Brad Blog: The Purported 'Anthrax Killer', Was a Registered Democrat

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6245

Bruce E. Ivins, reportedly on the verge of being indicted for capital murder in the anthrax killings, was a registered Democrat, according to the Fredrick County, MD Board of Elections. He had been registered there since 1982 and records indicate that he voted in "every election since 1996," including Democratic primaries, according to the official who responded to a request from West Virginia-based radio host Bob Kincaid.

The party affiliation of the bio-terror researcher who worked at U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) adds a notable twist to the ever increasing questions surrounding the bizarre case following Ivins' reported suicide last week. He was, according to media reports, soon to be indicted for charges related to the post-9/11 terror attacks that rocked the nation and, as Salon's Glen Greenwald has very effectively argued, served as crucial influence towards marching the country towards war with Iraq.

Last week, as the story of Ivins' reported suicide were breaking, The BRAD BLOG excoriated the corporate mainstream media for failing to note that the targets of the multiple post-9/11 terror attacks on American soil were primarily powerful men, perceived as "liberals" by the Republican rightwing. Nonetheless, despite two senior Democratic U.S. senators, Tom Daschle of SD and Patrick Leahy of VT, having been the only known governmental targets in the deadly letter campaign, which also included perceived "liberal" media figurehead Tom Brokaw, the MSM coverage --- almost uniformly --- failed to note the obvious correlations in the attacks. Most even failed to even mention the names of those who were directly targeted in what was clearly meant to appear as a follow-up attack from Muslim extremists.

Furthermore, as we also noted on Friday, despite a parade of reporters who had contacted Ivins' oldest brother Thomas that day for comment, not one of them --- until us --- bothered even to inquire about Bruce's political leanings or affiliations.

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That was too snarky for a :sarcasm:

And from what I've heard, Fred Phelps was also a Democrat. Probably a Blue Dog.

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It only proves that political affiliation doesn't mean shit. I'm surprised limpballs or Hannity didn't break it first.

I'd love to see it.

having worked in medical research for 10 years before changing careers, I can say that in my experience Republicons were few and far between in basic science.

Medical Research? Congratulations. Your post proves nothing more than your own personal bias.

How do you define "basic science"?

In your "experience", how many "republicons" were there in "basic science"?

I read a survey in a professional journal in a few months ago, and I will try to get that data.

Here are a couple links, but they don't have data, and I'm interested in seeing the numbers too!

http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed050808a.cfm

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/12/21/politics

Insanity has no ideology (well, except for the really gone rethugs).

K & R

This simply doesn't make sense!

I truly hope this doesn't get buried like every other nefarious thing the present administration has orchestrated. Someone caused the death of many innocent people, they should be punished!

Hell! We only have two republicans in the state. I think their names are Bob Ehrlich and Mike Steele. A Democrat in Maryland. That's one for the No Shit Sherlock file.

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