Dem TX District Attorney Candidate: Domestic Violence Is 'So Overrated'

[Glitterati]

A Democratic candidate for district attorney in Harris County, Texas says domestic violence should be prosecuted less.

In an interview with the Texas Observer on Wednesday, the candidate, Lloyd Oliver, said that "family violence is so, so overrated."

snip...

"There are some people — I don't understand it — but part of their making love is to beat one another up first," Oliver said. "Why do we want to get involved in people's bedrooms?"
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lloyd-oliver-domestic-violence-overrated
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OK, so feminists, anti-feminists.........seriously.......do you think you could call a truce just long enough to train your guns on someone sooooooooo deserving as this?

[sufrommich]

1. Holy shit,that's a democrat????

Wow,every word out of his mouth is sick and twisted.

[Glitterati]

3. So he says

OMG! OMG! OMG!

Have you EVER seen anything so atrocious?

Sure as hell ain't like any Democrat I've ever supported. Thank goodness, I'm not in Texas where I might actually have to cast a ballot for a Republican just because of this ass.

[sufrommich]

5. The article linked in the post below me says the dems

tried to kick him off the ticket as a dem and lost in court. It must be a blue county because they're afraid straight ticket votes could get him accidentally elected.

[Glitterati]

7. I just got back from reading it....

It shouldn’t require explanation that domestic violence, and the prehistoric attitude that abuse is a private problem that doesn’t require or deserve public resources, is abhorrent. But by the by, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and according to Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Harris County sees more victims killed by abuse than any other county in the state.

Really, Oliver’s stand on this issue but scratches the surface of the political melanoma that is his candidacy. Here’s a tiny sample more from the Press feature:

“(Oliver) compliments women frequently on whatever ‘fine aroma’ they may be wearing. He characterizes certain teenage girls as ‘sticking out every which way you can imagine.’ … He is wary of Seattle because of all the ‘queers holding hands’ and the ‘rag heads.’ He loves soup. And his opinion of the local Democratic leadership? ‘Frustrated homosexuals.’”

Practically everyone who’s paying attention is worried that Oliver could win if enough people vote straight-ticket Democrat, which is perhaps likelier in this presidential election year. Oliver’s opponent, Republican Mike Anderson, “said an Oliver victory could spark a mass exodus of as many as 100 of the 240 prosecutors in the District Attorney’s Office,” according to the Houston Chronicle.
http://www.texasobserver.org/the-ballad-of-lloyd-oliver-its-not-funny-anymore/

[sufrommich]

10. It's like he's mocking the high rate of domestic

violence in his county. I'll bet he snickered while saying it.

[Glitterati]

12. I'm certain

He's quite proud of his asshatery. Aren't these types always?

[sufrommich]

13. Yep,he's probably got some admirers too. nt

[Major Nikon]

16. Not really

He's also a Republican when it suits him. He spends minimal funds to enter races in order to drum up business for his law practice. He says stupid shit simply for the publicity.

[sufrommich]

18. Yeah, someone linked to his story downthread. nt

[okaawhatever]

26. In this case, I'll bet big bucks it was to bring negative attention to the Democratic party; How man

right wing sites do you think this will be repeated on for the voters of Texas?

[A Little Weird]

21. They do this crap in Kentucky too

The republicans will run their favored candidate and also run someone as a democrat for local offices so they win either way. As a bonus, they have the "democrat" say and do outrageous or stupid things which just makes the democratic party look worse. It works well in areas that are already pretty red where there is no great interest from actual democrats to run for office.

[jsr]

2. A lawyer with a checkered past, Oliver has run unsuccessfully for several offices, as a Republican

http://www.texasobserver.org/the-ballad-of-lloyd-oliver-its-not-funny-anymore/
The Ballad of Lloyd Oliver: It’s Not Funny Anymore

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. So he now is trying to run as a Dem

they tried this trick in California in the 1990s, with *some* success

[Lochloosa]

8. Those damn ticks...so hard to get rid of.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. sorry, I corrected it

[Lochloosa]

20. ...

[alp227]

4. Dumbass Oliver, ever heard of CONSENT and S&M?

How on earth did this crap-for-brains guy get a law degree?

PS: Given the recent SI Swimsuit flame wars on DU, I wonder if anyone lurking on DU will defend DV. I'm not kidding.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. wow. what a jerk

[one_voice]

14. OMG..

This piece of shit! This is the very definition of misogynist. He probably wouldn't even recognize LGBT domestic violence which makes him a bigot at the very least.

Everyday 3 women die because of domestic violence. That's about 4,000 a year. LGBT domestic violence, 3,419 cases in one year ('08) AND you think it's over rated.

Most are killed (75%) while trying to leave a relationship.

I think you should have to spend hours watching what domestic violence does to the person abused as well as any children in the home/relationship. Get him the fuck out of office. He'll only get more people killed with this bullshit.

[geek tragedy]

15. seems like a Randall Terry type troll trying to burrow his way in nt

[redqueen]

17. I can only imagine the kinds of defendants he's represented during his career.

No doubt many of them insisted that the plaintiff started it.

Or that they said they wanted some sexxxy S&M action, then felt guilty and ashamed and tried to ruin some poor, innocent person's life.

[shenmue]

19. He can kiss my ass

For serious. If he does not respect and protect all of his constituents, he needs to be out of office.

[JI7]

22. wasn't this guy in the news a few years ago ?

[ck4829]

23. Should be going after people with overdue videos more, right?

Different state I know, but still.

[JI7]

24. "He is wary of Seattle because of all the ‘queers holding hands’ and the ‘rag heads.’ "

<“[Oliver] compliments women frequently on whatever ‘fine aroma’ they may be wearing. He characterizes certain teenage girls as ‘sticking out every which way you can imagine.’ … He is wary of Seattle because of all the ‘queers holding hands’ and the ‘rag heads.’ He loves soup. And his opinion of the local Democratic leadership? ‘Frustrated homosexuals.’”>


http://www.texasobserver.org/the-ballad-of-lloyd-oliver-its-not-funny-anymore/

[dsc]

25. wanna bet this gem favors both laws against concentual sodomy and abortion

[okaawhatever]

27. Can this post be edited to include that's he's not really a Democrat and was sued by DNC to be

taken off the ticket?

[Historic NY]

28. Better have a primary this guy is a looney.