The Black Republican

Whoever's leading the Republican Party in Tennessee should be shot. And when he's out of the way, I've got a few other ideas.

An unabashed racist will represent the Republican party in the November election for a congressional seat after a write-in candidate failed to derail his effort.

With 86 percent of the primary vote counted Thursday, write-in candidate Dennis Bertrand had just 1,554 votes compared to 7,671, or 83 percent, for James L. Hart, a believer in the discredited, phony science of eugenics.

Just one lone voice decided to stand up for God, party, and sanity.

Since the deadline for getting on the ballot had passed, Bertrand, also a Republican, began a write-in campaign, saying he wanted to protect the party's honor.

"I think his beliefs are not beliefs of any party that I know of," Bertrand said Thursday night. "I knew it was going to be a really long shot, but in good conscience, I had to at least give it an attempt."

Bertrand, a financial analyst and former military officer, was on active duty with the National Guard when the deadline to get on the primary ballot passed.

Where the heck were our party leaders when all this was going on? Hello, Ed?! Don't you think it would have been a good idea to send someone down there to stop this before it blows up in our faces? Is this your idea of "outreach" to the black community?!