"Hateful Politcs" Begin at Home
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004
Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: September 24, 2004
The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.
The mailings include images of the Bible labeled "banned" and of a gay marriage proposal labeled "allowed." A mailing to Arkansas residents warns: "This will be Arkansas if you don't vote." A similar mailing was sent to West Virginians.
A liberal religious group, the Interfaith Alliance, circulated a copy of the Arkansas mailing to reporters yesterday to publicize it. "What they are doing is despicable,'' said Don Parker, a spokesman for the alliance. "They are playing on people's fears and emotions."
for the entire article visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/politics/campaign/24bible.html
Same tactics (see below) used in Texas campaign ( Republican Religious extremists attacking Republican Religious Moderates ! )
The Politics of Hatred: FreePAC's Gay-Bashing Reveals the Dark Side of Texas Politics
Capitol Chronicle
BY MICHAEL KING The Austin Chronicle
March 15, 2002:
"This type of hate mongering is reminiscent of the Nazis; this type of hate mongering is reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan; this type of hate mongering is typical of the skinheads; this type of hate mongering is now being practiced by the al Qaeda and the Taliban."
Republican Texas Lt Governor Bill Ratliff comments describing the Texas Right Wing Religious Extremists
source:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-03-15/pols_capitol.html
Byrd urges vote for Kerry
The Associated Press
BECKLEY, W.Va. -- To shouts of "hallelujah" and "Amen!" from his audience, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Monday denounced a Republican campaign brochure suggesting that electing John Kerry would lead to an attempt to ban the Bible.
Byrd said the brochure sent by the Republican National Committee to the homes of many evangelical Christians in West Virginia and Arkansas is "trash (and) it’s a lie."
"You’re being fed a bunch of trash," he told an interfaith group convened in Beckley to talk about how Kerry would keep traditional family values a focus of his administration. "The people who put this out (are) taking West Virginians to be gullible, ignorant fools."
Waving the copy of the U.S. Constitution he always carries, Byrd told the group "the Constitution will never let the Bible be banned."
source: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2004/September/28/LNlist1a.htm
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Brownwood Bert Massey II comments on one of State Representative Jim Keffer’s Opponents:
“ One of them has engaged in a mailing campaign sending brochures that contain nothing but untruths about Jim Keffer’s record of service.”
On “Freedom Pac” : “ That organization’s statements about Jim Keffer are untrue, a distortion of his record, and are the most vicious statements in any political campaign that I have ever seen. Jim’s two opponents should have publicly repudiated” Freedom Pac “
source: Brownwood Bulletin - Sunday March 10, 2002 (pg. 8a)
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Dallas Morning News Editorial
DESPICABLE
“The Free Enterprise Political action committee’s attempt to smear some Texas Republcians for supporting a needed hate crimes law deserves the come-uppiance it received from acting Lt Gov. Bill Ratliff and 22 Senators. The Free-pac mailer took Texas politics to a new low. “
Source: DMN Saturday, March 09, 2002
Who are they (Free-pac) ? Coming soon !
Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: September 24, 2004
The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.
The mailings include images of the Bible labeled "banned" and of a gay marriage proposal labeled "allowed." A mailing to Arkansas residents warns: "This will be Arkansas if you don't vote." A similar mailing was sent to West Virginians.
A liberal religious group, the Interfaith Alliance, circulated a copy of the Arkansas mailing to reporters yesterday to publicize it. "What they are doing is despicable,'' said Don Parker, a spokesman for the alliance. "They are playing on people's fears and emotions."
for the entire article visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/politics/campaign/24bible.html
Same tactics (see below) used in Texas campaign ( Republican Religious extremists attacking Republican Religious Moderates ! )
The Politics of Hatred: FreePAC's Gay-Bashing Reveals the Dark Side of Texas Politics
Capitol Chronicle
BY MICHAEL KING The Austin Chronicle
March 15, 2002:
"This type of hate mongering is reminiscent of the Nazis; this type of hate mongering is reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan; this type of hate mongering is typical of the skinheads; this type of hate mongering is now being practiced by the al Qaeda and the Taliban."
Republican Texas Lt Governor Bill Ratliff comments describing the Texas Right Wing Religious Extremists
source:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-03-15/pols_capitol.html
Byrd urges vote for Kerry
The Associated Press
BECKLEY, W.Va. -- To shouts of "hallelujah" and "Amen!" from his audience, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Monday denounced a Republican campaign brochure suggesting that electing John Kerry would lead to an attempt to ban the Bible.
Byrd said the brochure sent by the Republican National Committee to the homes of many evangelical Christians in West Virginia and Arkansas is "trash (and) it’s a lie."
"You’re being fed a bunch of trash," he told an interfaith group convened in Beckley to talk about how Kerry would keep traditional family values a focus of his administration. "The people who put this out (are) taking West Virginians to be gullible, ignorant fools."
Waving the copy of the U.S. Constitution he always carries, Byrd told the group "the Constitution will never let the Bible be banned."
source: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2004/September/28/LNlist1a.htm
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Brownwood Bert Massey II comments on one of State Representative Jim Keffer’s Opponents:
“ One of them has engaged in a mailing campaign sending brochures that contain nothing but untruths about Jim Keffer’s record of service.”
On “Freedom Pac” : “ That organization’s statements about Jim Keffer are untrue, a distortion of his record, and are the most vicious statements in any political campaign that I have ever seen. Jim’s two opponents should have publicly repudiated” Freedom Pac “
source: Brownwood Bulletin - Sunday March 10, 2002 (pg. 8a)
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Dallas Morning News Editorial
DESPICABLE
“The Free Enterprise Political action committee’s attempt to smear some Texas Republcians for supporting a needed hate crimes law deserves the come-uppiance it received from acting Lt Gov. Bill Ratliff and 22 Senators. The Free-pac mailer took Texas politics to a new low. “
Source: DMN Saturday, March 09, 2002
Who are they (Free-pac) ? Coming soon !
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