Forgive? Forget it.

Normally the Ragister and Dummycrats would be falling all over themselves to embrace convicted felons and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Candidate for House has felony conviction

Jon Van Roekel is a Republican and there's the rub.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Pictured), a Democrat from Des Moines, said he was surprised to learn about Van Roekel's record.

"I know the Republican Party has been doing searches and looking for a different breed of legislative candidate for this fall's election, but I didn't think they'd resort to recruiting convicted felons."

RIMSHOT

Ragister reporter Jason Clayworth says...

Convicted felons are typically not allowed to vote and are, therefore, not eligible to serve in public office.

Really?

What about this from 2005?

Gov. Tom Vilsack said Friday he will sign an executive order on Independence Day restoring voting rights to thousands of felons who have completed prison, parole and probation terms.

The order will mean automatic voting rights restoration for "disqualified electors'' who finished their time in prison, on probation or on parole as of July 4.

It was in ALL the papers!

It has been upheld in court too.