Having finally run out of ideas (thank goodness, because let's face
it, the ideas they've had so far have all been terrible), Republicans
have got one thing left to run on this fall: hate.

The poster boy for this plan is Vernon Robinson of North Carolina, who
has so far run one of the most despicable campaigns ever.

Robinson has run radio ads saying that if his opponent, Democrat Brad
Miller, is re-elected to represent North Carolina's District 13,
"America would be nothing but one big fiesta for illegal aliens and
homosexuals."

The ad comes complete with mariachi music in the background.

Robinson has also called Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of DailyKos.com,
"Brad Miller's San Francisco Soul Mate."

Get it?

Don't vote for Brad Miller - he's gay!

But Robinson hasn't just stopped at "gay by association" innuendo -
he's also taken it to a very personal level.

According to the News & Observer:
http://www.newsobserver.com/630/story/445032.html


"Soon after winning the GOP primary in the 13th District in May,
Robinson mailed literature to more than 400,000 households portraying
Miller's voting record and personal life as being out of the
mainstream.

Among many other things, the literature calls Miller a "childless,
middle-aged personal injury lawyer."


Middle-aged and childless?

The guy must be gay, right?

Um, actually, no:


Miller said his wife of nearly 25 years, Esther Hall, could not bear
children because she had endometriosis and then a hysterectomy at age
27 before the couple were married.


Still, nothing like trying to win over the bigots in NC-13 by using
your opponent's wife's medical problems to insinuate that he's queer,
eh Vernon?



From Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/

Harry

Having finally run out of ideas (thank goodness, because let's face
it, the ideas they've had so far have all been terrible), Republicans
have got one thing left to run on this fall: hate.