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Thu Jan 15, 2015, 12:56 PM Jan 2015

Michigan's Dave Agema isn't the only one...

Seems Nebraska has a big shot in their GOP also who is a vicious racist and homophobe.

Nebraska Board Of Education Member Runs Racist, Anti-LGBT Blog

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Thursday, 1/15/2015 11:40 am

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts started off his first term as governor this week by having to condemn a Republican member the state board of education, Pat McPherson, for running a conservative political blog that repeatedly referred to President Obama as a “half-breed.” Ricketts stopped short of calling for McPherson to resign, as the board of education member pled ignorance and vowed to take down the blog. McPherson claimed that he did not write, or even read, the controversial posts on his blog, but refused to name the author. As the Omaha World-Herald reports, it is difficult to decipher who authored each post, especially since McPherson started attempting to scrub the website:

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/nebraska-board-education-member-runs-racist-anti-lgbt-blog#sthash.z1RQ6ISj.dpuf

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