stupid? asshat.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/2 "2009-02-27T18:10:03Z")
I nearly drove off the road this morning when I heard that on the radio. Makes you wonder what the email header said in all the forwards: > [@](#): > > Can someone please explain this to me? Need answer fast. What a piece of work. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/3 "2009-02-27T18:13:13Z")
Man, it seems like lately all these headlines of blatantly stupid racism on which I’m normally expecting to see an Arkansas dateline are coming from California. WTF’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/4 "2009-02-27T18:17:27Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Man, it seems like lately all these headlines of blatantly stupid racism on which I’m normally expecting to see an Arkansas dateline are coming from California. WTF’s up with that? Everyone eventually figures out that Californy is the place you oughta be, so they load up the truck and move to Beverly. Hills, that is. Swimmin’ pools. Movies stars… ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/5 "2009-02-27T18:20:29Z")
Hey, I was born in Arlington! My mom told me I was nearly killed by Robert Kennedy, who drove like a damn fool. I also pissed on Castro. And I remember none of it, since we came to Californy before I was a year old. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/6 "2009-02-27T18:30:25Z")
A friend of our family worked as a nurse out in eastern San Luis Obispo county. Talked about seeing inbreeding within families for the first time. Yup, it ain’t just the Appalackey’s. Until I moved to the east coast, I never picked up on the racism in CA because it’s so subtle. Here, I found it hidden, but it would pop up explicitly every now and then. After moving back to California, I saw it much more clearly–passive aggressive is the only way I know how to describe it. It’s all around the state–and not just whites. I noted that in San Diego, some Asian restaurants always put us near the kitchen or the bathrooms, even when the place was empty. Or they would serve other Asian people first who came door 30 minutes after we had sat down waiting to take our order. You would think we were pissed about it, but we were fascinated by the behavior and decided to what happen, if was just a coincidence or intentional. We both concluded that it’s intentional after a few months. Too bad for the servers, we always tip really, really well the first time and second time. After that we paid a nominal 15%. I guess our money wasn’t good enough for them.😉 I’ve also heard Hawaii is also pretty antagonistic racially speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/7 "2009-02-27T19:20:12Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Hey, I was born in Arlington! My mom told me I was nearly killed by Robert Kennedy, who drove like a damn fool. > > I also pissed on Castro. > > And I remember none of it, since we came to Californy before I was a year old. Not to hijack, but as someone who yakked on Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in the early 70’s, I’d kinda like to hear these stories! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/8 "2009-02-27T19:30:26Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > A friend of our family worked as a nurse out in eastern San Luis Obispo county. Talked about seeing inbreeding within families for the first time. Yup, it ain’t > just the Appalackey’s. > > Until I moved to the east coast, I never picked up on the racism in CA because it’s so subtle. Here, I found it hidden, but it would pop up explicitly every now and then. After moving back to California, I saw it much more clearly–passive aggressive is the only way I know how to describe it. It’s all around the state–and not just whites. I noted that in San Diego, some Asian restaurants always put us near the kitchen or the bathrooms, even when the place was empty. Or they would serve other Asian people first who came door 30 minutes after we had sat down waiting to take our order. You would think we were pissed about it, but we were fascinated by the behavior and decided to what happen, if was just a coincidence or intentional. We both concluded that it’s intentional after a few months. > > Too bad for the servers, we always tip really, really well the first time and second time. After that we paid a nominal 15%. I guess our money wasn’t good enough for them.😉 > > I’ve also heard Hawaii is also pretty antagonistic racially speaking. Wow i don’t think i’d ever go back to any place that treated me like that, much less “punish” them with only a 15% tip. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/9 "2009-02-27T19:30:50Z")
The jerk had the nerve to say he did not know that it was racist. He never heard of the blacks and watermellons. He lied. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaijon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Sinaijon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaijon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/10 "2009-02-27T19:33:49Z")
