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the republican party needs to come out against people like this and prove that they are a true American organization founded on morals, integrity, and the right of all people to be free.

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I respectfully disagree. The Republican Party should be destroyed.

They're doing a pretty good job of destroyin' themselves!

I voted Republican in every election until Bush.

I will never, ever ever vote Republican again. The party has gone corrupt and should be broken into smaller parties.

"It's all right, I'm in the clear! A muslim guy gave me a pass!"

I think that the Republicans should continue to support Ms Pulido's attempt to run for a Congressional seat. In fact, I think that the Republican donors should continue to support and fund this candidate. But let's be frank. What's another Homophobic, racist, wingnut to the Republican party. As long as these candidates exist and people fund them and some even will vote for them, the more chance the Democrats will head to a 2/3 majority in the House, and most likely a supermajority in the Senate.

Let's all help the republicans by saying "we understand" and a gentle "tsk-tsk" for ger actions. She is truly repentant, you know.

It's a good sign that this sort of hate speech not only gets called out, but evokes an apology.

It used to be that the [rightwing] would simply spew more venom, more calls for violence. But it's truly a good sign that they feel compelled to apologize because they look really stupid when their own words are made public.

Moms used to say "Don't say anything you'd be ashamed to see in the headlines!" and we'd laugh because it was just a silly expression. But thanks to the internet, it's a real possibility.

If she's a current member of Free Republic, by that fact her politics are slightly to the right of Benito Mussolini. Through the Bush years FR's administrator purged any member who showed the slightest lack of support of the Bush Agenda.

Good riddance. The GOP should start looking for a few leaders who don't need medication.

And what's her point for apologizing and to freepers?? She should come over to the eastside of Austin and wear "I hate spics and n*ggers" sign for a day. Or spend a day shopping in Nuevo Laredo (with no flak jacket).
I would appreciate that.

Why should she apologize? She meant every word, and I don't think it's a stretch to say that she surely hasn't changed her mind about any of these issues. So why apologize? She should stand up proudly for what she said and what she believes in and let the voters make the call.

And then kiss her political career goodbye.

It's OK, some of her best friends are butt-sniffing Muslims and fudgepackers.

The GOP should change their name to The Donner Party.

-GSD

"A Muslim man who is my good friend "

Man, did I laugh coffee all over the keyboard at this.

Look, freepers have no business in civilization let alone running for office.

Another Freeping LOON, but at least this nut is bagged.

OMG...is this woman for real?? Rosanna Pulido is obviously a horrifyingly moronic and uneducated insane nutcase, but she's actually a republican candidate for Congress?? THE US Congress?!?! Please tell me this is a joke. I came across this woman's name todya for the first time and I'm absolutely stunned morons like Rosanna Pulido are even allowed to CONSIDER running for public office without psychiatric evaluations.

She knows an illegal-black-homosexual-Muslim-man from Mexico who forgave her for being a bigot!

face it. normal, sane, reasonable people don't run for congress, and if they did, they wouldn't get elected.

Does this surprise anyone at all? This is simply unedited Neo-Conservative Republicans today. It's frightening there is a substantial population in our country that thinks this is A-OK. There is at least 20% if you look at their base and subtract those that have the highest I.Q.s in the bunch who will have enough brain cells to turn away. Scared yet? These folks would have been singing zip-pity do dah if Sarah Palin was leading the white horse of the apocalypse into Vice Presidency. This is very, very dangerous territory we are in. We think we have to worry about foreign terrorists? We may very well be unprepared for these folks.

Extending an apology to her nutjob audience of Freepers demonstrates no remorse. And it is also not an apology to say, "Well, I still feel this way, but I'm sorry I said it out loud but only because it might make getting elected a bit of a sticky wickett." I can just imagine my husband offering this type of apology: "I still think your butt looks huge in that dress, but I'm sorry I said it out loud but only because now you won't make dinner for me." Wow, how heartfelt. I am continually shocked at the level of stupidity demonstrated by members of this party.

The Republican Party gave us in Illinois Alan Keyes for a senate candidate. They have outdone themselves with this young lady.
Next she will say that id elected she should be on the House Indian Affairs Committee since she can see Indiana from her back porch.

in defense -- kinda -- of ms. pulido and the illinois republican party, running as a republican in the IL-5 is like volunteering for kamikaze duty in a kite. these are the same people, remember, who had to import alan keyes to run against obama in the senate race after their initial candidate was outed for trying to pimp his wife at sex clubs.
oh, and referring to gay's as "fudge packers" is sure to win lots of votes in the district's eastern precincts.