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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:44 AM
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Barbara Cubin (R -WY) threatens to slap wheelchair-bound Libertarian candid...
http://www.swingstateproject.com/2006/10/wyal_barbara_cu_1.php

Monday, October 23, 2006
WY-AL: Barbara Cubin is Despicable
Posted by DavidNYC

From the Casper Star-Tribune:

The verbal sparring between two candidates for Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat didn't end when the televised debate ended Sunday evening.

Immediately after the lights and cameras shut down, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin walked to Libertarian candidate Thomas Rankin, who had criticized her for receiving contributions from former House Speaker Tom Delay, R-Texas.

"'If you weren't sitting in that chair, I'd slap you across the face,'" Cubin told Rankin, he said Monday.


Rankin suffers from multiple sclerosis. "That chair" is the wheelchair he uses. I'm just in disbelief.

Barbara Cubin is a despicable, disgusting human being - and I think I'm being too polite. I sure as hell hope netroots candidate Gary Trauner sends her into early retirement next month.

(Via the DCCC.)
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maine_raptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:46 AM
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1. I see a "Worst Person" Award headed her way.
Send this to Keith!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:51 AM
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2. is she related to Dick Cheney?
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:01 AM
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6. No, but she is holding his old job
The At-Large Congressional Seat in Wyoming

Here's her Democratic opponent, Gary Trauner
http://www.traunerforcongress.com/
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:56 AM
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3. The truth hurts baby
I hope this is widely known. It can't help her and the polls are closer than you would think for Wyoming.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:58 AM
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4. Slapping faces in public is no way for a congresscritter to act!
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 06:59 AM
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5. Violence is the solution for everything.
To the rethug mind.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:03 AM
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7. good thing she didn't have a gun. n/t
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 07:19 AM
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8. .
Oh another fine Repub candidate. How classe and courageous.
I hope she loses big time.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 08:05 AM
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9. Must be more Cheney kin from Wyoming.
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 08:26 AM
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10. What is it with these conservative women?
It's almost as if they're making it a point to be even more extreme in their right wing attitudes than the men! :shrug:
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verse18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 08:28 AM
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11. Repugs threaten violence
when anyone points out the truth. Sad.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 08:34 AM
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12. "That chair" has little to do with how despicable that remark is.
To threaten a physical attack is, independent of the target, an abdication of civility and reason that's inconsistent with the (supposed) trust one might place in a representative. (Not that I haven't felt like strangling someone myself.)
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 10:14 PM
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13. self delete
Edited on Tue Oct-24-06 10:31 PM by Kire
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