Republicans nominate a creep for Congress

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Republicans nominate a creep for Congress
by Philip Wegmann
 | August 15, 2018 12:47 PM



Opportunities to expand their majority are few and far between for House Republicans, which makes the perennial and prolapsed candidacy of Jim Hagedorn a problem. The Minnesota Republican won his primary and probably lost what would have been one of the House GOP's few pickup opportunities in 2018.

That’s because Hagedorn is possibly the worst Republican candidate in the country, considering his past and the current political environment.

On paper, Republicans should be able to win in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District. Democratic Rep. Tim Walz left his seat there to run for governor, the GOP enjoys a +5 advantage normally, and President Trump carried it by 14 points. Because of these factors, the Cook Political Report rates the race as a toss-up. But because the terrible of candidacy of Hagedorn, they rate it as a “Democratic toss-up.”

And make no mistake, Hagedorn is terrible.

Hagedorn can’t brand himself as an outsider because his father served in Congress and he grew up on Capitol Hill before beginning his career there. Hagedorn can’t rely on any special campaign experience either. He ran twice, first in 2010 and then in 2014, and lost both times. Worst of all, Hagedorn is a creep.

While working at the Treasury Department, Hagedorn developed a blogging habit. Unfortunately for his political career, he didn’t realize that the Internet is forever.

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[musiclady]

The new Republican motto:

Nincompoops R Us. 

[sneakypete]

Voters can review his blog where he called Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., “undeserving bimbos in tennis shoes.”

Voters can read his thoughts on former judicial nominee Harriet Miers who Hagedorn dismissed as part of an effort “to fill the bra of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Why would either hurt him? It's not like he is running as a Dim or that voters with 2 IQ points to rub together would say either statement is wrong.

[Bigun]

So are we now letting the press tell us who is a creep and define them as "terrible "?