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I did not realize that people were attacking President Obama's family, also. The right wing nuts continue to say that President Obama is fair game because President Bush was attacked viciously by the left when he was in office. I have never seen former President Bush be so viciously attacked as our President today, And if someone can prove it to me, please do so. But to attack his wife is disgusting. I was so happy when President Obama became our President, but did not realize that such nastiness would be forthcoming. This country is so full of hate and ugliness. I know his wife would not be unhappy if he did not run for the next term. He is only trying to help the people of tis country, and all the Republicans and the right wingers do is attack him unmercifully. They will pay for their viciousness. He will help the American people and hopefully they will look back and appreciate all the hard work that he has done for them. Bush left a mess, and President Obama has worked diligently to get us out of it.

...yet for any reason at all racisim can't be an issue because it's never a factor in anything anymore. Everything is just peachy huh? If it's ever brought up then the race card is being played. You know what? Racism exists in this country. It's part of the basic pricinpals this nation was built on and around. So what can you expect from ignorance...nothing but ignorant results. Imagine that! People so hateful, jealous, and scared due to something as minor as a person's complextion, hair texture, and/or facial features. Blacks look like monkey's huh? Maybe blacks should start paiting portraits of whites as Devil's. That would be a good one. I mean if you want to be ignorant.

Just another example of the hate and divisiveness the conservatives seem to wallow in. First, they didn't even want debate on Health Care reform, which is censorship and fascism. Now they're spreading their pathetic anti-American views. No wonder the Republican party is a joke.

the warm glow of pride when President Obama was elected has certainly been replaced with anger and disgust for the few vocal mean spirited individuals who have voiced their hatred for the beautiful First Family.
I feel ashamed that they would call themselves Americans.
And the Republican Party is too silent, which speaks volumns for exactly who they are.
whatever respect I had for members of the Repubilcan Party has gone in the wake of the hositility for the lunatic frenge and the Republican Party – they should be ashamed,

Free speech is one thing – Insulting people on a public forum with racist hatred or bigoted religous remarks or images is another.

How about some pix of Mohammad wearing a turban with a lit fuse and bomb hidden in it – is that OK too? Oh, I forgot, the Muslim crazies took issue in a violent way so suddenly free speech became secondary to threats of violence.

And just what do you think "monkey pix" do to the gun toten', bible thumpin' teabaggers? Does it make them any less dangerous to America than they already are? Nope, it just facilitates their "call to action" just like Randall Terry of Operation Rescue stoked that nut job
Scott Roeder into killing Dr. Tiller in church.

Now that's what I call defending "free speech"..

She is Rosalyn to Obama's Jimmy. Both are clowns.

Would not vote for him again, ever !

Disturbing, disgusting, and malicious! Which one of you Republicants thought that would be "cute" or "funny"? No one's laughing, but we're surely paying attention. We could not have a more gracious, intelligent, and charming FLOTUS - may God bless her!

I thought this country had freedom of speech and expression.

Such behavior is appalling and I'm embarassed that somebody from my country has so much evil and hatred in them to post such image. Where is the patriotism and respect for the golden rule.? The person who posted this image is a coward who hides behind a computer and degrades another individual who he/she does not personally know . The hate mongerer merely hates for a living and spreads such hate like a virus because it is obvious there is a void in his/her life to have the time to spread his hate. Wouldn't the world be much nicer if such people worried more about themselves contributing to society in a positive way? It's much easier to name call.

Apparently, the person who posted the picture is proud racist. Being so, he/she should have no problem posting their name for all to see.

How come NO-ONE! complained when the internet & other media showed a picture of then Pres. Bush morphing into a monkey? At the time I enjoyed tremendously that depiction of Pres. Bush. I was a big time liberal democrat. Now I understand the uproar of the Republicans then – so now the democrats have to endure what they started. ' What's good for the goose is good for the gander.'

Why blame Google for the racism that is so obvious amongst the right-wing kooks and howlers? Of course that is why those kooky extremist Republicans are in such froth-mouth rage about everything!

