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laserhaas

(7,805 posts) Fri Apr 20, 2018, 10:13 PM Apr 2018

Florida GOP group says it rescinded Roger Stone invitation after attack on Barbara Bush [View all]

Source: The HILL

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President Trump's longtime friend and former adviser Roger Stone was uninvited to an annual dinner by a Florida GOP group after attacking former first lady Barbara Bush.

The Okaloosa Republican Executive Committee told Northwest Florida Daily News on Thursday that the invitation was rescinded after Stone called Bush "a nasty drunk."

Stone reportedly also said she "drank so much booze, if they cremated her ... her body would burn for three days," according to media reports.

The GOP committee's chairman, Mark Franks, said the organization "ended our contract" with Stone, who was scheduled to be the keynote speaker for their Lincoln Reagan Day Dinner in May

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Florida GOP group says it rescinded Roger Stone invitation after attack on Barbara Bush [View all] laserhaas Apr 2018 OP

They should be ashamed of themselves for inviting that vile creature in the first place. catbyte Apr 2018 #1

Congrats laserhaas Apr 2018 #5

I'm afraid this is the first time I've agreed with Stone. Nitram Apr 2018 #2

IMO she was the wife and mother of mass murderers laserhaas Apr 2018 #6

Yes she was. And she supported them all the way with eyes wide open. Nitram Apr 2018 #9

"nasty drunk"? Scarsdale Apr 2018 #20

SNAKES--ALL. slumcamper Apr 2018 #3

Well, if she lived to be 92, Mr.Bill Apr 2018 #4

Yeah...I'll have what SHE'S having! Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #8

She was a mean drunk, not jolly one. 'Nuf said. Nitram Apr 2018 #12

The time of death is not the time to criticize someone. It's disrespectful and hurtful. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #13

Thanks for your opinion, Honeycomb. There are many here among us who feel the when someone dies Nitram Apr 2018 #25

Hear hear! Ive said a few stupid things in my time on the planet. redstateblues Apr 2018 #10

Living to the age of 92 isn't all it's cracked up to be. My parents both lived to that age, but Nitram Apr 2018 #11

I don't think she was a mean racist. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #14

Which kind of racist did you think she was? Nitram Apr 2018 #17

You need help. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #18

Identifying someone as a racist does not mean I hate them Nitram Apr 2018 #23

+1 flying rabbit Apr 2018 #26

I'll bet living to 92 is somewhat better Mr.Bill Apr 2018 #16

Well, he's a crude, trashy, vulgar little man. So what do they expect? Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #7

I beg to disagree. If someone lived a life that denigrated the disadvantaged and criticized Nitram Apr 2018 #15

Has Dotard denounced his supporter, Stone? keithbvadu2 Apr 2018 #19

Mr. Franks, he's the same now as he was when you invited him... JHB Apr 2018 #21

Roger Stone (this post is NOT about B. Bush) ... SWBTATTReg Apr 2018 #22

Oh well Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 #24

I failed to watch coverage yesterday. GWC58 Apr 2018 #27