NH repub state rep: Democratic Congresswoman Will Lose Because She's 'Ugly As Sin'

[cali]

A Republican state lawmaker wrote in a blog post last week that U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.) will likely lose her re-election race in November because she is "ugly as sin" and "looks matter in politics."

The New Hampshire blog Miscellany Blue first reported that New Hampshire state Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R) compared Kuster to a "drag queen" in his lengthy post and said she will probably lose to Republican challenger Marilinda Garcia, who is "truly attractive." He writes that his blog post is politically relevant because he "seem[s] to recall" some new polling that shows "an attractive candidate can have as much as a seven to ten point advantage over a less attractive (or even an unattractive) candidate."

"Let's be honest," Vaillancourt writes. "Does anyone not believe that Congressman Annie Kuster is as ugly as sin? And I hope I haven't offended sin. If looks really matter and if this race is at all close, give a decided edge to Marilinda Garcia."

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Kuster, meanwhile, reminds Vaillancourt of a drag queens at a bar he sometimes passes in Montreal.

"Sad to say, but the drag queens are more atrractive [sic] than Annie Kuster ... not that there's anything wrong with that," he writes. "I've promised myself for years not to use this anecdote, but after seeing the story about the seven to ten point boost for the attractive, the story has political relevance."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/13/steve-vaillancourt-ann-kuster_n_5977090.html

[riversedge]

1. What a complete vile thing to say--even for a Repug!! HIS MUG SHOT is

on the link page. I would not take him to a dance!! I really am appalled that a congressperson would say something so rude such as this in 2014!


edit to correct spelling.

[JI7]

2. what he looks like

[bravenak]

3. That was the first thing I noticed.

He's one to talk.

[bvf]

5. He's obviously thinking he knows his constituency

if he expects this to resonate with his base.

What an unattractive fuck. Morally, I mean. Physically, he reminds me of twice-eaten hamburger.

[riversedge]

4. Photos of both of them here at this link:

By Rebecca Kaplan CBS News

October 13, 2014, 2:31 PM
New Hampshire Republican: Rep. Ann McLane Kuster "is as ugly as sin"

Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, left, criticizes the state's gay marriage panel as its chairman, Rep. Tony Soltani, R-Epsom, right, and its clerk Maureen Mooney, R-Merrimack, center, look on prior to a news conference in Concord, N.H., Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005. Vaillancourt was on the minority side of the panel and disagreed with the majority's recommendation that same sex couples in the state be denied legal status. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) JIM COLE

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Last Updated Oct 13, 2014 4:15 PM EDT

New Hampshire State Rep. Steve Vaillancourt wrote a long blog post predicting the outcome of the race in the state's 2nd Congressional District on one factor: incumbent Democratic Rep. Ann McLane Kuster's looks.

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Rep. Ann McLane Kuster
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/13/steve-vaillancourt-ann-kuster_n_5977090.html


...........Vaillancourt seemed to realize the post might cause a backlash, because he warned readers at the top that "the subject matter, although very real, may prove uncomfortable for some of my more sensitive readers."

"Thus, to avoid the PC police sending out a warrant for my arrest, I offer an advance warning," he said (with the promise that "I don't plan to say anything really offensive here.&quot .

Garcia released a statement calling the comments "sexist" and saying they "have absolutely no place in political discourse.

"Both Rep. Kuster and I have experienced this unfortunate reality of being a woman in politics. I hope that as time moves forward and more female candidates run for political office around the country, people will focus on the content of our ideas rather than what we wear and how we look," she said.................

[Anarcho-Socialist]

6. Same old double-standard sexist crap

[cali]

15. yes, it's horribly sexist, but it's also horribly cruel.

[Lars39]

7. *She* has a kind face.

He's letting people know he's an asshole.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. Way to go! That will get the women's vote.

What a horrible thing to say.

[proReality]

9. I thought the people of NH were smarter than to elect someone with a stunted brain.

Guess not.

[cali]

10. alas, not at all. NH is pretty fascinating that way

they've elected more than a few wingnuts. Let's hope they don't elect Garcia. She is very wingnutish.

[MoonRiver]

11. Another Republican clod throwing the women's vote in the toilet.

Keep it up you ignorant a-holes! At this rate we might just take back the House.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Obviously he doesn't own a mirror.

He looks like the kind that would pass candy out a school bus stops.

[Ferretherder]

13. He's going for 'the women's vote',....uh,...

...'the vain, attractive women's vote',......umm,...'the REPUBLICAN, vain, attracrtive women's vote',........ah,...'the REPUBLICAN, vain, attractive, so-wrapped-up-in-their-own-selves-that-they-cannot-even-stand-up-to-blatant-sexism-against-their-fellow-sisters women's vote'.

He's got that wrapped up!.....that, and the shallow male (=republican) vote.

[Vinca]

14. This man is a pig (apologies to pigs.)

Apparently all his mirrors have broken because he's what some refer to as a "two bagger."

[City Lights]

16. This turd must not have been in front of a mirror in decades.

What a fucking jerk.

[LWolf]

17. As my mother taught me from a very early age:

"Ugly is as ugly does."

Of course, she worded it the other way around, "pretty is as pretty does," but the principle is the same.

Vaillancourt is the ugly one here.

[Spirochete]

18. Well, in that case

Mitch McConnell is definitely toast next month...

Maximum derpage with this guy.