UPDATE: Bob's full explaination:
In an e-mail, FitzSimmonds said he thought the word he used had the same meaning as "twaddle," which is defined as foolish speech.
"The minute I found out my error, I deleted the post and apologized," he told Pilot on Politics. "I don’t use that kind of language."
"Also to be clear, " he added, "my post was not about Barbara Comstock. It was relating to the sexist stereotypes being used by the woman posting."
ORIGINAL:
Shaun Kenney posted on Facebook a THIS story by Justin Higgins about Howie Lind ... the comments section were very benign until this exchange (I don't know the women, so I left her last name off):
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Heather Bailey ...I also think women are going to be very frustrated about about a man trying to usurp Barbara's position in this race. If women come out in force for her, it will create a battle cry for Republican women so loud that Howie Lind won't have a prayer of competing with her. Republican women are a force to be reconed with and I for one want to see this power harnessed effectively in key political races.
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Bob FitzSimmonds I have nothing against Barbara Comstock, but I hate sexist twat. I hope this is you Heather and not Barbara.(emphasis added by me)
I'm not entirely sure what he is trying to say, the syntax is especially Facebooky. But folks, just so you know, not only has Bob FitzSimmonds run multiple times for office ... he is the current RPV Treasurer! I don't know him well, we've engaged in debate on Facebook .. but we can't have this shit anymore! It is killing us! He posted this over an hour ago and hasn't had any response since them, despite pleading to apologize. THIS is why we are losing. We need to clean up our own house before we can take on the Democrats. Having leadership in RPV using the word "twat" at any women, whether it is a FB commenter or in reference to Barbara Comstock ... we just can't stand for this anymore.
UPDATE:
To the doubters ...
and Bob has apologized:
He would never use that word. This is fake. Phony outrage over a phony post.
Posted by: Jeanine Martin | February 25, 2014 at 10:02 PM
Never say never.
Posted by: A.G.Gilmore | February 25, 2014 at 10:18 PM
Sorry Jeanine ... he said it, and he has apologized.
Please don't think this is about my support of Comstock, it has almost nothing to do with that. It is just an example of the problems we are facing as a party, the personalities that are reckless in both speech and thought that too many of us blindly support because they are against "the establishment."
Posted by: Chris | February 25, 2014 at 10:24 PM
Oh please. Anyone who knows Bob would know that he would never use a vulgar word, any vulgar word. He made a mistake and you were happy to exploit it.
What's 'the establishment' got to do with it? Bob made a mistake, that's all there is to it.
Posted by: Jeanine Martin | February 25, 2014 at 10:32 PM
If Comstock is going to use her gender to play the victim of sexism, while being the champion of GOP women, it will make her look like Clinton in NH during the 08 DNC primaries.....And this type of infighting makes what is left of the sane GOP look weaker.
Posted by: John Richie | February 25, 2014 at 10:35 PM
Jeanine, your penchant for ignoring reality is well-known, but the argument "He would never say that" seems self-defeating.
Posted by: Stephen Spiker | February 25, 2014 at 10:45 PM
I'm calling BS here. I know Bob Fitzsimmonds, and that is NOT him.
Posted by: Greg L | February 25, 2014 at 10:48 PM
then why did he apologize, Greg?
PS ... I wasn't paid to post this, in case anyone was wondering.
Posted by: Chris | February 25, 2014 at 10:57 PM
I think Heather fantasizes about being "harnessed effectively."
Posted by: Gerold Hightower | February 26, 2014 at 12:24 AM
Wow. Just wow.
Posted by: Chris | February 26, 2014 at 01:14 AM