Flake says Republican's neo-Nazi tie hurts GOP.. (gee..d'ya think??)

[SoCalDem]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/08/22/20080822readyfollow0822.html

y Gary Nelson - Aug. 22, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

It was the political equivalent of using a bazooka to zap a housefly. Three Republican congressmen took time this week - amid a pivotal presidential campaign and on the doorstep of their national convention - to demand removal of a minor functionary on the very lowest rung of the party's ladder.

What's up with that?

What's at stake, said U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., is the name and reputation of the Republican Party in a year that many analysts figure will be a tough one for the GOP. Flake, along with Reps. John Shadegg and Trent Franks, sent a letter Tuesday to Tom Husband, Maricopa County Republican chairman, demanding that J.T. Ready be removed as a precinct committeeman in legislative District 18 because of his ties to the neo-Nazi movement.

That district, in west Mesa, is home to one of the state's most bitter primary election battles. It pits state Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, a nationally known advocate of strict immigration enforcement, against Kevin Gibbons, a Mesa immigration lawyer who is Flake's brother-in-law.
Pearce and Gibbons are running for a state Senate seat now held by the retiring Karen Johnson. Pearce's opponents have made hay lately over his alleged affiliation with Ready, who also is a staunch foe of illegal immigration and is openly aligned with White supremacist and neo-Nazi elements.

Flake said the District 18 campaign played no part in his decision to attack Ready.
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[NewJeffCT]

1. JT Ready is the mainstream of the modern Republican Party, though

the others just hide it better than him

[The Magistrate]

2. Exactly, Sir....

[NewJeffCT]

4. but I guess it's better than being an elitist who can't bowl well

even if he only made $4 million last year.

[Americaster]

3. Flake is a scumbag

This is all and only about getting his bro-in-law elected. He is also pro illegal immigration. His business buddies need cheap, exploitable labor.

[RB TexLa]

5. There's a large portion of the country it helps with. Particularly in a republican primary