From the San Fran Chronicle: An Illinois Republican official resigned from his leadership post Thursday amid outrage over an email in which he berated a biracial former Miss America as a "street walker" who could fill a law firm's "minority quota" if she loses her bid for Congress.
The controversy, involving a county GOP leader in central Illinois who campaigned for U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, created a new rift for Republicans already struggling to expand and attract women and minority voters.
Davis demanded the resignation of the county official, Jim Allen, after learning of what he called a "wrong, appalling and incredibly demeaning" email targeting Erika Harold, Davis' opponent in the March 2014 Republican primary.
Sent to Republican blogger Doug Ibendahl, the email referred to Harold as a "street walker" and "love child" of Democrats and suggested the Harvard graduate could fill a "minority quota" at a law firm should she lose the race.
Ibendahl, also a former party official, posted the email Wednesday on his website. http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Appalling-email-in-Illinois-spurs-new-GOP-rift-4611987.php
The GOP has they are going to be way more scrutinized that Democrats and liberals. The liberals and Democrats can say whatever they want and be as racist as they want and nothing will happen to them.
A GOP or conservative, on the other hand, can say something stupid one time in their life and it will cost them their career because the left will be just horrified at what they said. They will think the conservative is the 2nd coming of Hitler and then the liberal will turn around say something much worse and nothing would happen to the liberal.
Note to conservatives, keep your mouth shut.
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