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Open Nazi, default GOP nominee for Congress, says not a 'single-issue candidate'

18 points by notscj 9y ago

ohiovr 9y ago
So this sort of thing doesn't bother Republicans? What exactly does bother them?
- themihai 9y ago
  >> What exactly does bother them? Lossing elections?
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- didgeoridoo 9y ago
  "Horror spread quickly after the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times reported this week that Republicans appear unable to force Jones off the ballot. “I condemn this man in the strongest possible terms," said Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. “The Illinois Republican Party and our country have no place for Nazis like Arthur Jones," said party Chairman Tim Schneider." Where exactly did you get that this "doesn't bother Republicans"?
  - abrown28 9y ago
    Probably the DNC, CNN or MSNBC
  - ohiovr 9y ago
    He is still a republican isn't he?
    - ryanbrunner 9y ago
      I'm not American, so I could be wrong on this, but would they have the ability to do so? My impression was always that the party doesn't necessarily have the power to prevent someone from being a registered Republican, or for running under a party's banner (outside of being challenged in a primary, which doesn't seem to be happening here?)
AnimalMuppet 9y ago
Not a single-issue candidate? A single issue will be enough to reject him in the election, though.
abrown28 9y ago
"I hate Illinoise Nazis" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCw7RJ5eE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCw7RJ5eE8
rubayeet 9y ago
Off topic: the website is horrible, flooded me with pop ups and notifs before I could even get to read the content.
smitherfield 9y ago
The GOP lawmaker principle: http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/03/18/the_gop_lawmaker_principle_why_you_see_so_many_articles_about_random_right.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/03/18/the_gop_lawmake... Tl;dr is that only one person (the neo-Nazi perennial candidate) filed to run in the GOP primary in a safe-D seat, and state law precludes a write-in campaign. Democrats also occasionally get embarrassing nominees this way, especially in safe seats, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesha_Rogers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesha_Rogers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Clayton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Clayton

18 points by notscj 9y ago

ohiovr 9y ago

So this sort of thing doesn't bother Republicans? What exactly does bother them?

themihai 9y ago
>> What exactly does bother them? Lossing elections?
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didgeoridoo 9y ago
"Horror spread quickly after the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times reported this week that Republicans appear unable to force Jones off the ballot. “I condemn this man in the strongest possible terms," said Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. “The Illinois Republican Party and our country have no place for Nazis like Arthur Jones," said party Chairman Tim Schneider." Where exactly did you get that this "doesn't bother Republicans"?
- abrown28 9y ago
  Probably the DNC, CNN or MSNBC
- ohiovr 9y ago
  He is still a republican isn't he?
  - ryanbrunner 9y ago
    I'm not American, so I could be wrong on this, but would they have the ability to do so? My impression was always that the party doesn't necessarily have the power to prevent someone from being a registered Republican, or for running under a party's banner (outside of being challenged in a primary, which doesn't seem to be happening here?)

AnimalMuppet 9y ago

Not a single-issue candidate? A single issue will be enough to reject him in the election, though.

abrown28 9y ago

"I hate Illinoise Nazis" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCw7RJ5eE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCw7RJ5eE8

rubayeet 9y ago

Off topic: the website is horrible, flooded me with pop ups and notifs before I could even get to read the content.

smitherfield 9y ago

The GOP lawmaker principle: http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/03/18/the_gop_lawmaker_principle_why_you_see_so_many_articles_about_random_right.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/03/18/the_gop_lawmake... Tl;dr is that only one person (the neo-Nazi perennial candidate) filed to run in the GOP primary in a safe-D seat, and state law precludes a write-in campaign. Democrats also occasionally get embarrassing nominees this way, especially in safe seats, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesha_Rogers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesha_Rogers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Clayton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Clayton