republicans and replaced lauren pierce who stepped down in november who sent out a tweet saying, "as tempting as it may be, don't shoot obama." a statement that she later apologized. >> is that the ann coulter farm team at work? time and time again conservative thought leaders, republican candidates and elected officials have been caught using racist rhetoric. here's a picture sent out by an orange county republican official. the caption, "now you know why no birth certificate." this picture of watermelons on the white house lawn was sent around by a republican mayor in california. down in south carolina, republican politico was forced to apologize to posting racist jokes. new york's republican gubernatorial nominee sent a series of racist and pornographic e-mails as a joke. a republican lawmaker in new jersey quit after his wife sent a racist e-mail to her husband's