Montana’s chief federal judge has admitted he forwarded a racist email which suggested President Obama was the product of a sexual encounter between his mother and a dog. In an accompanying note to his friends, U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull called the joke “touching” and said, “Hope it touches your heart like it did mine.” Trying to explain his reasons for sending the email, Cebull said, “I didn’t send it as racist, although that’s what it is. I sent it out because it’s anti-Obama.”