Vaughn Ward: Worst Candidate Ever?

[meegbear]

Meet Vaughn Ward. He's running in today's Republican primary in Idaho's 1st Congressional District. He's an Iraq War veteran. A former CIA operations officer. A fourth-generation Idaho native. Heck, Sarah Palin supports him.

And after this spring's disastrous, gaffe-filled primary campaign -- during which Ward declared that Puerto Rico was a country, apparently plagiarized fellow candidates and Barack Obama, campaigned on cutting federal spending while his wife's gig at Fannie Mae allowed Ward to go without an income, and re-released a six-month-old endorsement -- Ward may be able to add another title to his resume: Worst candidate ever.

The Ward campaign tried to downplay the mistake-ridden campaign in a phone call with TPMDC today. Spokesman Mike Tracy said that Ward "takes full responsibility for what's happened," but that many of the campaign's problems centered around a campaign manager who was replaced less than two weeks ago.

"We took care of the situation," Tracy said. "Changes were made."

And yet...

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[Liberal_in_LA]

1. ha ha!

[rurallib]

2. I expect more disasters as teabaggers hit the trails this fall

[gratuitous]

3. Whenever you dub a Republican effort as "worst"

One of their lot comes along to prove you wrong.

[opihimoimoi]

4. A Minor League Reject......still in the Wannabe Stage...not ready for anything with Responsibility

on the leadership level....poor odds for common good thinking

Definitely a LOSER

How the Hell them Pubs keep coming up with these types is beyond me....not very Sane of them....