Before I left work tonight, a few of us were discussing this blowout. 4 people in the conversation had their votes swayed by the inaction of Smith regarding her two buffoon bigots who were just exercising their "Freedom of Speech"
So I guess I will Godwin this thread early. If those candidates had stepped up and said as Aryan Nation members, they believed anyone not white should be eradicated, would Smith had protected their freedom of Speech?
It was hers to lose, and she lost it based on her inaction on removing those two idiots. Had she done it, it would have sent a clear message she was A) A true leader and decision maker. B) Not a supporter of hate mongering bigots. In fact I believe it would have swayed votes her way with the support she already had. In the end, it just cost her votes and gained her nothing.
I voted PC under the thinking of "Better the devil you know, than the one you don't."
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