It seems Google has already removed it. Searching for Michelle Obama no longer produces the monkey picture. Guess what, all humans look like monkeys or apes, at least sometimes, depending on the facial impression. Remember that post of W that showed like 100 pictures of him with different facial expressions, each one compared to a different chimp picture, and not one of them where he didn't look like the chimp in the picture – now that was classic.

ok so a google image search of bush has him drawn like a monkey as well as some of him as the devil and a nazi. So why the double standard?

This country has a very long way to go...

Hatred seems to have no limits! It is going to hold this country back big time.

How awful – not only is disrespectful it is also racist.

First Lady Obama did all the right things – Attended Princeton
graduated with honors and then attended Harvard and received
a law degree. What else can African Americans do to be
given respect.

The right to free speech hides the ignorant racist citizens of our nation and the world. One day we will come together as humans and not use closed minded views to insult one another. The line should be drawn and someone needs to be accountable for the disrespect.

People who hate die miserable deaths.

I smell a Government takeover of Google in the works.

The president and Michelle is also scheduled to be in nearby Oslo, Norway on December 10 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

So what does that say about the haters?

It says that the Obamas are better than they are.

Obviously whoever posted such an insulting picture has serious problems. He or she should look at the gorgeous pictures of the First Lady at the State dinner last night. She looked like a model and was singled out by the Indian Prime Minister for her wonderful hospitality and grace. Some people will never accept the Obamas and that is really sad.

Happens with the Bush family all the time. Who cares?

In the XXIth century in this country I am appalled that such racism still exists. The sub-human who posted this picture should be prosecuted.

Were there people this outraged when they did it to Bush???

You can bet anything a republican had something to do with this.

If the picture was Sarah Palin all of you left wing nut jobs would be eating it up and begging for more. It's a picture GET OVER IT

How many who blog on this and many other threads do so with the full knowledge that most comments are being "moderated", and yet, despite the moderations, continue to blog?

Google should remove the photoshop photo. Should the person who originally posted the photo want to exercise their freedom of speech rights, they can bring their violation complaint to court.

Meanwhile, I also have the right not to be forced to view what is personally offensive to me. I have deleted Google from my toolbar.

Doesn't everyone realize that if you want to find a racist... look inthe GOP. That's where they are.

And you conservatives remember... people judge you based onthe company you keep. Your party is the party of chouce for racists.

No censorship. Leave it all there...if you don't like it, don't click it.

I think it is appalling that someone would even do something like this, but it just goes to show you that racism and ignorance go hand in hand.

I agree the posting photo constitutes free speech. But, what is the message: the posting person thinks the first lady is a monkey? Why s/he did not come out and said so? You can't be coward in your exercise of free speech.

The Lunitic fringe with this picture coupled with the Billboard in Colorado and the Republican Party with the help of Fox news,Limbaugh and Beck adding fuel to the fire, will only cause the total collapse of the Party.
These antics will alienate the Fair minded and you can;t win anything with 39% and sinking fast
The coalition of The South and Christian Right that constituted the Moral Majority in Nixons/Reagans days are gone. These people will be dragged into the future,just like their predessesors when the 8 hour day,40 hour week, the womans vote,anti discrimination laws (all progressive ideas) were fought for and won. Their HATE will only cuase them more problems.

Why doesn't Google remove the offensive and racist images doctored about Condoleeza Rice? Those are far more offensive, and racist than the Obama one.

Thank God I live in Canada and not the USA where bigotry and hate are alive and well. At least in Canada we have a modicum of civility and code of conduct to our fellow citizens.

What should we expect from the pit of the underbelly of American
society? Thank goodness they aren't the majority.

You can only complain about this photo if you complained about the photos of George Bush made into a monkey. Otherwise you are a complete and total hypocrite whose using double standards.

Isn't this much to do about nothing? Seems a little over the top to be so outraged. Where was the outrage when Bush was in office? Oh yeah, it's ok to tear apart Republicans and Sarah Palin, but how dare you pick on Democrats and the Obamas............the slobbering love affair continues.

Sticks and stones may break her bones, but names will never hurt her.

(She wouldn't be where she is if they did.)

"Instead of Google deleting the photo, there should be a campaign against the person who posted the photo,"

That is absurd. The person posting the photo obviously is out to offend and cause a controversy. Do you really think they are going to care if someone launched a campaign against them? That's exactly what they would want to happen. All that would do is bring more attention to them and the picture.

