CA GOP candidate for governor is a registered sex offender, committed manslaughter

[MindMover]

One of the four gubernatorial candidates introduced to at the California Republican state party’s semi-annual convention last week spent a decade in prison for convictions for voluntary manslaughter and assault with intent to commit rape, according to the LA Times.

Speaking before hundreds of delegates and supporters, Glenn Champ, 48, did not directly address colorful history, choosing instead to explain, “In my life, I’ve been held accountable because of my stupidity. I do not want anyone else to be enslaved because of their lack of knowledge.”

Champ was one of four candidates speaking at the convention – introduced by party chairman Jim Brulte – speaking between leading GOP gubernatorial candidates, former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari, and state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of San Bernardino County.

Champ’s criminal history is extensive. Court records show that he pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed firearm in 1992. In 1993, he was convicted of two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and was placed on the state’s sex-offender registry.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/22/ca-gop-candidate-for-governor-is-a-registered-sex-offender-commited-manslaughter/

[Thinkingabout]

1. Did he meet with Darrell Issa while they were in the judicial system?

[SoapBox]

2. Uhhhhhhh....

And he would some of their Cream of the Crop?

Hopefully we at least have a candidate or two without such a "colorful" history...that being said, he will probably be warmly embraced by the TeaTaliban...if he were a Dem candidate, can you just imagine the howling from the TeaTurds?!?

[Mz Pip]

3. I guess anyone with a pulse can run.

Winning is a different matter. This clown won't get many votes in the primary. One would think the GOP would have talked him out of it.

[Niceguy1]

4. interesting quandary

Its from n to make fun of him cause he is a repugnant , then again we as a party believe in second chances

[Sirveri]

5. Maybe since he experienced the criminal justice system he will work to reduce the abuses

Or maybe since he's running as a repuke, he simply learned how to be a better criminal.

[Lordquinton]

6. While a bit dramatic

"I do not want anyone else to be enslaved because of their lack of knowledge." could be the slogan of the GOTV campaign.

[MindMover]

7. Yea, like it wasn't bad choices ... ie: voting Repug ...