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So this schmuck was on course to win his primary by 80 percent, and had no opposition in the general. But he's not the one whose fingerprints and mug shot will now be on file forever with the Georgia police:

(via Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

State Sen.-elect Chip Rogers, who first denied involvement in the theft of his opponent's signs before the July 20 primary, now admits he approved the plan.

Rogers said Monday his decision was borne of frustration after dozens of his signs had been taken.

"I told my campaign manager I no longer cared what happened to my opponents' signs and that everything was fair game," said Rogers, a Republican who served in the state House for a term before his run for the Senate seat.

Two Marietta teens, including the son of a Woodstock Baptist Church pastor, confessed to stealing campaign signs belonging to State Senate District 21 candidate Craig Dowdy.

Cobb County police continue investigating, but no additional charges nor other arrests had been made as of Monday, said police spokesman Cpl. Dana Pierce.

After the boys' arrest Rogers said he paid the two teens about $8 an hour to work for his campaign, but denied that Taylor Dorner, 19, and Barry Rutherford, 17, were told to steal.

Police reported finding 12 "Craig Dowdy for Senate" signs in the Dodge Durango that Dorner was driving.

Dorner and Rutherford, now facing misdemeanor theft charges, told police that Rogers paid them to remove Dowdy signs "from certain locations," a police report said.

Rogers said he had a change of heart after approving the thefts and told his campaign manager to call off the plan. In a news release, Rogers said Dallas White never got the word to Dorner and Rutherford.

When asked about Rogers' comments, White said the "press release is right."

Rutherford did not return calls seeking comment on the allegations.

Dorner's father, the Rev. Dan Dorner, said Rogers was right to admit his and his campaign manager's involvement.

Rogers, who got 81 percent of the vote in the GOP primary and has no Democratic opposition in November, said he decided to admit his involvement out of concern for the two teens.

"I unfortunately had somebody working for me who told somebody else to do something stupid and somebody else did something stupid and now we're in this situation," Rogers said Monday.

Yeah, I'd say the word "stupid" is applicable here. I would also apply it to the Georgia Democratic Party (once they get out of their meeting in the Dr. Who phone booth) if they can't come up with at least a token name on the ballot to oppose this jerk in November.