Would Cnn write this story if it were about Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush or any other supreme white woman. They would not even allow space for comments, if they did. I've noticed how there is no space for comments when there is a story about a supreme woman with no color. Cnn I see straight through you.

Look–It's just a sign of the times. Economic distress, stupid lingering wars, a transformative election, and the like always stir up latent racism and ethnocentrism. We know the haters are out there. It's good that they expose themselves from time to time as a reminder. Ms. Obama will shrug it off, and we should too.

As a black man, I think google should leave the image right where it is. I don't care about the free speech argument. I just want people to see how the Republican/conservative constituents behave. You'll never hear any of the republican leaders disavow this kind of behavior. You never heard them say anything when the president was depicted as a witch doctor. Or during the campangin when they referred to him as Barack the magic negro. Or, when they showed him on a box that read Obama Flakes. I could go on. But, I think you get the point.. This is not an indivisual act. This is an act by the Republican/conservative constituentcy that will be acceptable to these right wing neocon knuckle draggers.

Free speech is going to be the death of America. There must be a lined drawn in the sand somewhere. Republicans are filling the media with lies, all in the name of free speech. America's children are being programed by self-destructive lyrics. Our president and first lady are being more disrespected than any president or first lady in history.
These evil whites(Republicans) are doing exactly what they did during slavery, only on a more sophisticated level (institutional racism). This would be unheard of for Nancy Reagean, Laura Bush, or any other Republican woman. Thank God for Karma. And we wonder why America is hated around the world? It does not take a scientist to figure it out.

Free speech is all nice and good but when it's such a blatant act of racism or bigotry, I think it should be banned. You ask where do you draw the line? Well, you have to draw it somewhere. So what if there are thousands of offensive items on the net. What if you type in some innocent children's search and it brough up a porn and lewd picture of a child? Wouldn't that be banned? When it is offensive to the majority of the people and attacking the very integreity of human nature, it should be banned. It won't be perfect but hey, we all have to start somewhere.

How hateful people can be! Really, really hateful. I hope karma comes back and bites them real bad.

And here I thought the right wing evangelical movement didn't believe in evolution!

Google George Bush and you'll see the same thing. There is one comparing Bush to a chimp. Shouldn't that one be removed as well?

If it's unacceptable for one it should be for the other. THAT'S equality.

I don't remember any critisism when this was done to President Bush.

I looked, it is not there. It is unfortunate that people have this need to do something like this. It is not even funny. She is our first lady, and needs to be respected as such. And she is cool.

This is an example of the disgusting stain of racism still present in America. I knew there would be a backlash when an African American would be elected President. Whether it's the racist "tea-baggers" condoning death threats or bigoted pictures such as the one appearing on Google, racism is alive and well in America. We should not be deluded to think that just because America elected an African American President, that racism is over and done with. Shame on this country for not coming to terms its bigoted past and present.

That's the problem with the Web. Cowards can lurk and do their thing. A lot of useless people out there. If they had to post a legit email this wouldn't happen.

What do we expect from the teabaggers and the fox hate machine? They can not sink much lower or can they?

Feeling powerless because they don't like who is in the WH, so attack the First Lady using an offensive picture. What a coward.

So why wasn't there the same "type" of outrage, fire storm when the left made images of Laura Bush in a less than flattering light?

The usual double-standard...in American politics!

So what's the problem here? Where was the outrage when Sarah Palin son's photo was doctored by the liberals, did you (yes, you, CNN) even bother to bring it up?

What about the picture of Bush like a Chimpanzee? I don't think there was outrage over that. Michelle Obama is a public figure. Insulting pics go with the territory.

Even though we have the right to free speech, Google has the right to censor as much as it wants on their OWN search engine. There is nothing wrong with what Google is doing here.

What's the problem? According to liberals we all looked like that at one time. LOL!

Let me check my calendar... No, it's not 1959...
What kind of a genius does it take to come up with the idea of making fun of an African-American person by referencing a monkey? This says more about the creator/distributor of this vile image than it does about the object of his/her derision.
Also, I think Google has handled this pretty well. It's not their job to police the content of the Internet, but I think it's good for them to let people know they find this kind of thing offensive, too.
As for our First Lady: she is one of the brightest, classiest and most attractive residents of the White House that I can remember in my lifetime. I hope she (and her husband) are there for another 7+ years.

