Mark Fahleson, GOP Official, Tweets About Jon Benet Costume

Was a Republican official trick-or-treating with someone dressed as murdered child beauty queen Jon Benet Ramsey?

Nebraska Republican Party Chairman Mark Fahleson tweeted on Halloween night: "Done trick or treating with Cleopatra and Jon Benet-now at Dino's for family dinner and to watch 5 different games at once." The Huffington Post has contacted his office for more information.

Fahleson and his wife dressed up as the "public option." They have three young daughters.

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Comments

[AmazingChicken]

Could this be some kind of bizarre tourette's disease?

[MNmommy]

Tasteless and offensive.

[elsieach]

What a callous remark. Family values on display for the entire Tweetin' world to see. If he was indeed spending Halloween with someone who had the poor taste to mock Jon Benet, he not only needs a personal overhaul but he needs to be more selective in the company he keeps - but given his career path, he's not overly choosy anyway.

[BluebirdofUnhappiness]

And this is legitimate news (with a byline no less) how?

[MyrtleJune]

I don't even know how rw has a job!!!! Never any news outta her.

[babyboomerorig]

This is beyond sick.

[SageFire]

Almost every day I think, wow, they can't get any worse than this. And then, why oh yes, they do. The problem is I am getting kind of used to it and that really bothers me. They are wearing out my ability to be shocked by their behavior.

[jalowe1957]

Are the likes of Mark Fahleson one of the reasons why the GOP has gone straight to the outhouse?

[SDindependent]

If he had said Becky or Sally or any name but Cleopatra I would think he was just out trick-or-treating with a couple of kids. But I am not sure what he was trying to tweet, it does deserve an explantion.

[PAposter]

Wow...that is absolutely outrageous...the parents had to come up with that costume. I wonder if they told the child what happened to Jon Benet...on Christmas?

[AllenD]

Why not? Richard Ramsey actually ran for office in MI as a Pug.

[MrMilk]

Going trick-or-treating as Jon Benet fits well in the macabre Halloween scheme of things. When you think about it, Casper is just a little dead boy.

[wm1066]

Yes but Casper has no living relatives. I can't imagine the pain of knowing Jon and then to see her image used on Halloween. This is okay for you MrMilk?

[SharonaMonk]

Until I hear otherwise, they were talking about a completely different Jon Benet, because it will help me sleep better tonight.

[Gin1234]

If you are basing everything on this comment without knowing what he meant for sure, maybe you posted a little too early.

[Gin1234]

This is it? This is the whole subject of the article? Just someone's name? This article is lamer even than the Senator's costume. And that is lame.

[Topsailsman]

In Conservative World, murdered children are funny.