By Jeff Simpson
I have been collecting these stories the last few days and didnt have time to write them up separately but wanted to share!
1.
The former head of the South Carolina Republican Party:
The former head of the South Carolina Republican Party on Sunday
lashed out at an Iraq war veteran who now opposes the war, saying that
he should have “come home in a body bag.”
In a series of tweets, former South Carolina GOP executive director
Todd Kincannon blasted Iraq war veteran Michael Prysner over tweets last
week defending former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and the assertion that an American police officer was a “coward and a sociopath.”
“What do you get when you combine asshattery and jizzwhistlery with a side of epic douchebaggery? Why, you get @MikePrysner!” Kincannon wrote.
2.
Former Florida Republican Party Head:
Jim Greer resigned just before he was indicted in 2010 for money laundering and stealing party funds.
Greer, 50, pleaded guilty last month to
five charges, averting a trial that threatened to reveal potentially
embarrassing details about the state party organization.
As part of his plea deal, an organized fraud charge against him was dropped.
Greer made restitution to the Florida
Republican Party on Monday via a $65,000 wire transfer, party spokesman
Steven Dobson confirmed to Circuit Judge Marc Lubet before the sentence
was imposed.
While serving as the party’s paid
chairman, Greer concealed his partial ownership of a company hired by
the party to handle fundraising duties in exchange for 10 percent of all
major contributions.
3.
An Alabama Republican state official famous for flaunting his rifle in campaign ads promising to be tough on crime:
Dale Peterson, an Alabama Republican state official famous for
flaunting his rifle in campaign ads promising to be tough on crime, was
arrested Wednesday and charged with shoplifting a can of cashews. The
arrest, first reported by YellowHammerPolitics.com, marked the second time in six months that Peterson has been accused of stealing.
His new arrest occurred at a Sam's Club, where police said employees
watched Peterson eat a can of cashews in the store, then place the empty
can back on a shelf. Store security guards confronted Peterson on his
way out. He was released from custody after posting $1,000 bond.
Peterson was charged in October with stealing paper towels and beer
from a Walmart. Employees said he pushed his way through the checkout
line without paying for the items in his cart, according to police.
Peterson later said the incident was "a mistake."
4.
Karl Rove:
Karl Rove jokes that black Democratic strategist ‘owes me some fried chicken’
Boy are those republicans witty. H
ere I thought Wisconsin's own William Mauer was bad,....O wait even in comparison he still is!
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