IN-09: McCain-Palin Brand of Hatred Seeping Downticket

ccharles000

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Sun Oct-12-08 01:51 AM
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IN-09: McCain-Palin Brand of Hatred Seeping Downticket

After Sarah Palin kicked off the week by calling Barack Obama a friend of terrorists, we saw that her comments succeeded in whipping up the GOP ticket's supporters into a froth of racial hatred. It was only a matter of time before downballot GOP candidates would take a page from the McCain-Palin playbook and crank up the hate:

Sodrel, who faces U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., for a fourth consecutive 9th District election, said he believes Americans face losing liberties gained in the Revolutionary War if Obama defeats Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Electing Obama also would mean more government regulation and higher taxes, Sodrel said.

"As your (county party) chairman pointed out, we're in danger of electing a tyrant," Sodrel said.

"I don't think he's a communist; (Karl) Marx said you had to do it with bullets. I think he's a socialist, and he wants to do it with ballots," Sodrel said.

And that's not all -- here's what a sitting Republican Superior Court Justice in Indiana had to say at a recent GOP function, just minutes after Sodrel:

"I just want to point out he's not a communist. He's not a socialist. He's a fascist," said Superior Court 2 Judge Rod McGillivray, who is running against Democrat Kitty Coriden.
Let's hope that election night will be an especially long one for these class acts

http://swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=03C0B217CEA0BABED18F3E8823715256?diaryId=3422

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ReadTomPaine

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Sun Oct-12-08 01:54 AM
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1. "He's a fascist" ... Once again - projection, thy name is republican. n/t

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orleans

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Sun Oct-12-08 02:04 AM
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2. no shit projection. these crazy ass fuckers drive me insane! n/t

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tblue

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Sun Oct-12-08 02:29 AM
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3. Well, this strategy is working so well for McC, can you blame them?

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tjwash

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Sun Oct-12-08 06:10 AM
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6. LOL...right!

Edited on Sun Oct-12-08 06:11 AM by tjwash

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

I have to admit to enjoying the look of resignation in McCain's eyes though, as he has been reduced to making snotty remarks about cocktail-party-liberals and watching as his supporters dwindle down to only the pitchfork waving morons.

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last_texas_dem

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Sun Oct-12-08 04:34 AM
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4. Sodrel's one-time victory over Hill looks like it likely came from Shrub coattails

back in the long-ago days of '04 when the Dim One was still sort of popular.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Hill (scroll down towards the bottom of the entry for election results)

I'd assume McCain won't be as helpful at the top of the ticket, and considering Sodrel lost by about 10k in '06 (although that *was* a particularly strong Democratic year, especially in IN), I'm betting he's gonna have to stick to launching his FReeper-esque tirades in southern Indiana, and not Washington, DC.

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radfringe

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Sun Oct-12-08 06:04 AM
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5. McCain should change his "bus" to

HATE TALK EXPRESS

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magellan

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Sun Oct-12-08 06:14 AM
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7. ROFL, more Repubs trying to cure the patient by self-diagnosing

At least they've finally properly identified the symptoms, which aren't in the future but have been here for years.

For the cause they need only look in the mirror.

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saltpoint

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Sun Oct-12-08 09:23 AM
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8. The Republican Congressional delegation from Indiana is a pack of

monsters, pretty much. (Candidate) Sodrel, plus incumbents Pence, Buyer, and that nitwit Burton.

My god.

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Leopolds Ghost

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Sun Oct-12-08 10:24 AM
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9. "I just want to point out that he's not a communist. he's not a fascist. He's an alien invader..."

And we've dealt with them before, down here in rural Indiana.

"he believes Americans face losing liberties gained in the Revolutionary War"

Old news. Didn't Republicans just vote for FISA too?

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