For the person(s) who placed the picture of Michelle Obama with the face of a monkey, what are you cowards afraid of anyway? A beautiful, graceful, black first Lady or someone who doesn't measure up to your racist standard? We already know you don't like the first family but there is nothing you can do to change who they are and what they represent to the American people.

Interesting. Where was the outrage when Bush's visage was made into a monkey?

People have the right to say and post very offensive things, but we have a right to also say that their behavior is a disgrace to American values. This type of racist behavior is just wrong!

Michelle Obama is a beautiful person, and I admire her!

Google can't control this. The picture is being indexed through the many racist bigots who click on it. Google is not at fault. Michelle is not at fault.

Whoever did this is a coward. He will never take credit for it, because he's a sniveling little snot with quaking knees. No real man would insult another man's wife like this. Michelle Obama is not a politician. She is the First Lady of the United States, so whoever created the disgusting image obviously hates America.

And people say that the treatment of this president is no different from the treatment given former president Bush. That is a load of crap. It's pure racism. It's sad to see that there are so many hateful people in this country that claims to have moved past this racism thing. I know and admit that there are a lot fewer racist people in this country but it takes only one rotten apple to spoil the barrel and there are still some rotten apples in this country.

Look, this is probably not the first time Mrs. Obama has ever had to deal with racists. It's not going to be the last. But that's what makes this country beautiful. We've come so far and still have far to go but we don't give up. We went from slavery to the first black President, that is progress people. If there are still some who choose to live in the past then let them stay behind the rest of us. We are better for it because we are not the slaves, those people who feed on hatred are. God Bless America.

Thank you CNN for not reposting the image.

However, the owner of the blog (and the original posting site) should have their name and address posted PUBLICLY to out them as a bigot... since they want to be so publicly a racist, they should stand up and take their PUBLIC bow.

It's what so wrong with the internet - the apparent anonymity that allows such racists haters to spew their filth while they suck down Budweisers and get their point of view from Fox Noise from the TV perched on the refrigerator in their 1970's singlewide.

The extreme right wing has nothing better to do with their time then degrade the current administration and alter photos of the first family.
Sick people they are.

Very interesting. Try "googling" George Bush and view all the unflattewring images which appear ~ none of which any one seems to complain about ~ nor which Google disavows...

There will always be hatred of what is good and beautiful.

Did google do the same thing with the web site that compared Bush to monkeys? What a double standard we have. Unbelievable.

Insulting the First Lady with racist propaganda, how disgustingly un-patriotic. These despicable tea-baggers and neo-cons have no shame or morals.
Tea-baggers and neo-cons will sacrifice everything and everybody to promote their political ideology.

And then some lunatic is actually gonna (try to) claim that this has nothing to do with racism, but an exercise in free speech. Unbelievable...

So Google is not responsible for the content posted to its website?

Hmmm...then why do they act responsible when it is a Chinese website? They monitor content going into that country but they cannot own a problem when it comes to a site in the US.

My best guess is that those in power at Google just think Google is bigger than any one person and shouldn't have to be responsible for the content. After all they are just distributing HATE worldwide and not writing it themselves. If a picture captures a thousand words then what do you think the one of Michelle is saying Google?

The picture of Michelle Obama is an outrage & proves there is still racism in the United States. For Google not to delete it is an insult to all American & what this country is supposed to stand for. Every one is freaking out about Adam Lambert’s performance on the AMA but I haven’t heard much apprehension about this hideous picture. As a civilized society, we have got our priories screwed up, it is dreadful & appalling.

Michelle Obama is classier then Jackie O, fought as hard for civil rights as Eleanor Roosevelt, as smart as Hilary Clinton, supports our armed forces, concerned about our children’s education, health care, the environment, the finest first lady this country has ever had and a beautiful person, inside & out. This is the way we repay her? It’s a SIN !!!

I agree with the last paragraph of this story, the person that posted the picture should be the one getting all the flack for this. Why is google responsible for it? Google is a search engine and will often bring up things that might be offensive to some, but to censor pictures because someone might find it offensive would be impossible. Google would have to censor more than half of its websites links.

