Chicago -- Radical right wing Republican Mark Augusti today disavowed any connection to the GOP Organization of Leyden Township, bluntly saying, "They're scum -- mafia scum." Augusti, who himself has been accused of having ties to organized crime, is seeking to distance himself from the Leyden Township Republican Party, long rumored to have ties to La Cosa Nostra. "I don't want nothin' ta do wid 'em,'' said Augusti, in an interview. "They don't stand for gay rights, third trimester abortion rights, and the right to censor those with whom we disagree. They're reactionaries of the worst sort!"
Augusti is campaigning today, wearing an Abraham Lincoln costume, to show his loyalty, otherwise, to the Republicans.