[PhilCollins]

Why did so many Republicans vote for a felon? Were they unaware of his crimes, or did they think that the crimes aren’t important?

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Why did so many Republicans vote for a felon? Were they unaware of his crimes, or did they think that the crimes aren’t important?”

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No idea. But I’m not sure that the term “so many Republicans” is correct, as winner Paul McKinley received less than 1,000 votes (which is not shocking, being a low-turnout primary in an overwhelmingly Democrat CD).

For what it’s worth, Legal Insurrection has been touting Paul McKinley for months:

http://legalinsurrection.com/?s=mckinley&image.x=0&image.y=0

And sure, he’s a felon, but he’s probably not as bad of a Republican standardbearer as were deadbeats Christine O’Donnell or Joe Walsh.

[Impy]

Certainly they were unaware. This was a low turnout and low info primary, in these cases people just choose the name they like best.

He seems like a decent guy and genuinely reformed but still having a former armed robber go up against the new Queen of gun control, you could hardly draw it up worse.