The recently hired chief technology officer for Jeb Bush's political action committee resigned on Tuesday over some of his social-media comments.

USA Today reported Ethan Czahor had referenced women as sluts and made other derogatory comments, according to BuzzFeed screengrabs. The tech entrepreneur allegedly began deleting Twitter posts upon joining Bush's organization; his tweet counter went down from 177 to 132.

In a Halloween 2009 post, for example, the Hipster.com co-founder apparently said that the name of the holiday was "German for 'night that girls with low self-esteem dress like sluts.'"

On Jan. 3, 2010, Czahor explained that burping at the gym is "my way of saying, 'Sorry, guys, but I'm not gay.'"

As recently as Monday, Bush's Right to Rise PAC said that while the former Florida governor considered his messages "inappropriate," the organization was "very excited" to have Czahor on board. In a statement, the committee described its hire as a "great talent in the tech world."

By Tuesday, however, Bush spokeswoman Kristy Campbell said the PAC had accepted Czahor's resignation.

"While Ethan has apologized for regrettable and insensitive comments, they do not reflect the views of Governor Bush or his organization, and it is appropriate for him to step aside," Campbell expained. "We wish him the best."

Czahor's fate should serve as a reminder that "the Internet never forgets (and) rarely forgives," according to MarketWatch, but it may also tarnish Bush's carefully crafted "eGovernor" image, which the presidential hopeful had sought to underline on Tuesday by releasing 300,000 emails from his time as Florida's chief executive.

"Some are funny; some are serious; some I wrote in frustration," Bush said about the messages. "But they're all here, so you can read them and make up your own mind."

The emails had already been obtained by several news organizations, as well as a Democratic super PAC, through open records requests, according to USA Today, but citing a "spirit of transparency," Bush made them available through a website, jebemails.com.

The site also features the first chapter of a book he is writing to emphasize his role as a technology-savvy governor.

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