Robert Saunders should be not be allowed anywhere near public office

Why? Because of this sort of asinine stuff:

Via Montana Cowgirl Blog:

The campaign of a GOP candidate in Billings is in damage control mode after he suggested, on an internet discussion board, that holding office and voting might be better off limited to those who are wealthy.

“The Founding Fathers believed (rightly) that the people with the most to lose would be the least likely to screw up,” wrote 27-year-old legislative candidate Robert Saunders, who comes from a wealthy Billings family. Those without money, he went on, “are unsafe custodians” of public funds.

When members of congress are very wealthy, he explains, it shows “they are at least good at something,” (unlike the rest of us poors I guess).

Saunders  says it’s no different than Corporations. Only a shareholder of a company can vote, Rob Saunders writes, hinting that perhaps there should be an asset test for voters. He says someone without personal wealth, like Bernie Sanders could be “catastrophic” and cause a result similar to what happened under the Russian Revolution that ousted the last of the Russian czars. “Our form of government was designed so that only those with a stake in the country’s future could vote,” Saunders said. “That’s why I think it’s a good thing that our leadership is relatively wealthy.”

Here’s a screenshot.

His opponent is the popular Rep. Jessica Karjala.  Voters put her in the seat that Saunders is running for in 2012.  When Rep Karjala pointed out Saunders’ insane writings as she visited with voters, Saunders then (you guessed it) had an attorney sent Karjala a cease and desist letter, threatening to sue her for defamation.  You can read the letter here. 

This sort of elitist mentality is what the Tea Party stood up against and this idiot has no business being in public office, ever. I think this progressive blog for picking this one up and writing about it. Also too, I’d like to see this rich son-of-a-bitch try and sue me for printing the truth about him. I’d eat his butt for lunch in court. Discovery is a bitch, Bob, remember that, idiot.