Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The traditional Republican Party leadership has collapsed
And another indicator of how much so occurred last week with the latest criminal arrest of a state Republican/Teabagger legislator.
Freshman Republican Rep. Daniel P. Gordon of Portsmouth spent the weekend at the state prison as Inmate #144119 following his arrest by Rhode Island State Police on charges of driving on a suspended license and failing to appear in a Massachusetts court to face an earlier charge of eluding a police officer.While most of his crimes were out of state he also fouled the nest at home.
Arrested two days after he went to the state police barracks in his hometown to file a cyber-stalking complaint against unnamed others, Gordon is the third Rhode Island lawmaker facing criminal charges. State police Supt. Steven O’Donnell said Gordon has an “extensive” record in Massachusetts that he said Rhode Island law-enforcement authorities are not free to divulge.
Earlier this month, 6 of the 10 House Republicans voted to expel him from their caucus for what new House Minority Leader Brian Newberry described as inappropriate comments about his Republican colleagues.Even in a corrupt state like Rhode Island, a clown like this would never have been vetted to run under the old leadership. Keep it up, Teabaggers!
“Many, many of the comments I have seen have crossed the line into personal invective and attack ... It is simply not permissible for you to launch personal attacks against your colleagues,” Newberry wrote Gordon in a Sept. 2 warning letter.
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