GOP Wife-Beater Running Against Susan Collins [View all]

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Another exception to social norms for Republicans: It's perfectly acceptable to beat your wife, be convicted, and still be eligible to run for office.

Why are so many conservatives odious people? It's a rhetorical question, don't answer. But the latest one to catch my attention is a doozy.

Erick Bennett is Susan Collins' conservative primary challenger for her Senate seat. He's also a nasty wife-beater.

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Worse yet, Bennett is running on a platform of eroding existing laws against wife-beating:

Bennett claims that one reason he's running for office is to try to change domestic-violence laws that he contends enable fraud. "Anything can be considered domestic assault in Maine," he says. Bennett adds: "All I would have to do is go to the police station and write down something. Then, once I get on the stand, I just need to recite that…And that is enough to get you convicted of domestic assault…I never saw it coming."

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/01/gop-wife-beater-running-against-susan

And the beat goes on... ...so to speak.