I guess I better sit on this hilarious email about Norwegians and lutefisk. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/11 "2009-02-27T19:36:32Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Not to hijack, but as someone who yakked on Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in the early 70’s, I’d kinda like to hear these stories! Come to MPSiMs, to [share](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10884351#post10884351) your excretory tales… ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/12 "2009-02-27T19:38:09Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The jerk had the nerve to say he did not know that it was racist. He never heard of the blacks and watermellons. He lied. It was nerve, I don’t think…it was sheer stupidity. And for my money, exposed him as someone who lies reflexively. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/13 "2009-02-27T19:43:49Z")
Well, the stereotype I knew growing up (in rural north-eastern Ohio) was that Southerners and hillbillies (which were considered the same) ate fried chicken and watermelon. I didn’t hear about the black connection until college. So I’m not going to immediately jump on this mayor for lying, but for ignorant provincialism. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/14 "2009-02-27T19:56:10Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Well, the stereotype I knew growing up (in rural north-eastern Ohio) was that Southerners and hillbillies (which were considered the same) ate fried chicken and watermelon. I didn’t hear about the black connection until college. > > So I’m not going to immediately jump on this mayor for lying, but for ignorant provincialism. Except for the fact that if he had no idea about the connection, **what was the point**? Unless you understand the connection between blacks and watermelon, there is no earthly reason possible for a picture of the White House with watermelon on the lawn. None. Zero. Cant’ even weasel the Southern thing, he’s from Chicago by way of Indonesia by way of Hawaii. He was being a racist asshat. Who is stupid. And lies. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/15 "2009-02-27T19:59:39Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Well, the stereotype I knew growing up (in rural north-eastern Ohio) was that Southerners and hillbillies (which were considered the same) ate fried chicken and watermelon. I didn’t hear about the black connection until college. > > So I’m not going to immediately jump on this mayor for lying, but for ignorant provincialism. No, it’s pretty clearly a lie. Because if you assume it to be the truth, then you must also ask what he was doing spreading around a picture of watermelons on Obama’s front lawn. The joke wouldn’t make any sense to you. Heck, you couldn’t even be certain there WAS a joke. So why would you send it to friends? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/16 "2009-02-27T20:00:26Z")
Mark Twain once said about watermelon that now he knew that they eat in Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/17 "2009-02-27T20:01:18Z")
So his excuse is, “I’m not a racist!! I’m just monumentally stupid!!” Problem is, he is almost certainly both. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/18 "2009-02-27T20:10:06Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Hey, I was born in Arlington! My mom told me I was nearly killed by Robert Kennedy, who drove like a damn fool. Isn’t it maybe a bit of a stereotype to be linking Kennedys with car accidents? :dubious: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/19 "2009-02-27T20:37:37Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > A friend of our family worked as a nurse out in eastern San Luis Obispo county. Talked about seeing inbreeding within families for the first time. Yup, it ain’t > just the Appalackey’s. > > Until I moved to the east coast, I never picked up on the racism in CA because it’s so subtle. Here, I found it hidden, but it would pop up explicitly every now and then. After moving back to California, I saw it much more clearly–passive aggressive is the only way I know how to describe it… Um… No. I grew up in California, went to school in San Luis Obispo and lived all over the state. I’ve also traveled in Europe, Central America and what used to be the USSR. Racism is everywhere. It is no more or less subtle in California than in Kiev, Huehuetenango, Santa Barbara, Barcelona, Seattle, etc. As to the OP, I was thinking the same thing as **Stoid**. What would be the “funny” part if it was peas, or corn, or apples? Maybe if he chose pineapples it mighta been a tiny bit funny, but still pointless. **Sinaijon** , I want to hear the lutefisk joke. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693/20 "2009-02-27T20:43:58Z")
Also, how would planting watermelons preclude having an Easter egg hunt? (Maybe there’s no Easter at the White House anymore because the President’s a Muslim. And I learned from two insane ministers interviewed on _The Daily Show_ the other day that he’s either the Antichrist, or a bisexual Hitler.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-lying-asshat-soon-to-be-ex-mayor-of-los-alamitos/487693.md?page=2)