Oh, what the hell, if David Duke can run for Congress, why not?

Via Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

An Open Letter to Brooklyn Elected Officials Who Supported Noach Dear for Civil Court Judge

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Democratic County Leader and Assemblyman Vito Lopez
Assemblyman Dov Hikind
Councilmember Vincent Gentile
Councilmember Dominic Recchia
Councilmember Kendall Stewart
State Senator Diane Savino

Yesterday was a sad day in Brooklyn, when Noach Dear — a person all know to be an unethical bigot — was the victor with your support in a Democratic Primary for Civil Court.

If Noach Dear had made anti-African-American or anti-women statements of the sort of he has made about the LGBT community he would have never been considered a serious candidate, much less have won the primary. If Mr. Dear was of another faith and made anti-Semitic statements, he would have been history. Period.

It is a disturbing time in our Democratic party when elected officials can endorse a candidate who has a long record of blatant hostility and hatred against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, especially in the borough with the second largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population in New York City, and one of the largest in the country.

Aside from his anti-gay record, Mr. Dear was the only judicial primary candidate who failed to receive the approval of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, which said he failed to “affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses the requisite qualifications for the court for which he is a candidate.” The judiciary should never be a dumping ground for failed politicians, especially those who have had such notable legal and ethical problems of their own.

We will be keeping an eye on Mr. Dear to make sure all people who come before Judge Dear will be treated with fairness and decency. And we will remember those who shamelessly supported him.

—Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn
— Stonewall Democratic Club
— Jim Owles Liberal
Democratic Club

'nuf said. More and better Democrats, please.