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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrat's 23 yr. old campaign manager deleted/privatized his rant filled FB account
Yahoo News' Garance Franke-Ruta notes that Werrell's Facebook profilewhich listed his job as "RINO Hunter" since 1991, the year of his birthunderwent major emergency surgery last night to remove some malignant growths:
From comparing George Zimmerman's shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin to abortion to calling for the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration and encouraging the adoption of the silver monetary standard, Zachary Werrell one of just two paid staffers for the upstart campaign of Randolph-Macon College economics professor [David] Brat in 2012 and 2013 sought to build a public profile as a socially conservative libertarian voice. The Facebook postings were either taken down or made private overnight Tuesday in the wake of Brat's win, but Yahoo News took screenshots of some of the remarks before they were removed from view. A cached version of Werrell's page remained available on Google as of mid-Wednesday.
Werrell's boss, candidate David Brat, will probably win a congressional seat, which means the young lad will probably get a nice Hill job. Here's a post he deleted that argues pro-choice Americans should be appreciative of George Zimmerman killing a black teenager:
The Virginia politico also endorsed secessionof counties and citiesbefore thinking better of this post and trying to send it down the memory hole:
Werrell's Facebook page is down now, his blog ("Zachary Werrell .com - Life. Liberty. Prosperity." is in "maintenance mode," and he's not answering any questions about them. But if you'd like to read more of his thoughts on Marx and "Statist Propaganda," here's his Twitter and a cache of his FB.
randys1
(16,286 posts)So the point being that Zimmy boy was just doing what Trayvon's parents should have done?
Wait, are you telling me someone connected to this teaparty person is a filthy racist?
cant be
I am gonna fucking laugh while these motherphucking terrorists begin their war on America
freshwest
(53,661 posts)A Republican state lawmaker from Maine says he regrets making decades worth of offensive comments about gays, rape, and abortion that were compiled recently by a liberal activist.
Blogger Mike Tipping dug up several offensive comments made by state Rep. Lawrence Lockman (R-Amherst) from old news reports he posted on the Bangor Daily News website, which has spurred Democratic calls for the lawmakers resignation.
In one of the quotes posted on the blog, Lockman falsely suggested HIV and AIDS could be spread by bed sheets and mosquitos, and he also said the progressive movement helped spread the virus by claiming the practice of sodomy is a legitimate alternative lifestyle, rather than a perverted and depraved crime against humanity...
If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldnt a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? Lockman said. At least the rapists pursuit of sexual freedom doesnt (in most cases) result in anyones death.*
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/27/maine-republican-regrets-saying-men-should-rape-women-if-abortion-is-legal/
to Bjorn Against:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024576266
*A new defintion of liberty and freedom! He really does respect 'the rapists pursuit of sexual freedom,' no?
And his statement, "why shouldnt a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? sounds like the voice of experience to me!
'Liberal bloggers' should make sure this goon in Virginia 'regrets' this...
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And I don't think Mr. Brat or his staff are quite ready for prime time. DCCC, a few shekels on this race might generate a handsome return. Brat doesn't have a massive campaign war chest. It wouldn't cost a whole lot to put this seat in a state of play, methinks.
standingtall
(2,785 posts)He is going to start having piles of money pouring into his campaign from right wing organization. However I think this might be the kind of guy that will put is foot in his mouth putting this seat into play.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Im thinking someone with a cell phone can catch some choice oops moments. And the Dem candidate is a rookie also... maybe the party can send him a good campaign manager? Its a longshot a Dem wins... but I think this Brat fellow might meltdown.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,048 posts)I think you're right about this. I'm getting so tired of all the hand-wringing declarations that there will be a rethug takeover in November. This nomination has "Christine O'Donnell/Sharon Angle" written all over it. I think this is an opportune time to pick up a seat in the House. Unless of course, the Dems decide to run away from their successes, especially Obamacare.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Look at Louis Gohlmert from TX. He gets plenty of "prime time" and is a national embarrassment. We are in deep doo-doo. It's like the only way to defuse these idiots is to have a Republican White guy as President...the underlying reason for their rabidness must be racism because I can hardly believe they saw the light and were actually fed up with guys like Bush. I know Bush lost a lot of conservative support due to do many blunders and crimes but that usually wears off by now. I must admit that some of the posters were probably correct on another thread...it's RW Talk Radio. People are such sheep. Why can't LW Talk Radio have that success? I'm glad Cantor is gone because he was smarter, sneakier and preferred by corporate weasels. But things could get scarier. Reversing Gerrymandering should be our #1 priority if we want to get things done.
thecrow
(5,519 posts)JI7
(89,172 posts)Just kidding!
Cha
(295,899 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)And there's plenty more like him out there.
Utopia... delayed.
underpants
(182,271 posts)1. It is located in Ashland Va (north of Richmond) and the locals openly call "The Center of the Universe"
2. R-M has traditionally been where the private school potheads that smoke away their chance to get into UVa or Hampden-Sydney end up
WinstonSmith4740
(3,048 posts)on his second or third reading of "Atlas Shrugged".
