(NM) GOP women's board resigns after remarks on Muslims

[sabra]

Source: AP

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) - The head of the Republican Women of Otero County refused to resign after calling Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama a "Muslim socialist."

Otero County GOP chairwoman Sassy Tinling says that when Marcia Stirman refused to quit, the rest of the board of the Republican Women's group gave Stirman their resignations.

Tinling also says the county GOP executive committee disassociated itself from the GOP women's group.

Stirman wrote a letter published October 21st in the Alamogordo Daily News in which she also said she believes Muslims are our enemies.

The New Mexico Republican Party says Stirman doesn't speak for them and her comments don't reflect GOP values and beliefs.

Read more: http://www.kdbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9290366&nav=menu608_2_3

[uppityperson]

1. I'm thinking the GOP will need some major work now.Good for them. nt

[Hope And Change]

2. I remember when Tweety mentioned this story on "Hardball" and I was like WTF?

[tanyev]

3. Ha! If you want to have a hate club, lady, you're going to be the only member.

Excellent.

[gratuitous]

4. Now she's chairing the Board of Jack and Shit

And Jack just left town.

[Hugin]

5. n/t

:kick:

[TommyO]

6. Republicans doing the right thing?

It's rare, but it does seem to happen once in a very great while.

[NJCPA]

17. Maybe they were born on the right side of the tracks (fake Ameri

Maybe they were born on the right side of the tracks (fake America) and moved later on. It is hard to forget your roots.

[Breathe]

7. Good for them!

I find this story very heartening.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. If you show any signs of intelligence you cannot have a job in the repuke party....

[2QT2BSTR8]

9. Sadly this is my hometown - the same place where they burned Harry Potter books for teaching witches

These links are from 2001, but still shows the ignorance of this town dominated by Holloman Air Force Base.

http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/Hatred/brnhry_BurningHarryPotter.html

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/12/31/potter.book.burning.ap/

I will note however, that after many years of voting Republican, my mom is voting for Obama! So I am proud to say that I have an Obama Mamma! :toast:

[NM Independent]

13. Chaves County (Roswell) and Otero County (Alamogordo) are...

the reddest parts of this state.

Please, don't believe that people from these places represent the rest of us in this state.

It's sooo embarassing.

[jcg996]

16. Would never think that

NM looks lovely in blue.

I was born in Los Alamos... wish I could go back.

[Ken Burch]

21. Roswell is one of the reddest parts of the state?

(someone needs to photoshop an "alien with a McCain/Palin" shirt)

Well, of course Alamagordo would be. What with the fallout from the bomb tests and all

(no offense intended to any courageous blue types in either place, ok? you're antinuclear AND of this world.)

[2QT2BSTR8]

10. Hometown newspaper article on the story.

Hometown newspaper article on the story. The originating link is out of Albuquerque.

http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_10891173

And should you feel like calling or writing this confused woman

Marcia S Stirman
1702 23rd St
Alamogordo, NM 88310-4604
[phone]

MODS: telephone number acquired as a contact number for Alamogordo Republican Womens lunch:
http://cindyslist.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D96267A948AC2466!1765.entry

[nichomachus]

11. What's the difference between a Republican woman and a KKK member?

Lipstick.

[onenote]

14. Republican women don't wear white after labor day.

[damntexdem]

19. You can put lipstick on a pointed sheet ...

but it's still a pointed sheet.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. So begins the unraveling

It's going to be fun to watch.

[stillcool]

15. The GOP has lots of enemies..

first and foremost the American people.

[damntexdem]

18. Well, at least her comments don't reflect their explicit values and beliefs.

Whether the comments reflect the values and beliefs that they won't own up to is another matter. At least the other members of the gang, I mean GOP club, seem to have been offended by the comments.

[Ken Burch]

20. Here's to the REST ot the board!

:toast: :toast: :toast:

Sometimes, ANYONE can do the right thing!