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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Mar 14, 2014, 12:44 PM Mar 2014

GOP Rejects Tea Party Candidate For Racist 'Operation Wetback' Project

Source: TPM

DANIEL STRAUSS – MARCH 14, 2014, 12:36 PM EDT

A candidate running for Rep. Steve Daines' (R-MT) vacated seat was turned away by the local Republican Party for the candidate's racist views.

According to The Missoulian on Thursday, local Republicans turned away tea party candidate Drew Turiano from the Lincoln-Reagan Dinner on Saturday.

"We asked Mr. Turiano not to attend our event because we have no intention of allowing him a platform to spread hate and intolerance," Yellowstone County Republican Chairwoman Jennifer Owen said. "There is simply no place for racism in this party."

In the past Turiano has supported "Operation Wetback" a proposal to deport all immigrants living in the country illegally as well as their children even if they were born in the United States. While Turiano said that he was excluded from the event for his affiliation with the tea party (Owen denied that was the reason) he also acknowledged that it might have been for his support of Operation Wetback.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/drew-turiano-montana-lincoln-reagan-dinner

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GOP Rejects Tea Party Candidate For Racist 'Operation Wetback' Project (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2014 OP

They really can't help themselves, can they? nt MrScorpio Mar 2014 #1

He was too obvious jsr Mar 2014 #2

Good grief, why do all these criminal types have the same eyes? Is it drugs? If so, which one? n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #13

Oh really? MissMillie Mar 2014 #3

"You must be this tall to ride this ride." sofa king Mar 2014 #10

If they can reject candidates EC Mar 2014 #4

the Repubbies are insisting that he go to 'Dog Whistle' school Berlum Mar 2014 #5

Bah! Populist_Prole Mar 2014 #6

Every two years, their sense of shame surfaces for a gulp of air. n/t Orsino Mar 2014 #7

Then dives back under seconds later. blm Mar 2014 #8

Nanoseconds later. After a few well-placed payoffs. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #14

unnnn, they only turned him away from the "event" not from running as a GOPr uponit7771 Mar 2014 #9

"There is simply no place for racism in this party." Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2014 #11

Yeah, they're all full up! Ikonoklast Mar 2014 #15

There really was an Operation Wetback long ago. Lasher Mar 2014 #12

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

1. They really can't help themselves, can they? nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 12:50 PM

Mar 2014

jsr

(7,712 posts)

2. He was too obvious

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 01:01 PM

Mar 2014

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

13. Good grief, why do all these criminal types have the same eyes? Is it drugs? If so, which one? n/t

Reply to jsr (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 03:23 PM

Mar 2014

MissMillie

(38,560 posts)

3. Oh really?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 01:03 PM

Mar 2014

"There is simply no place for racism in this party."

SINCE WHEN?

sofa king

(10,857 posts)

10. "You must be this tall to ride this ride."

Reply to MissMillie (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 01:49 PM

Mar 2014

That seems to be the real dividing line between mainstream Republicans and Tea Partiers:

Are you smart enough to couch your racism in doubletalk?

Racists like William Rehnquist were able to advance to the very top by making sure that his preaching never resembled his actual practice.

Chumps like this guy, ignorant even of the ever-forgiving standards Republicans set for themselves when it comes to racism in speech and deed, just aren't tall enough to reach the bar.

But it looks like they're gonna take over, anyway, and I'm all for it. Stupid is a lot more predictable than evil.

EC

(12,287 posts)

4. If they can reject candidates

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 01:08 PM

Mar 2014

why don't we? Like that woman down in Texas running as a Democrat but is a Burcher, why can't the Texas Democratic Party say no? Or that Al Green in was it North Carolina? Here in WI , Walker opening says they run fake candidates to force the Democratic Party to spend money. Why can't we just say no?