Insane Anonymous Internet Racist Turns Out To Be Florida GOP Politician

[Newsjock]

http://wonkette.com/456682/insane-anonymous-internet-racist-turns-out-to-be-florida-gop-politician

HOO-WEE, everyone strap in, the St. Petersburg Times has discovered that one of the more frothing racist loons littering the comments section on its news articles with vulgar diatribes is — GASP — an elected Republican officeholder! These types of reports are the only thing on the Internet more common than those annoying “FIVE SECRETS FOR A FLATTER TUMMY” ads everywhere, but okay, technically this is “newsworthy” because in addition to the bucketfuls of hateful slop that this Pinellas County Commissioner Norm Roche regularly dumped under his brilliant commenter handle “Reality,” he also went around anonymously insulting all the local officials in his county (which includes St. Petersburg) that he apparently just pretends to work with when he isn’t feverishly spewing bile at them online.

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/local/norm-roches-anonymous-online-snark-strains-city-county-relations/1202287


Fellow politicians blasted Pinellas County Commissioner Norm Roche on Thursday for using a secret alter ego to zing them, straining city-county relations and the commission's own dynamics at a crucial time.

Roche's derogatory comments about St. Petersburg baffled Mayor Bill Foster.

"He comes from a darker place than I can even imagine,'' Foster said. "And that's kind of a window into the psyche of a county commissioner."

... Among other things, Reality wrote that St. Petersburg was defined by "thug shootings" and "prostitutes beatings" and "social service recipients.'' Other comments questioned the ethics of fellow commissioners.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Wow, that's really surprising ...

the "anonymous" part, that is.

[Quantess]

2. Classy!

[shraby]

3. Is he doing this from his office or home??

[toddwv]

4. This will only raise his street crede with hard-core Republicans.

[dtexdem]

5. A darker place than Mayor Foster can imagine?

What, doesn't Foster know about the GOP? ;-)

[tblue37]

6. The new leader of the Republican presidential primary field! nt

[Marnie]

7. Sarah Palin finally wears pj's and moves to the basement.

Gotta embrace it.

[bullwinkle428]

8. I guess the spirit of Lee Atwater found a live body to inhabit.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Here's Mr. Dou..... I mean Roche.

[JNelson6563]

10. Asshole on an epic scale.

[Initech]

11. D'oh!!!!

[RainDog]

12. k&r n/t

[Downwinder]

13. Is the Chamber of Commerce on his donor list?