Thune Flyer pisses off Lakotas - Good news for Daschle

[GeorgeBushytail]

ROSEBUD, S.D. - A campaign flyer from John Thune's campaign office started a groundswell of resentment as it brought back some unpleasant memories of racism in South Dakota.

A flyer with a picture of prairie dogs on the front with the words ''The dogs are lining up to vote for Tom Daschle,'' appeared in many western South Dakota mail boxes just a week before the election.

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And to add fuel to the fire, Thune campaign workers were caught taking photos of people who voted early on the Rosebud Reservation.

The problem for Indian country originated decades ago when many stores in the state displayed signs that said, ''No Dogs or Indians allowed.'' The inference that American Indians are equated with dogs has carried on in the minds of many people middle aged and older, and they have spoken of those memories to the younger people.
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Many people have taken the flyer issue to the Democratic Party offices on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservation and it was a major topic on the Pine Ridge Radio station KILI on Oct. 28.
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The flyer wouldn't have been so offensive had it used the words prairie dog instead of just dog. Also inside the flyer the sentence: ''No wonder the varmints are heading to the polls to vote for him.''

As that flyer was put in the mail, there were more than 1,300 members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe that had already voted; at Pine Ridge more than 1,000. So the inference is perceived, people said, that they are the dogs that are showing up to vote. It is known that American Indians vote Democratic more than Republican.

[AIJ Alom]

1. Thune is disgusting. n/t

[eleny]

2. That is so stupid!

If he were to get elected, he's now got all the Dems against him. Thune is an idiot and I'm glad he shot himself in the foot.

[GeorgeBushytail]

3. Here are some Freeper responses to ad

Gag:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1264857/posts

Get over yourselves people..You cheated the guy out of his victory last time so STFU
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I know three Thune voters who switched because of this stupid ad to vote for Daschle.
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"Do they want to hand this thing to Dasshole?"

Looks like it! Idiots!
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this "outrage" was all instigated by Dassholes people- i'll bet on that. the Indians would have never made such a ridiculous connection on their own... someone has been calling them and "suggesting" they should be outraged over this,
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1) There were never any "No Dogs or Indians" signs. I'd love to see one bit of verifiable historical evidence to support that claim.
(2) This is just political posturing - no one was actually offended by these ads.

[yellowcanine]

4. Oh yeah. Piss off the Lakotas. That's a brilliant idea, Thune.

And while you are at it, piss off the American Indians in Arizona, New mexico and Colorado as well. And Republicans are winning points for trying to suppress the minority vote in Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin. Oh these guys deserve everything they are going to get tomorrow.