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delete_bush

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14. The GOP uses these state/local races as
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 04:14 PM
Sep 2014

something similar to the farm club system in baseball. This guy made it to the "Rookie League" by running for office, but strikes out in his first at bat. Were he to have been elected and put in his time, he might be good enough for "AA" or even "AAA".

Spend some more time, keep your real thoughts to yourself, and you could eventually make it to the "Big Show", where power/money/influence will provide protection and ensure you have a pleasant stay.

It's a vetting process with little downside for them. They tossed this one to the ash heap and are looking for a refund.

Dorsey withdrew from the race and will return to school at Brigham Young University-Idaho, from which he took a semester off to campaign for state assembly.

"I have decided to withdraw from the race due to insensitive remarks that have surfaced from years past," he said in a statement to The Gazette. "This race has been extremely hard on my family and myself."

In a statement to The Gazette, the Republican Party of Rock County denounced Dorsey's remarks and said they requested that the party's contribution to his campaign be returned.

"His comments have no place in our political discourse," the party said in the statement. "The party was unaware of his comments when he announced his candidacy in May and when it provided a financial contribution to his campaign."

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Great! This is now the 2nd post on some republican saying something outrageous CTyankee Sep 2014 #1
The R's here are all pretty much like that, 'cept for a very few. Scuba Sep 2014 #2
The only ones who aren't are typically the rich and upper middle (or think they are MillennialDem Sep 2014 #44
Oh Effing Yay.... Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #3
We live in a country where folks drop out of elections for using those words. Neoma Sep 2014 #19
Feel better after my bath, but now I'm out of hydrogen peroxide and granny's lye soap. Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #36
No they don't drop out... Caijoe Sep 2014 #46
and just across the Mississippi river from Wisconsin in Minnesota, yup, 90 % of my neighbors think a kennedy Sep 2014 #4
Another Republican has exposed himself to be a racist and a bigot. So what else is new? Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #5
I was all set to rant about idiot republicans DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #6
I thought millennials were supposed to be past all the racism and homophobia KamaAina Sep 2014 #10
We thought we were done with racism in the '60s and '70s, too FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #13
Then you haven't been hanging out with teenagers much. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #20
I am merely parroting what I've read KamaAina Sep 2014 #21
I totally get it. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #26
What a lovely specimen of humanity Mr. Dorsey is. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #7
This is how most republicans talk jonjensen Sep 2014 #8
FUCK him. calimary Sep 2014 #9
Double fuck him. 47of74 Sep 2014 #18
Not even with a borrowed dick (nt) Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #37
On top of everything else KamaAina Sep 2014 #11
Janesville, eh? KamaAina Sep 2014 #12
Spelled it wrong Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #38
DUzy! KamaAina Sep 2014 #41
The GOP uses these state/local races as delete_bush Sep 2014 #14
BYU? So he's Mormon? KamaAina Sep 2014 #22
Yes. Good little religious Mormon boy. n/t BeeBee Sep 2014 #24
Sounds like he's got the old delete_bush Sep 2014 #28
God Bless Robert E. Lee... Frank Cannon Sep 2014 #43
Channeling Twain? freebrew Sep 2014 #45
WHAT? He should've STAYED! alp227 Sep 2014 #15
Yes, yes, yes alp! SoapBox Sep 2014 #35
not as rare as one would hope dembotoz Sep 2014 #16
We do have the largest disparity in education based on race. Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #39
Hee is what nobody seems to get…. world wide wally Sep 2014 #17
Little dweeb is barely out of diapers.... Historic NY Sep 2014 #23
As a life long Southerner TNNurse Sep 2014 #25
Oh no. Nope. Nuh-uh. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #27
Oh yes. People in Howard Beach, Queens and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn are very subtle. KamaAina Sep 2014 #29
Snicker DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #30
In my experiences, you're absolutely correct. n/t cntrygrl Sep 2014 #48
YAY! You know whose fault this is? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #31
HAHAHAHA. nt Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #33
I think they just found their 2016 presidential candidate yurbud Sep 2014 #32
Is the "GOPer" qualifier necessary? Bleacher Creature Sep 2014 #34
"This race has been extremely hard on my family and myself." radicalliberal Sep 2014 #40
these people Skittles Sep 2014 #49
'Figs' and 'Naggers' tweets? KamaAina Sep 2014 #42
Oh, no, don't leave! We were just getting to know you! freshwest Sep 2014 #47
If nothing else, when you're running for office in Wisconsin... Ken Burch Sep 2014 #50
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