Democrat Campaign Manager's Cat Murdered 'Liberal' written on dead cat

[Ichingcarpenter]

The campaign manager of Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Ken Aden arrived home last night to find his child’s pet cat murdered on the front porch with the word “LIBERAL” scrawled across its lifeless body.

Aden’s campaign manager, Jake Burris, lives in central Arkansas with his four kids. Blue Arkansas has more on the scene at Burris’s home (emphases are ours):
Last night, Jake and his four kids had come back to their Russellville home. As they were getting out of the car, one of his children discovered their family cat dead on the front porch. One side of the animal’s head had been bashed in and an eyeball was hanging out of its socket. But there was something even more horrifying to be found on the corpse. Written across the animal’s fur in black marker was the word “LIBERAL“.


Picture of the cat in the link.


Pope County, where Burris lives, is a highly-conservative area of Arkansas. Aden has been running for the 3rd congressional district seat, currently held by Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR), since August 2011. He released a statement on the matter this morning: “To kill a child’s pet is just unconscionable. As a former combat soldier, I’ve seen the best of humanity and the worst of humanity. Whoever did this is definitely part of the worst of humanity.”

It is unclear at this time precisely who committed this heinous act.


http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/01/23/409443/arkansas-democratic-campaign-manager-comes-home-to-find-childs-cat-murdered-liberal-written-on-dead-body/

[REP]

1. 4chan is already on it

They have the info on the radio asshead who instigated this and will probably find the perpetrator. Details on a thread on Reddit.

[limpyhobbler]

2. Cat killer fits profile of a dangerous psychopath who will kill again

One of the known warning signs of certain psychopathologies, including antisocial personality disorder, also known as psychopathic personality disorder, is a history of torturing pets and small animals, a behavior known as zoosadism. According to the New York Times, "[t]he FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals a diagnostic criterion for conduct disorders.[61] "A survey of psychiatric patients who had repeatedly tortured dogs and cats found all of them had high levels of aggression toward people as well, including one patient who had murdered a young boy."[61] Robert K. Ressler, an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's behavioral sciences unit, studied serial killers and noted,"Murderers like this (Jeffrey Dahmer) very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids."[62]

Cruelty to animals is one of the three components of the Macdonald triad, indicators of violent antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. According to the studies used to form this model, cruelty to animals is a common (but not universal) behavior in children and adolescents who grow up to become serial killers and other violent criminals.

It has also been found that children who are cruel to animals have often witnessed or been victims of abuse themselves.[63] In two separate studies cited by the Humane Society of the United States roughly one-third of families suffering from domestic abuse indicated that at least one child had hurt or killed a pet.[64]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelty_to_animals#Psychological_disorders

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Well we know he won't be a Liberal, Progressive nor a Democrat

Nor will he be black, hispanic, jewish, native american, asian, pacific islander....

But he will be on the voter registration list
registered as a republican, white and a person of limited education.. a fox news watcher.

Yes and a dangerous individual

[Glimmer of Hope]

3. Good grief. I hope they find whoever did this. Those poor kids.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Oh, more "harmless campus hijinks".

Fucking psychos.

[moriah]

6. After Bill Gwatney was shot I shouldn't be this fucking shocked...

... but at least the nutcase who shot Gwatney took it out on the person, not the person's child's CAT!