Ohio county judge apologizes for blackface costume

[TexasTowelie]

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A county judge in southern Ohio who donned blackface for a Halloween party has apologized for the costume and met with a local NAACP leader about the issue.

Ross County Common Pleas Judge Scott Nusbaum was photographed at a party wearing dark makeup, a pink dress and a gray wig, the Chillicothe Gazette reported.

Local NAACP President Olie Burton, who met with Nusbaum on Friday, said the judge explained that he chose to dress as a servant while Nusbaum's wife dressed as Scarlett O'Hara from "Gone with the Wind."

Nusbaum told the Gazette (http://ohne.ws/1hMhqf1) he regrets the costume and called it thoughtless and insensitive.

More at http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Ohio-county-judge-apologizes-for-blackface-costume-4987412.php?cmpid=hpts .

[font color=green]Didn't he see the articles on Yahoo about what costumes not to wear for Halloween?[/font]

[Skittles]

1. OK see, how is this guy a judge

it is obvious he makes poor decisions

[freshwest]

2. And why, pray tell, doesn't the headline read:

FORMER Ohio county judge apologizes for blackface costume...

Really, it's 2013, not 1813. Is this guy a Republikan?

[freshwest]

3. Yup, there it is: Ross County Court of Common Pleas: Judge Scott Nusbaum (R)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_County,_Ohio#County_officials

Wonder if he listens to Rush who has sneered at Obama since 2008, calling him 'The Magic Negro.'

Can't wait to see the GOP go extinct.