Look at the career aspirations of convicted GOP wife-beater Rep. Mark Olson -- he has quit the Minnesota House to run for state senator. Olson called his conviction for domestic assault (for shoving his wife to the ground several times) a "personal failure." He begged his House colleagues for forgiveness; no word on whether he apologized to his family.
I don't think Olson's conviction for domestic abuse will be a significant negative factor in the campaign... neither does one of the two other GOP candidates Alison Krueger.
T. W. Budig on the ECM Publications website :
I think I am the electable conservative,” said Krueger. “And the reason why, there’s an elephant in the room,” she said.
The “elephant” as Krueger sees it is the single domestic abuse charge Olson was found guilty of and one Krueger believes will dodge him through a campaign. “I think that’s what makes me more electable,” said Krueger.
“I think people will take, perhaps insensitively, take potshots at that,” she said of Olson’s criminal record. “That’s really unfortunate,” said Krueger.
He was tried, convicted, paid his debt to society etc... if you make Olson's conduct an issue, you are "insensitive".
So what else is left to stop Rep. Mark Olson from becoming Senator Mark Olson?
How about Olson's scheme with convicted felon Dean Zimmermann to scam MInnesota taxpayers for millions of dollars with an infeasible boondoggle?
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