Democrats Dirty Tricks III

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Registered: 04-04-2001
Democrats Dirty Tricks III
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Wed, 10-13-2004 - 4:36pm
Tennessee Democrats have produced a campaign poster mocking the special olympics and the retarded. The NJDC has produced a "cartoon" showing Dick Cheney being beheaded. Just when you thought the Democrats couldn't sink any lower. . . .

These items may be viewed by going to the Drudge Report.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-24-2003
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 4:53pm
Do you have nothing better to do than dig up isolated cases of stupidity?

Do you get off on falsely accusing over half of the American public of being up to "dirty tricks" based upon a handful of incidents you dig up from questionable GOP smear resources?

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2001
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:07pm
Fortunately - or unfortunately depending on your point of view - it really doesn't take that much time where Kerry supporters are concerned.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-17-2004
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:11pm

Oh right! Just imagine what the reaction would be in the MSM & with Democrats if Republicans were breaking into & ransacking & shooting up Democrat campaign headquarters!


Renee ~~~

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:13pm
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Registered: 11-05-2003
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:15pm
Amen.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2001
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:25pm
I agree, if what is reported is true, it is a dirty trick and those responsible should be prosecuted. I understand that there was a lot of voter registration abuse - including some people registering as many as 35 -40 times in response to people who were being paid $2 per person to register voters. The potential for abuse regarding registration of voters is a big concern and hopefully controls can be put in place so that we will have accurate voter registration.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2001
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:27pm
Sometimes you can tell a lot about people by what they find "humorous"!
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Registered: 11-05-2003
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:29pm
Nice attack.
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:30pm
Found it on Drudge, so it must be true, right?? ;-) But I couldn't find anything about mocking the Special Olympics? I confess I'm not familiar with that site though.....Any chance of a link?
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2001
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:39pm
You can type key words into the Drudge search box to find stories they have covered. The story you couldn't find is copied below:

October 12, 2004 – Democrats in a race for a state House seat in District 82, are circulating a flyer that shows a retarded child with President Bush’s face running in a track race. The headline says: “Voting for Bush Is Like Running In The Special Olympics: Even If You Win, You’re Still Retarded.”

The flyer is being distributed by Democrat Craig Fitzhugh. His opponent, Dave Dahl has issued a call to Fitzhugh to stop distributing the flyer.

According to Dahl, “Hard-ball politics is one thing and everyone expects tough battles, but using those who are born with mental disabilities for political fodder is disgusting.”

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.”

“This kind of reckless disregard for those who suffer from mental disabilities is much larger than any state representative race. This act is so atrocious and indecent that my campaign will be sending a copy of the Fitzhugh flyer to the United States Special Olympics Committee, the Special Olympics International Group and state and national advocacy groups who work with and support special needs children and adults.”

This most recent attack on Republicans as mentally handicapped is not new. On October 28, 1994, while in Virginia, then-Vice President Al Gore attacked Oliver North's Senate bid supporters as "the extreme right wing, the extra chromosome right wing." Advocates for those with Down's Syndrome, caused by an extra chromosome, were outraged.

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