Rep. Hayworth adviser who suggested hurling acid at Dems resigns
Source: The Hill
The campaign adviser who suggested that opponents "hurl some acid at those female Democratic senators" has resigned from the congressional campaign of Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.).
Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign," Hayworth said in a statement. "Now let's return to talking about issues that really matter to families: job creation, spending restraint and economic development.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/230693-hayworth-adviser-who-suggested-hurling-acid-at-dems-resigns
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)GOP Spokesman Resigns After Suggesting We Hurl Some Acid At Female Democratic Senators
http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-spokesman-resigns-after-suggesting-we-hurl-some-acid-at-female-democratic-senators/
GOP Staffer Who Suggested Hurling Acid At Female Democratic Senators Resigns
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/04/494673/staffer-suggesting-acid-hurling-resigns/
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)rather than being able to roam the countryside.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)This is like someone that Sasha Baron Cohen would punk.
classykaren
(769 posts)The little speech he gave to the UN was priceless, I started appalling right in the movie theater. " Your democracy is better. Your torture of prisoners is wonderful. Your One percent owns everything, and you work so hard to give them tax breaks to help them illegal wiretapping and your prisons are all full of one race of people." Yes I love your democracy "
Lucky Luciano
(11,258 posts)So over the top....LOL!!!
bloomington-lib
(946 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)You wimens is bein' two senstive ... Dat true patriot was offerin' ta share his stash wit dem wimens. ereybody know dem hippys be usin' windowpane!
{S/O}
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)They just never can "apologize" can they.
frogmarch
(12,158 posts)different meanings can there be for ""hurl some acid at those female Democratic senators" "?
He is sorry if anyone misinterpreted his words to mean he was advocating a violent act.
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)What an absolute ass.
ashling
(25,771 posts)it's always the other guy's fault -
concreteblue
(626 posts)That this is pretty good for a REPUBLICAN apology.....
btw, blusbassman, me too!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)He only apologized to his friends,who probably did not find any fault. It's too bad this will now be forgotten and likely be used to decry liberals again.
Cosmocat
(14,572 posts)apology there.
Clearly taking responsibility.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)'nuf said? I hope so!
R&K
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Heywood J
(2,515 posts)Apparently it's been taking root here as well. This would seem to call for more than a non-apology and a "he's gone, let's talk about something else". I can't imagine anyone making that suggestion publicly prior to the last decade and it sickens me to think that's what discourse has become.
ETA: Nobody pops up and says something that whacked for their first time at the mic. I have to wonder how long he's been touting that kind of shit and whether this is just the first time he was willing to say it openly. I can't imagine what it's like in those offices, and why anyone would keep him around as long as he was.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)I added comments on his and her facebook pages regarding his comments shortly after. I'm glad the SOB resigned.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)He means tax cuts (job creation), social program cuts (spending restraints) and economic development (imposing austerity on the middle class and sending jobs to other countries so he can have more wealth).
He's the one who should resign.
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)"hurl some acid at those female Democratic senators" sounds like some of the stunts the hard core SS troopers might have come up with.
And if Rep. Hayworth fails to see a serious problem there, then she's as bad, or worse, than the idiot who made that statement.