Maven
(10,533 posts)i never understood young republicans and i guess i never will.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)But what is it about them that makes them embrace the hate, rather than reject it?
underpants
(182,271 posts)she and this guy are the result of the Karl Rove "prove your dedication" culture of young GOP operative wannabes
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)Too many young zealots out there...
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)FUX certainly knew its viewership, and has further drilled "fear" and "victim" into their pathetic little heads.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Something much earlier in their lives, DNA, upbringing, environment..
maybe or may not fed by RW radio and FUX, but that's not the cause, in my opinion as a no way psychologist.
Iris
(15,631 posts)t-shirt. I didn't even bother to calculate whether the kid had even been born in 1980.
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)pstokely
(10,510 posts)nt
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)we want. Brat can lose in November. Not everyone in the district is brain-dead and will want to vote against their own interests. Give it a chance. Let's see what Trammel has to offer.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)But it's not over 'til it's over.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Everyone is not a right wing unhinged nut-job there .... sadly, "most everyone" is. It has been at least 15 years since I have lived in Virginia ... it was "scarily" conservative back then and from what I hear has moved further right.
underpants
(182,271 posts)Cantor was the representative of Western Henrico county. The money came from tobacco (Universal Corp.) as it was with Bliley who picked Cantor from his staff.
Henrico county has flipped completely from W at 54% to Obama in '08 and '12 at 54%. Western Henrico was a stronghold for Repubs but it isn't anymore (3rd buyers of homes and apartments). Eastern Henrico has exploded since I moved here 20 years ago. Black middle class.
The 7th reaches down along the old plantations to the east but stops short of Williamsburg (William & Mary - educated types) and to the west it stops short "cups" around Charlottesville (UVa - educated types) reaches down into Chesterfield (RED) and the masses in the hinterland (Fox News believers) to the west make up the rest.
On the Kaine campaign we hit one specific cross road hard and it paid off.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)I eventually moved back to Michigan (via several years in Delaware) ... in time to see my state become a state over-run (and run) by right wing nut-jobs.
I lived in Spotsylvania County. In many ways lovely and in many ways (politically and religiously) frightening
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)I lived in the NOVA blue bubble and didn't pay much attention to parts south. What do you think of this comment from the WaPo?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/11/how-eric-cantor-lost-in-1-map/
underpants
(182,271 posts)Yes there is a significant Indian population here. There is an entire condo community (most health professionals I am told) near the new fancy mall that is ALL Indian/Pakistani. They have pick up cricket games at the school where my daughter used to have soccer practice. There is an array of food stores specifically for/by them too. There is even a Himalayan store in the area.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)underpants
(182,271 posts)Forgot the link.
TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Wearing diapers and murdering people are the ultimate in Republican coolness but admitting you're a former witch or warlock can be politically deadly in the GOP
Rex
(65,616 posts)The vile will ooze up somewhere else on the WWW...BANK on it.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)I'm sure someone with the proper skills could recover his postings, however.
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)That should be a universal, dedicated website...for all "brats" and tea-nutjobs.
Would it also be open for those supposed Teabagger-light types, aka "Republicans"?
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)the voters had no idea who he was, they were just fed up with Cantor so it was a vote against him---for anyone but him. I don't think they knew enough about him to make an informed decision. If I am right, he may not actually win in the general election now that they know what he is.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Voters voted against Cantor, not for Brat. It remains to be seen if voters still support Brat after they get to know him.
underpants
(182,271 posts)include me in that. I voted against Cantor and didn't care (or know) who the other candidate was.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)former9thward
(31,800 posts)William Jennings Bryan gave his famous "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic convention.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)Keep us posted on the local chatter. I'll bet the Koch cash will flow in torrents to this cat's war chest very soon. The Shawnee called government and tribal representatives like Cantor and this David Brat, "Bad Birds." Blotting out his past, is straight out of the Karl Rove/Dick Armey playbooks. If people had known the truth about Dumbya he couldn't even have been elected deputy dog catcher. If he's, "to the right of Cantor," he will soon rise to the top among the GOP's bottom feeder class GOPer.
underpants
(182,271 posts)I read elsewhere today that Brat got a lot of money from BB&T Bank out of N.Carolina.
Hi Hubert!
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)I'm glad he kicked Cantor's ass to the curb, but I'd dread to see him in any position of authority. He don't sound like he could pour piss out of a boot, let alone do anything positive, for anyone but his moneyed benefactors/controllers. Looks like the Koch Roaches hiding in the political woodwork have a lot of schooling to do on that malleable political flake. Six months of hard training at the Dick Armey school of total bullshit, should have the Brat lying like a champ.
randys1
(16,286 posts)by Koch and co who own him, who created him via CATO
This guy believes that poor should starve to death, and he thanked Jesus for his victory
my god