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Republican Kansas State rep Connie O’Brien is chatting up The Olives.  Not the martini kind.

Rep. Connie O’Brien (R-KS) began telling an anecdote at the hearing about how her son had difficulty in getting financial assistance to attend college. She explained that she took her son to a financial aid office, and as she was waiting in line, she believed there was a girl waiting in line with them who was “not originally from this country.” Fellow committee member Rep. Sean Gatewood (D-KS) asked O’Brien how she knew this student was “illegal.” O’Brien replied that she knew because the student “wasn’t black, she wasn’t Asian, and she had the olive complexion”

But that’s not the best part.  The best part is this:

O’Brien wouldn’t say whether she plans to apologize. She said she has received 10 to 15 e-mails.

“I’m not going to talk about that until I’ve had time to think,” she said Monday.

“Uh, Honey,” Juanita says, “the time to think was before you opened you mouth.”

So, here’s what dumb looks like in Kansas.