GOP candidate jokes about killing his dog (Yes, he really killed his dog).

[RandySF]

The Illinois congressional candidate who once killed a beagle that bit his daughter is not happy the story resurfaced after all these years, but he was willing to crack a joke about it in an interview.

State Rep. Mike Bost (R), who has been dubbed "Mad Mike" by Democrats who want to stop him from unseating Rep. Bill Enyart (D-Ill.), has become famous for his angry rants on the state House floor that have gone viral on YouTube.

But he acquired a new layer of infamy after HuffPost reported on his 1986 shooting of a 10-year-old beagle named Rusty. The dog bit Bost's 4-year-old daughter in the face while she was chasing it, according to court records. She needed 24 stitches. Unsatisfied with officials' response, Bost got his gun, went to the pen where Rusty was locked up, and shot the dog, scaring neighbors, according to records.

Bost admitted to being unhappy about the shooting story to a Politico reporter, saying, “It brings back memories I don’t really like. No one wants to go kill an animal.”

But then, when his own labradoodle ran in front of his car, with Politico's Alex Isenstadt in the passenger seat, he dropped a one-liner:

“What if I killed a second dog in front of a reporter?” he joked darkly as Betty scampered up the steps to his house.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/24/mike-bost-dog-killing_n_6044114.html

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Asshole.

And a person who shouldn't ever be allowed to have pets, if he doesn't know better than to let a small child treat one like a toy.

May he be reborn as a dog to another abusive and murderous owner.

[LeftyMom]

2. I bet I can guess his DU name. nt

[shenmue]

3. Oh, boy

[greatlaurel]

4. Very serious signs of a sociopath who should not be given any power over anyone.

That is a very scary person. The news media needs to do more digging into his past.

[Initech]

5. What a psychotic piece of crap!

[bmac19gg]

6. what an f'in scumbag

I first thought ok maybe he needed to shoot the dog because it was in the process of attacking the kid. Then I read that he goes and finds the dog after the fact and shoots it while its caged up? Burn in hell Mike Bost you piece of shit.

OT, I think all animal abusers should be executed.

[Jenoch]

7. When I was about 5 years old we got a dog.

It was about a year old. A neighbor boy, about two years old, squatted down to pet the dog. Apparently, the dog's 'space' was violated and she bit the child on the forehead and drew blood. I can still remembe seeing this happen. My mother was horrified. The other mother was concerned as to whether the dog had the proper shots (it did). The kid was going to be ok. Within an hour, that dog was gone and became a farm dog. Our next dog chased cars (and also became a farm dog) but that's another story.

[Nay]

8. I bet he used to wet the bed and still sets fires, too. Scumbag sociopath.