Young Liberals caught up in Obama ‘monkey’ Twitter scandal
April 16th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Apr.16 (ANI): The Queensland Liberal National Party (LNP) has condemned the action of a member allegedly responsible for calling Barack Obama a “monkey” on Twitter during the US president’s interview on the ABC.According to news.com.au, the tweets belonged to Nick Sowden, a medical student at the University of Queensland.
They began just after 7.30 p.m. AEST last night, during ABC TV’s 7.30 Report with Kerry O’Brien.
“I’m not sure why they paid Kerry to fly to America (sic), if they wanted an interview with a monkey surely a ferry to Taronga would have sufficed,” one tweet said, referring to Taronga Zoo on Sydney Harbour.
“If I wanted to see a monkey on TV I’d watch Wildlife Rescue,” said another.
LNP state director Michael O’Dwyer said the party did not tolerate such comments and would be looking into the matter. (ANI)
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