Colorado Republican loses committee seat after saying attack on pregnant woman was 'curse from God'

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/31/1374644/-Colorado-Republican-loses-committee-seat-after-saying-attack-on-pregnant-woman-was-curse-from-God

In Colorado, things are not going well for crazy person turned state representative (but I repeat myself) Gordon Klingenschmitt. He won his Colorado Springs district by a landslide, presumably based on his strong platform of telling people that Barack Obama is possessed by demons. He is a man who does not understand the meaning of the words turn it down a notch, and that has now cost him a committee seat.

The leader of the House Republicans on Monday stripped Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt from one of his two committee posts, saying the lawmaker's "curse of God" comments about a woman whose fetus was ripped from her womb were in "poor taste" and "insensitive."

Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso said he removed Klingenschmitt from the Health, Insurance and Environment Committee because he believed "there needed to be some kind of disciplinary action."

All right, what did he do that was so bad even his fellow Colorado Republicans were repulsed by it? He claimed that God's wrath was the reason for a gruesome attack on a pregnant Colorado woman last week.

Republicans were aghast at his comments last week when he referenced the attack on 26-year-old Michelle Wilkins of Longmont. She survived but her 34-week-old baby girl did not.

"This is the curse of God upon America for our sin of not protecting innocent children in the womb, and part of that curse for our rebellion against God as a nation is that our pregnant women are ripped open," Klingenschmitt said.

[Skidmore]

1. Should have expelled him from the legislature entirely.

[merrily]

3. +1

[merrily]

2. Loss of his seat was God's gentle way of saying "STFU, asshat."

Besides, we all know God was responsible for only a very limited number of pregnancies.

[Orsino]

4. In the military, sending operational messages in the clear would get one cashiered.

In today's climate of stupid, agents keep forgetting to use their code books.