Anti-Semitic "Joke" Dude Announces for Virginia State Senate
http://bluevirginia.us/diary/10657/virginia-news-headlines-tuesday-morning
This is in the special election to replace Virginia State Senator Mark Herring (D), who was just certified yesterday by the State Board of Elections as the winner in the Attorney General's race. Other than being the anti-Semitic "joke," Whitbeck is also a far-right-wing nutjob closely tied in with the rabidly homophobic (see
http://www.bluevirginia.us/showDiary.do?diaryId=2034) and misogynistic (see
http://bluevirginia.us/diary/5240/what-is-it-with-loudoun-republicans-dick-black-on-spousal-rape) State Senator Dick Black. If this guy wins the Republican nomination, Democratic nominee Jennifer Wexton (
http://www.bluevirginia.us/showDiary.do?diaryId=10649) should crush him, as long as we get our folks out to vote. That, unfortunately, can be easier said than done, particularly in low-turnout special elections in the depth of winter...