Minnesota GOP candidate is a crook and fugitive

[Archae]

No, I'm not gloating, at all.

It's just so funny, that Minnesota's GOP is going the way of Illinois' GOP, not scraping the bottom of the barrel, they're trotting out the slime they find under the barrel.

Minnesota House hopeful may be fugitive

Conrad Defiebre, Star Tribune
August 13, 2004 SHEPARD0813

There may be a few problems with Dr. Jack Shepard's Republican candidacy for Congress in the St. Paul area, if he's the Jack Shepard authorities think he is:

1) He isn't a licensed doctor, his Minnesota dental license having been revoked in 1983 on grounds his untreated manic depression posed a threat to patients.

2) He apparently is living in Italy and shows little willingness to meet state and federal residency requirements for election, perhaps because doing so could get him arrested as a fugitive from justice.

3) He is a convicted sex and drug offender who spent time in prison before fleeing the country in 1982 while facing felony arson charges connected with a fire that heavily damaged his Minneapolis home and dental office. He has been charged with making terroristic threats, and a firearms violation.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/4924324.html

So I'm not laughing at Minnesota, I'm laughing at the Minnesota GOP.

[GAspnes]

1. sadly, no

Republicans, meanwhile, are upset that Shepard is even claiming GOP ties. He sought Republican endorsement in absentia at the party's Fourth District convention but lost out to Dakota County Commissioner Patrice Battaglia. "Republicans have already rejected this guy," said state GOP spokesman Randy Wanke.

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