From Daily Kos...
Barely a month ago, the New York State Senate voted 53-8 to expel Hiram Monserrate after he was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend ... a conviction that netted him "three years probation, 250 hours of community service, a $1000 fine, and one year of domestic abuse counseling."
But in this Tuesday's special election to replace him, Monserrate managed to get on the ballot and is attempting to regain his old seat. And he's attempting to do so by using just the sort of ethical standards you'd expect from someone who would slash his girlfriend's face with broken glass.
Toss in Monserrate's homophobic attacks against his opponent, his anti-marriage equality vote, and his Jesus complex, and you have all the makings of a Republican ... which he was for a about a week last year.
