Stay classy, Republicans. Here's Peter Morrison, who is the treasurer of the Republican Party for Hardin County, Texas. He writes a Tea Party e-news letter, in which he recently stated:
"Why should Vermont and Texas live under the same government?" writes Hardin County Republican treasurer Peter Morrison, a Ron Paul supporter and author of a race-heavy Tea Party newsletter.
"Let each go her own way," he writes, demanding an "amicable divorce" from the U.S. and from the "maggots" who re-elected President Obama.
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According to
Huffpo:
Morrison went on to express anger at the "maggots" who backed Obama, specifically calling out non-white voters, whom he accused of voting for the president on an "ethnic basis."
And, guess what, Mr. Morrison is a scholar, or at least scholar enough for Texas Republicans:
Oh, did I mention that Morrison was chosen by former State Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy to help screen Texas public school textbooks?
Morrison's nasty newsletter has several hundred readers. It's republished on Tea Party websites and redistributed by evangelical Republicans.
He has donated up to $40,000 per candidate and used his Morrison Report to oppose business conservatives allied with Texas House Speaker Joe Straus. In 2010, he used his newsletter to criticize Straus' rabbi and wrote that Straus "lacks the moral compass" to lead.
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Now, it's been a long time since we've seen a ranting, openly racist, Jew-hating, secessionist conservative. Or
maybe not.