Conservative activist convicted of hate crime

If I didn't think raw racists were total fools, I wouldn't be in this blogging job.

Marcus Epstein is a conservative activist who boasts of his "free market" credentials. He is the executive director of a conservative PAC and founder of an organization for conservative journalists. He has worked closely with major Washington political figures.

Now it turns out that in 2007, Epstein committed a racially motivated assault on a woman. He approached the woman on a street, struck her in the head, and used a racial slur.

Now Epstein has been convicted of this incident and faces sentencing next month.

You'd think America's conservative brain trust would be trying to distance itself from Marcus Epstein after this ghastly episode. Instead, they defend him.

Bay Buchanan (former U.S. Treasurer under Reagan) said about Epstein's assault, "Who cares? This is something that happened 2 years ago that Marcus has paid a price for."

I'll tell you who cares. We care. We care that a person with major influence in serious policy issues commits major violent crimes. This isn't an issue of somebody merely being associated with someone who was once accused of saying something idiotic. The issue here is the firsthand commission of a violent hate crime.

And conservatives are defending the man who committed this crime?

(Source: http://www.onepeoplesproject.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:youth-for-western-civilization-co-founder-faces-sentencing-on-hate-crime-assault-in-july&catid=34:ye-olde-white-power-chopping-block)