Join the Girl Scouts and you’ll learn to sew your own clothes, sing “Kumbaya” as a round, pitch a tent, hawk cookies, and you might even earn a “pro-abortion, pro-homosexuals, feminist badge.” Well no, but that’s what a Republican politician has said, more or less.

Hans Zeiger, a Republican candidate for Washington state’s House of Representatives, says the girl scouts are pushing a feminist agenda that’s harmful to American youth. He shared his anti-Girl Scout sentiments in a past column written for a conservative Web site, which the Democrats dug up and is now going viral on the Internet.

One might wonder why the Girl Scouts have been spared the painful attacks that have been launched upon the Boy Scouts by the Left in recent years. The reasons are simple: the Girl Scouts allow homosexuals and atheists to join their ranks, and they have become a pro-abortion, feminist training corps. … If the Girl Scouts of America can’t get back to teaching real character, perhaps it will be time to look for our cookies elsewhere.”

Zeiger is trying to cover his tracks by having the statement removed along with a number of other problematic remarks made in columns on right-wing Web sites.

He told The News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash., that the articles no longer represent his values and were distracting from his campaign. The House Democratic Campaign Committee says he was trying to hide his extremist views.