Republican spokesman: ‘Let's hurl some acid' at female Democratic senators
8:03 pm - 06/01/2012
Townsend's comments (which have since been removed) were posted Thursday on a local Facebook discussion forum for New York's 19 th congressional district. Townsend was responding to comments made by a commenter named "Tom" during an online debate over gas prices. Townsend wrote:
"Listen to Tom. What a little bee he has in his bonnet. Buzz Buzz. My question today … when is Tommy boy going to weigh in on all the Lilly Ledbetter hypocrites who claim to be fighting the War on Women? Let's hurl some acid at those female democratic Senators who won't abide the mandates they want to impose on the private sector."
Hayworth's office has not yet responded to requests for comment on the matter.
Townsend is described on his own personal website an "adept wordsmith," and is far from a political newcomer. In 2010, he was the Republican nominee in the U.S. Senate race against Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. Townsend eventually lost that race by 18 points. He has worked on more than 300 campaigns in 25 different states, according to his website.
The campaign for Rich Becker, who is running to unseat Hayworth, posted a statement online Thursday calling for Townsend to be fired.
"I'd be fired - immediately and with cause - if I said stuff like this. Which begs the question: why is Jay Townsend still Nan Hayworth's spokesman," wrote Becker campaign spokesman Barry Caro. "Does she agree that 'bin Laden is dead in spite of Obama?' Does she agree that we should 'hurl some acid' at politicians her campaign disagrees with? These comments are simply unprofessional and should never cross the lips of a Congressional spokesman."
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Is it seriously just too much to ask for people to actually address an issue in a mature, adult manner rather than pulling shit that could give a body flashbacks of high school?
And since SuperTwit up there decided to bring back up that stupid "r-word" issue again, I will say it here again: I used the word "retarded" (ZOMG!! I said it!!! Oh noes!!!!! *eyeroll*) in reference to people choosing to be stupid. It was not, in ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, a slur against the mentally handicapped.
Now, tell me, oh mighty Highness: When your words are insistently and repeatedly taken out of context and then you get called an asshole over it, how does that make you feel? Does it make you feel good to see that people are more interested in keeping to their haughty opinions rather than hearing the truth from you?
Again: It's not my head that's stuck up my posterior. I know where I am and I know what I am about. And guess what? I'm not going anywhere. I'm not leaving this group. I'm going to keep reading and trying to learn because, admittedly, there is still a lot that I don't know where politics are concerned.
And guess what else: I'm going to keep speaking my mind. I don't care how exhausting it gets to do so because people want to keep acting like "better than thou" bitches. And I will forever hold out the hope that I will eventually be addressed by someone who knows how to hold a discussion in a mature fashion even if they don't agree with me or they don't understand exactly what I'm meaning or where I'm coming from.
I won't hold my breath, but I can still hope.
Because seriously? As I've asked several other people ('course, why am I even bothering with all this shit? It's not like anything I say makes any difference: Once you people decide that I've said something terribly wrong, you guys fucking FLY with that and don't bother listening to anything else):
When have you EVER seen me go bouncing on someone in this manner for a comment they make on an OP? Hmmmm?
Answer: You haven't.
So why does my statement objecting to cruelties of all sorts, from PETA's paint-throwing to this silly asshole wanting to throw acid, why does THAT spark the need in people to be such jerks?
I seriously don't get it. But I wouldn't expect you to understand. After all, you are doing it with all the rest of them. The silly clique of high-school girls drowning in their own illusions of self-importance.
This isn't a political group. If it were, then it would welcome people who, like me, need and want to learn more and wouldn't go bouncing on them just because we might say things that you either don't understand, don't agree with, or are just flat-out incorrect.
And just how am I supposed to learn better if this is the reception I keep getting? Hmmm?
Actually, I just very well may leave this group and try to find an actual LEGITIMATE group. 'Cause this bullshit drama is fucking pathetic and I haven't even asked for any of it. I'm so goddamned tired of being nitpicked apart like fresh meat for the starving vultures.
Oh, but I bet neither you nor the rest of the jackasses pulling this shit would understand. 'Cause I'm just so sure that you've ALWAYS known your stuff about politics, have NEVER made any mistakes, or anything like that. When really was the last time you were on the receiving end of this bullshit? Probably never.
But it's fucking hilarious that you all have the nerve to rant and rail against the bullies like this acid-throwing asshole and yet you all turn around and do the same fucking thing.
Fucking hypocrites.
Here's a hint: Try talking to someone respectfully about your view instead of slamming it over their head with a 2X4 and you might find you gain better results instead of acting like the very politicians (such as this dude in the article) that you scream about. You just very well might be surprised at what happens after that.
I wasn't asking for you to be nice. I was asking for you people to be mature. There is, actually, a difference. I mean, just when ARE you supposed to graduate from high school? 2036? I swear. My children are more mature than you are.
I'm making a judgment on you based on your words and actions. They're not pretty and they make you look like a horrible person and not someone I'd ever want to associate with. You haven't done jack to prove that conclusion wrong. These long paragraphs just reinforce it, frankly. But do go on, please. It's fascinating.
Seriously? Get the wax out of your ears. How the hell would you like it if a gaggle of hoity-toity hens decided to take your words out of context, keep INSISTING that that's what you meant by it, and then call YOU an asshole over it?
Sorry chick. I wasn't the asshole there. You guys were.
KTHXBAI
Yet again my words are taken out of context and, obviously, not even fully read.
And thank you for continuing this stupid-ass high school drama bullshit. And thank you further for acting just like the assholes you rant and rail about in the articles like this.
That's not being out of context. Those are your words. How is wanting to 'beat the hell' out of women who get abortions for reasons you don't like not sexist?
Oh yes!! You were! Yes, yes. Because I'M the asshole for pointing out how y'all were taking the "r-word" (oooh, I has scared!) out of context and Y'ALL were the ones insisting I meant it in a way that I most certainly did not.
Tell me: Just how many more years of pre-school DO you have because you seem to be trying far too hard, precious, to act like you're high school and, all the while, still throwing bitch fits like a 5-year-old.
Try talking to me again when you actually feel like you can grow the fuck up. Mmmmkay?
Oh and LMFAO at the idea that people were calling me out. Dearest, there was nothing TO call out because I wasn't using that word in the context that y'all kept wanting to insist I was. Derp!