GOP lines up behind legislator who assaulted wife

Minnesota State Rep. Mark Olson (Conservative Fool Of The Day 11/14/06) is a Republican allied with right-wing congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Texas-based First Amendment skeptic David Barton.

Olson is thoroughly nuts.

Mark Olson was thought to be finished once he was convicted of assaulting his wife mercilessly - during a trial in which he blamed his wife for the abuse. GOP leaders had pledged to ask Olson to resign if he was convicted - but they broke this promise. (Of course.)

Now the Republicans are all lining up behind the disgraced Olson in his bid for a Minnesota Senate seat! They've never met a spouse abuser they didn't like, I guess.

Meanwhile, the Republican endorsement for Olson's House seat has gone to...Mary Kiffmeyer (Conservative Fool Of The Day 8/18/06). Kiffmeyer is the right-wing former Minnesota Secretary of State who did not believe in separation of church and state, illegally tried to suppress Native American voting, and (when faced with the prospect of a Republican congressman not qualifying for the ballot) stupidly said that the state's ballot laws only applied to third parties and independents.

Man, the Minnesota Republicans must be a total joke! Just lately, they've made up lies about poor people abusing the state's assistance program, and now they've endorsed someone convicted of domestic assault.

(Source: http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/26423509.html)