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October 13, 2004
A new low?
Here's something fascinating: according to a story I'm so far unable to confirm, Tennessee Republican congressional candidate Dave Dahl has complained that Republicans are being compared to Special Olympics children: Dahl says the flyers have been distributed for at least two weeks from Fitzhugh’s campaign office in Ripley, Tennessee. It also serves as the Kerry-Edwards headquarters. “At first, I really did not believe that Fitzhugh and the Democrats would stoop to such gutter politics, but then people started bringing the flyer to me at the end of last week. I was shocked and disgusted.” Here's the flyer: Again, I cannot confirm this, and because past experience has given me cause to doubt the reliability of the reporting web site, I emailed the candidate Dave Dahl himself, and will post any reply I receive. I'll say this, though. If the story is true, it's yet another example of outrageous bigotry by Democrats, and it needs to be reported more widely. UPDATE: The story has been confirmed in a press release at TeamGOP (Tennessee's official Republican news and commentary site). MORE: Tom Maguire discusses the possibility that this may have been a hoax. Look, as soon as I saw the TVC was involved, my antennae were up, which is why I cautioned readers accordingly. Still no word from anyone at the Dahl campaign..... I'm having trouble loading the teamgop.com site, so here is the text of Dave Dahl's press release:
Below is a news release from State (FULL DISCLOSURE: Dave serves on the Board of Directors of TeamGOP
This kind of sleazy propaganda should
News Release
For Immediate Release: Contact: Dave Dahl Campaign
731-287-8166 October 11, 2004 www.VoteDahl.com Dave Dahl denounces Fitzhugh’s attack of Republican voters
Dyersburg, TN- Today, Republican nominee for State House District
The flyers have been distributed for at least 2 weeks from State
Dahl said, “In my first campaign against Mr. Fitzhugh two
“This kind of reckless disregard for those who suffer from
Dahl concluded, “My heart goes out to the millions of families
### posted by Eric on 10.13.04 at 01:42 PM
Comments
Contemptible. Probably somebody did do this because political discourse has been so degraded this year that I would not put anything past certain people. I'm not going to blame Kerry for it, just some retard who thinks he's doing Kerry a favor. I looked at Dave Dahl's site and I didn't see anything attacking homosexuals, which surprised me since that's what Lou Sheldon's so-called "Traditional Values Coalition" is all about. Lou Sheldon is a particularly despicable character who, after 9/11/2001, tried to get the government not to compensate homosexuals for the loss of their loved ones in that atrocity. Steven Malcolm Anderson (Cato the Elder) the Lesbian-worshipping gun-loving selfish aesthete · October 13, 2004 03:48 PM It's been independently confirmed (and is now linked on Drudge) so it appears that the TVC report was accurate. Eric Scheie · October 13, 2004 04:10 PM I think it is funny. Bush is kind of a retard. And it isn't degrading kids with special needs, it is saying 'hey, even you could be president some day.' Nick · October 15, 2004 01:05 PM |
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Well, if true (which would not surprise me), it's hardly original.
It's an old, old internet thing, and someone pasted Bush's head on it.
Which is, well, usually about all such folks are capable of.