The press was merciless on the Bush daughters and now Michelle (aka RuPaul) gets a little heat and you all cry foul. You cant have it both ways, either you want to be in the public eye or you dont? Take the good with the bad cause she'll only have to put up with it for 1 term.

CNN should investigate who posted the original picture and make that a story. Google can not be responsible for this content...but the person who doctored the photo and thought this was acceptable SHOULD be held responsible. This is NOT free speech...this is outright racism.

Very bad behavior to be sure. Ms. Obama has enough of a burden to bear being married to such an egotist, and being a bit of a snob herself. It is hard (for me), to respect the office and the occupants of the White House at present. They are hurting this country, but do not deserve to be hurt by stupid pictures. We have to have a sense of humor to get through these times, but this is not funny... just stupid.

Well, that sucks, now where is the out rage over doctored Hillary photos?

No wonder Mrs. Obama feel America can be mean spirited! Just look at the things she and her family have to endure on a daily basis. Hateful, hurtful and unnecessary mean spirited attacks. Ms. Obama you are a beautiful, classy American woman and I am so proud to call you the first lady of the United States.

Truly disgusting. Racism at its worst. Don't defend these people.

When it comes to GOOGLE and certain PUBLIC figures, pictures like this SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED (put under constant review/scrutiny) and the PERPETRATOR PERSECUTED!

I would not like to see this done to Mrs LAURA BUSH or any other noble figure. This is an AMERICAN image that must be protected and freedom of speech done in a different media (personal).

There is nothing funny about this......and it can be managed at a company level......

I love how the same people who are outraged by the photo were cheering on those who posted similar pictures of Bush and Condi.
Hypocrites.

That's right, neoclowns, direct your hatred at the president and first lady. Y'all are too gullible and ignorant to see that unregulated global capitalism is the root cause of all of the problems that you whine about. But just keep on believing that social mobility and participatory democracy are real. After all, if TV says it, it must be true. Have a nice day!

Racist right wingers at it again........

How in the world can anyone blame Google? They are a search engine, not, at least in this case, a content provider. They are not the internet police. And, I know this is a concept liberals despise – there is freedom of speech in this country, no matter how offensive the speech may be.

I am disgusted and agog. I also understand Google's predicament. However two very good points were made: oust the perpetrator, and let people know that hiding behind Free Speech to express racism will not be accepted. This is the FLOTUS. Even a child knows when they've gone too far. There are jokes and then there is this type of cr*p.
America, how far we've come and yet not far enough. I am ashamed of my country at times like these, I truly am.

Search Images for "Pope" and you get many offensive images, including Pope Benedict with a Swastika in the back ground. Why doesn't Google apologize and pull the Catholic bigotry sites? Oh... that is free speech.

In 2009 this is a sad commentary. The person who made this photo should be ashamed of themselves. Ironically in the end I'll bet it turns out to be some computer saavy punk kid who did it. Some liberal kid whose parents never disciplined growing up. That's usually what we find out in the end.

I think it is poor taste to degrade any of our leaders, regardless of what party they are affiliated with. Having said that, it is not against the law and you can draw whatever conclusion that you want to and that is not against the law either. Poor taste is poor taste. Our country is trying to "silently" change our constitution by making "political correctness" the rule for keeping citizens and media from exercising their first amendment rights. Some media outlets are so politically correct that it causes them to distort the real news. The best way to avoid poor taste is to not pay any attention to it, and it will usually go away. We can't do that anymore. Now, we must make a huge story out of it so we can make sure the level of political correctness is properly applied. No wonder we have high unemployment. Too many people see it as their full time job to measure political correctness.

Guys wake-up. This is all timed...Obama's poll numbers drop and they play the race card. Their willing minions in the media play it up to get the sympathy affect toward the poor Obamas.

Don't let these marxist thugs divert your attention from the mess they are making of this country.

It is just a picture, don't look at it if you don't want too.

Her husbands actions, and lack of, bring outrage to me!

Did Google apologize for all of the images of Sarah Palin floating around? Of course not. But what did you expect in this politically correct country. Enough is enough already.

