Sen. Ben Sasse calls for ed board member to resign over Obama 'half-breed' blog posts

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Joe Dejka

Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse on Friday called on Pat McPherson to resign from the Nebraska State Board of Education.

Sasse’s comments ratchet up political pressure on McPherson, the Republican under siege for bigoted postings on his blog.

Although McPherson has been defiant in the face of political and public pressure, such pressure appears to be the most viable option for critics who want him out.

State board members can’t be recalled, and impeachment is reserved for more severe breaches of public trust.

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[TheNutcracker]

1. Sasse has he own problems here

Pedophilia enabling follows around GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate Ben Sasse, NE
publication date: Aug 27, 2014

US Senate candidate Ben Sasse: Would you trust him around your children?

Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Nebraska Ben Sasse, already struck by allegations that he helped cover up the sexual abuse of underage male pages while tutoring and proctoring the House Page Program in the late 1990s, is now faced with another brush with pederasty and pedophilia as a result of the conviction of the former chief of cyber-security for the Department of Health and Human Services. The chief of cyber-security for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Timothy DeFoggi, was convicted by a jury for the U.S. District Court of Nebraska in Omaha for "engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, conspiracy to advertise and distribute child pornography, and accessing a computer with intent to view child pornography in connection with his membership in a child pornography website." DeFoggi used the sites, including two called PedoBook and Onion Pedo Video Archive, to traffic in child pornography. The sites were operated in Omaha by Aaron McGrath, who used the Tor anonymity service to cover the tracks of himself and clients like DeFoggi. DeFoggi is a former resident of Germantown, Maryland. Last December, Ryan Loskarn, the chief of staff for Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, was arrested at his Capitol Hill home for possession and distribution of child pornography. The following month, he reputedly committed suicide at his parents' home in Sykesville, Maryland. Sykesville is a 45 minute drive from Germantown. Loskarn previously worked for GOP House members from Tennessee and California.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/106392

[msongs]

2. yes, it's bad PR for the voters to know what repubs really believe behind closed doors nt

[Android3.14]

3. What a waste of time

Resign, dammit. The board has real work to do rather than deal with the fallout from this broken asshat.

[AlinPA]

4. Am I reading this correctly? A republican actually asking the bigot to resign? Sasse will lose

points with the mainstream GOP after this.

[Orsino]

6. At least with some voters.

Clearly, he wouldn't want a prolonged tussle, and is willing to risk some voter ire now than more later at the polls if Doofus is kept on the board.

[Cha]

5. Yeah, great role model on the board of Education, Pat McPherson. Shame on your bigoted

racist mouth.

Thanks Steve~

[Sunlei]

7. Impeachment if he will not step down, SOON. He is not "Board of Education" worthy.