Maine state candidate who called Parkland student 'skinhead lesbian' drops out of race

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 03/16/18 06:40 PM EDT

A Republican running for the Maine state legislature is dropping out of the race following criticism for calling one of the survivors of last month’s mass shooting at a Florida high school a “skinhead lesbian.”

Leslie Gibson announced on Friday that he was ending his campaign for the Maine House of Representatives, the Portland Press Herald reported.

The former candidate said that he made the decision after talking it over with friends and family, calling it “the best thing for everybody.”

“I am not walking away with my head hung low. I am walking away with my head held high,” Gibson said, according to the Press Herald.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/378874-maine-state-candidate-who-called-parkland-student-skinhead-lesbian-drops

[Glamrock]

1. Whatever, dick.

Just walk away.

[efhmc]

9. Except for the dick part, that was my exact thought.

nt

[Glamrock]

11. Yeah,

I have nooo problem being profane and sophmoric. There's a place for it. Considering what he said about the survivor of a school shooting, it's not sophmoric, it's rage induced.

[narnian60]

12. +1

[efhmc]

26. Old Southern lady here so not so easy for me.

nt

[Glamrock]

27. That's okay sweetheart.

I'll be the classless one for the both of us!

[efhmc]

33. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

You are not classless. You are bold and brave.

[grantcart]

31. My objection is a little different. I am sure that my dick is not the onlly one that objects to

being used as a pejorative for this ass.

My ass just informed me that it also objects to the comparison.

Pond scum sent me a text to warn me to not go there too.

[Glamrock]

32. Bwaaaahahaha

Thanks for that, Grantcart. BRILLIANT!

[eShirl]

2. pffft

“I am not walking away with my head hung low. I am walking away with my head held high,” Gibson said, according to the Press Herald.


"A Howell never runs! He walks very fast." -Thurston Howell III

[cstanleytech]

25. The Howells still had better class than this guy though. nt

[efhmc]

28. A very clear concept of honor and dignity that is vacant from

fake 45's concept of anything.

[efhmc]

34. I love those words: honor and dignity. I so wish we had more people

who not only practiced them but understood and respected them.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Tee hee! Fuckin' cockroach scurries away. . .

. . .when the lights are turned on it.

[MaryMagdaline]

4. He drew Democratic opposition and dropped out

[Leghorn21]

5. So which is it, LOSER?:

“I am not walking away with my head hung low. I am walking away with my head held high”

Pick one.

And then gtf outta here.

[magicarpet]

6. He is walking away with his head stuck up his ass

Toxic masculinity compounded by diarrhea of the mouth.

[SCVDem]

13. You got my post!

Cranial Rectumitis!

[Canoe52]

20. Beat me to it!

[blugbox]

7. So your head is held high

Meaning you are proud.

So proud, in fact, that you are quitting outright.

[woofless]

21. Head held high.

Tail firmly between the legs.

[Iggo]

8. Ha! Fuck yeah! That fucking piece of shit!

[gibraltar72]

10. From the first day theses amazing kids

came forward. I said attack them at your own peril. I really thought Republicans would be smart enough to figure that out. I was wrong.

[iluvtennis]

14. Sweeet, love it. Sh#thole.

[marble falls]

15. I'm absolutely happy. Someone else who looks like me is droppping out. Change that legpslature....

until it looks more like all of us.

[BadGimp]

16. KARMA is a real thing

Most folks if they see you attacking people we all focus on protecting, then you end up looking really bad. Rightfully so.

[MineralMan]

17. Perfect!

Hoisted by his own petard.

[volstork]

18. Just this:

/revision/latest?cb=20130818100405

[appalachiablue]

19. But you're still walking, the point jerk.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. From R running unopposed now we have a Democrat running unopposed. Great unforced error!

I don't expect it to last too long before another RepubliCONNER person gets ambitious.

[weissmam]

23. If she was my daughter

I would be introducing him to my fist, in the nicest way possible, of course

[Golden Raisin]

24. Textbook Deplorable.

[geretogo]

29. You can bet this heartless , soulless , sub human still calls Indians "savages "and blacks " boy " .

Just what the GOP wants .

[dembotoz]

30. good

[Virtual Burlesque]

35. It goes without saying that Gibson's walking away without his head hung low.

Anyone who read his comment already knows that he is utterly shameless.