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朝鲜辱骂奥巴马 白宫强烈谴责 The White House on Thursday sharply condemned a lengthy and racist North Korean screed against President Obama, calling the rhetoric from Pyongyang particularly ugly and disrespectful. 朝鲜官媒朝中社前不久发表文章，辱骂美国总统奥巴马是“血缘不明的杂种”、“邪恶的黑猴子”。对此，白宫强烈谴责这一种族主义言论，称其“丑陋又无礼”。 ? The rebuke came in response to a recently published diatribe（诽谤） by North Korea calling Obama a clown, a dirty fellow and somebody who does not even have the basic appearances of a human being. ? Another part of the tirade（激烈的长篇演说） declared, It would be perfect for Obama to live with a group of monkeys in the worlds largest African natural zoo and lick the breadcrumbs（面包碎屑） thrown by spectators. ? The White House -- which often ignores the rhetorical（修辞的，夸张的） excesses of the North Korean regime -- suggested that the new comments from the Korean Central News Agency were especially repugnant. ? While the North Korean Government-controlled media are distinguished by their histrionics, these comments are particularly ugly and disrespectful, Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council, said in a statement. ? Propriety（礼节，得体） has never been a part of North Korean rhetoric, but rarely has Pyongyang so ferociously（残忍地） -- and personally -- attacked a US leader, in this case pulling language right out of the American 1850s. The attack seems unabashed, except for one thing: Unlike most articles published by the Norths state-run news agency, this one wasnt translated into English. ? He is a crossbreed with unclear blood, the North says. ? And later: Obama still has the figure of a monkey while the human race has evolved through millions of years. ? The diatribe, published May 2, almost escaped foreign attention. But Joshua Stanton, who blogs regularly about the Norths viciousness and rights violations, uncovered the Korean-only piece, as well as a separate, milder article that was translated into English and in which Obama was called a wicked black monkey. ? The Korean-only piece (headli