Inappropriate racial humor and Georgia reps

Dr. David McKalip, a Florida neurosurgeon, is a leader in the fight against health care reform. And, apparently, he also enjoys dabbling a little bit of racial humor at the expense of the president ...

Asked about the email in a brief phone interview with TPMmuckraker, McKalip said he believes that by depicting the president as an African witch doctor, the artist who created the image "was expressing concerns that the health-care proposals [made by President Obama] would make the quality of medical care worse in our country." McKalip said he didn't know who created it.

But pressed on what was funny about an image that plays on racist stereotypes about Africans, McKalip declined to say, instead offering to talk about why he opposes Obama's health-care proposals.

And, because there always seems to be a Georgia connection to these types of stories, he's worked with Rep. Tom Price and Rep. Phil Gingrey fighting against health care reform.