title:  ‘I’m Not A Racist’: Trump Campaign Official Blames Media For Racist Tirade Against The Obamas
text: Carl Paladino, who served as the co-chairman of Donald Trump s New York campaign, wrote a wish list of what he d like for the New Year. He wished death and beastiality upon President Obama and wanted the First Lady to be  let loose  in Africa to live with a gorilla. Paladino also serves as a Buffalo School Board member and people have been calling for him to resign over his racist attack on the Obamas. I was wired up, primed to be human and make a mistake,  he wrote in a statement obtained by WBEN.  I could not have made a worse choice in the words I used to express my feelings. And that s where he should have stopped but unfortunately, he didn t:Even as Paladino apologized for hurting  the minority community  with his racist remarks, he took shots at the  attacking parasites,   vanquished progressive haters,  and  mean spirited disoriented press [sic]  who took issue with his comments. He also called Obama a  yellow-bellied coward  and  lazy ass president. I certainly am not a racist,  he insisted, then stated,  No, I m not leaving the school board.  He said he made a mistake then he blamed the media.Paladino also said the survey answers were accidentally sent to Artvoice. I filled out the survey to send to a couple friends and forwarded it to them not realizing that I didn t hit  forward  I hit  reply,  he said.  All men make mistakes.  In other words, he didn t mean to get caught being a racist.In the survey, Paladino wrote that he hopes  Obama catches mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford. He added that he wishes  [Obama] dies before his trial and is buried in a cow pasture next to Valerie Jarret [sic], who died weeks prior, after being convicted of sedition and treason, when a Jihady [sic] cell mate [sic] mistook her for being a nice person and decapitated her. As for Mrs. Obama, he said he would  like her to return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla. Yes, you are a racist, Mr. Paladino. Put your big boy pants on and own your words instead of attacking the media for reporting it.Photo by Audrey C. Tiernan-Pool/Getty