Gee, so this is a big deal? Do a Google search for George Bush. See how many monkey images there are of him. There's even a website called bush or chimp, something like that. Did all these whiners about Obama complain out loud when Bush was parodied like that? Probably not. Free speech is a wonderful thing, just know it works both ways. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Hmm, same thing happened with Bush. Hooray for liberal hypocrisy!

Former President was also dipicted as a monkey, using the same or much similiar monkey image. WHERE WAS THE OUTRAGE???

What can you do? You can't remove the personal views of every Idiot out there. As much as it makes you realize there is no hope for some people this is just the nature of he world.

I agree that there are thousands of offensive pics, language, videos and the like all over the internet and that one can not delete everything that some person finds offensive. if that were the case then there would be nothing on the internet because at least one person somewhere in this world will find everything offensive. If you do not like the pic or the video or the content then leave the offending site and dont look at it again.

Oh who cares! They used to make George Bush a monkey and nobody got outraged over that. This hypocritical double standard is really wearing thin.

Don't "Type Michelle Obama' in the popular search engine Google. Just let the image die. It's rude. I would say the same thing about an image of former President Bush as a monkey. There are so many rude and even horrifying things on the internet. We have the right and the ability to see and post awful things but civilized individuals make their own choices not to post or see them.

Disrespectful, rude, wrong.

But there is a double standard when it comes to political satire. Bush was depicted as a monkey, Dracula, the Joker, and Hitler, to name a few. Images have been photoshopped over the face of Sarah Palin's baby.

Libs laugh at those images, but cry foul when the Obama's fall prey.

Why? Why such a double standard? Don't all Presidents, First Ladies, etc. get the same respect?

What's wrong with that? I've seen worse pictures of Hillary Clinton with carrots growing out of her butt all over the internet. I've see pictures of Sarah Palin depicted in horrible manner all over the net, it did not grab headline or ticker from CNN. MeShell looking like a monkey depicted in cyberspace receive top billing for ticker in CNN? What a joke! It's not her face that makes people think she's in the family of primates ( we're all primates) but her ATTITUDE: SLY, CONNIVING, A BIG LIAR LIKE HER HUSBAND whose average approval rating is now BELOW 50, just like your rating going south too.. The Obama's is full of drama.

Google sure is getting a lot of hits the last couple of days. This photo has been featured on CNN, Fox, ABC, CBS, etc. The web host is getting just what he wants.

And to those blaming Google–once again, misplaced anger. They are a search engine, not a web host. Direct your anger at the creative person who made the image, and at the website hosting it. Although, after the past couple of days, that image will be hosted all over the web. No amount of censoring will keep it away now.

Just another stupid antic by a Republican bullying thug.

This is sickening. Michelle Obama is lovely and is a magnificent role model and First Lady.

Get over it, people make fun of people based on skin color, religious views and sexual orientation all the time. We will never be a nation of equality until people can take a joke.

absolutely wrong, no doubt

but

this has been happening with what ever the latest graphic drawing technology since our country allowed free speech

does it make some higher point, further some discussion of merit?

no, it is hurtful, childish and stupid... and karma probably has already come back around for the author of this, that is why they continue to do things that have no real benefit for themselves at all

Freedom of speech is not always pretty. That being said the photo is disgusting.

Its more of the same. I am so sickened by the vieled racism in this country. Nothing like electing an African American President to bring the subtle and ongoing racism in this country out into the open. I for one believe that the elements of right wing conservatism is a HUGE influence on this culture of exclusion and intolerance. May God bless us to rise up and be a better people than this

People never did this with Laura Bush, Barbara Bush or many of the other first ladies. Why would they do this with Michelle Obama? Two possible answers are: they are anti-black or they hate the president and figure that this will get him all ruffled and angry.

Offensive yes. Become outraged just because it is Mrs. Obama, NO!

If we want to police bad behaviors on the internet, we need to do it for all, and not just for celebrities. Many ordinary citizens have had these kinds of things done to them, and there has been little outcry over that.

The fact there are so many offensive people in the world, is a problem we all need to work on, and have little tolerance for, however.

Leave it up to FOX, the NY Post and the right wing of the republican party to post tasteless and disrespectful photos of the first family. Dispicable!!!!

somebody once did the same thing to President Bush where his face morphed into that of a chimp......it just shows that there are some hateful people in our country with very warped senses of humor. Sad indeed.