Sen. Padgett's actual flyer smearing ex-hostage Terry Anderson...

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It seemed buried in another thread, so I reposted. It's totally damning. And it's toal B.S. this this is being ignored by mainstream press TV news usually eats up stuff like this. A microcosm of national Republican politics, THIS STORY NEEDS HELP GETTING OUT THERE. Story/links below.



Here is: an excerpt from the Guardian article, a link to it, a link to 2 more local articles, and a link to the flyer itself.

MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) - Former Mideast hostage Terry Anderson walked out of a debate in his state Senate campaign, angry over his opponent's use of a photo of him with an official of the Hezbollah guerrilla group. Anderson, a Democrat, faulted a brochure from Republican Sen. Joy Padgett that says he suggested shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorism that ``America's enemies have reason to hate us.''

Anderson was chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press when he was kidnapped in Lebanon by Iranian-sponsored terrorists in 1985. He was freed in 1991. At Wednesday's debate, Anderson declined to answer the first question, instead making a statement of protest and then walking out.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4567032,00.html

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/1021202004_new03debate.asp

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/news/updates/9603.html