Rep. Hayworth adviser who suggested hurling acid at Dems resigns

[Tx4obama]

Source: The Hill

The campaign adviser who suggested that opponents "hurl some acid at those female Democratic senators" has resigned from the congressional campaign of Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.).

“Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign," Hayworth said in a statement. "Now let's return to talking about issues that really matter to families: job creation, spending restraint and economic development.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/230693-hayworth-adviser-who-suggested-hurling-acid-at-dems-resigns

[Tx4obama]

1. Additional articles on the links below

GOP Spokesman Resigns After Suggesting We ‘Hurl Some Acid At’ Female Democratic Senators
http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-spokesman-resigns-after-suggesting-we-hurl-some-acid-at-female-democratic-senators/

GOP Staffer Who Suggested Hurling Acid At Female Democratic Senators Resigns
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/04/494673/staffer-suggesting-acid-hurling-resigns/

[rfranklin]

2. The shame is that this guy is mentally ill and should be institutionalized...

rather than being able to roam the countryside.

[KurtNYC]

4. He is a political consultant for RW candidates -- "professional speaker, communications coach"

http://jaytownsend.com/personal-appearances/

This is like someone that Sasha Baron Cohen would punk.

[classykaren]

10. You must have seen the Dictator movie lol

The little speech he gave to the UN was priceless, I started appalling right in the movie theater. " Your democracy is better. Your torture of prisoners is wonderful. Your One percent owns everything, and you work so hard to give them tax breaks to help them illegal wiretapping and your prisons are all full of one race of people." Yes I love your democracy "

[Lucky Luciano]

15. I was reminded more of the tool running for congress from Mississippi.

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So over the top....LOL!!!

[bloomington-lib]

3. Ha! So basically he's saying "let's stop talking about what people in my campaign are saying"

[1StrongBlackMan]

5. Come on ...

You wimens is bein' two senstive ... Dat true patriot was offerin' ta share his stash wit dem wimens. ereybody know dem hippys be usin' windowpane!

{S/O}

[bluesbassman]

6. To err is human, to obfuscate is republican.

They just never can "apologize" can they.

"I posted a stupid, thoughtless and insensitive comment on a Facebook page. It was stupid because my words were easily misconstrued; thoughtless because my choice of words obscured a point I was trying to make, and insensitive because some have interpreted the comment as advocating a violent act," Townshend wrote. "To friends, associates and clients I have offered my apology for the embarrassment I have caused, and do hereby offer it to the many who rightly found fault with my incendiary choice of words. The mistake was mine, and mine only and the post in no way was intended to represent the views of anyone for whom I have worked or represented."

[frogmarch]

7. misconstrued? How many

different meanings can there be for ""hurl some acid at those female Democratic senators" "?

He is sorry if anyone misinterpreted his words to mean he was advocating a violent act.

[bluesbassman]

9. Right, and his words were only "thoughtless" because they obscured the "points" he was making.

What an absolute ass.

[ashling]

8. insensitive because some have interpreted

it's always the other guy's fault -

[concreteblue]

14. I must say.....

That this is pretty good for a REPUBLICAN apology.....
btw, blusbassman, me too!

[freshwest]

18. He was shooting the bird finger as he apologized, and will double down his next job.

He only apologized to his friends,who probably did not find any fault. It's too bad this will now be forgotten and likely be used to decry liberals again.

[Cosmocat]

20. genuinely contrite

apology there.

Clearly taking responsibility.

[McCamy Taylor]

11. Eeks! That was really sick.

[longship]

12. Waddya mean, "No war on women."

'nuf said? I hope so!

R&K

[AnotherMcIntosh]

13. And no arrest was made.

[Heywood J]

16. Just when you think this stuff only happens in some backwater hole.

Apparently it's been taking root here as well. This would seem to call for more than a non-apology and a "he's gone, let's talk about something else". I can't imagine anyone making that suggestion publicly prior to the last decade and it sickens me to think that's what discourse has become.

ETA: Nobody pops up and says something that whacked for their first time at the mic. I have to wonder how long he's been touting that kind of shit and whether this is just the first time he was willing to say it openly. I can't imagine what it's like in those offices, and why anyone would keep him around as long as he was.

[Historic NY]

17. Okay back to defeat this bagger...

[FairyDust]

19. Yes!

I added comments on his and her facebook pages regarding his comments shortly after. I'm glad the SOB resigned.

[lunatica]

21. "job creation, spending restraint and economic development."?

He means tax cuts (job creation), social program cuts (spending restraints) and economic development (imposing austerity on the middle class and sending jobs to other countries so he can have more wealth).

He's the one who should resign.

[Hubert Flottz]

22. Poor old misunderstood bastid...

"hurl some acid at those female Democratic senators" sounds like some of the stunts the hard core SS troopers might have come up with.

And if Rep. Hayworth fails to see a serious problem there, then she's as bad, or worse, than the idiot who made that statement.