Randall Terry to Challenge State GOP Senate Leader Over Schiavo

[MsUSA]

Talk about a one issue candidate:

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Randall Terry, who founded the militant anti-abortion group Operation Rescue and helped lead the effort to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, announced Wednesday he is running for the state Senate, setting the stage for a GOP primary in which Schiavo could be the central issue.
Terry will face state Sen. Jim King, one of nine Republicans who sided with the Democrats to block a bill aimed at keeping Schiavo alive. The primary will be in 2006.

Terry said King no longer represents the Republican base.

"The Terri Schiavo matter was unforgivable to many of the Republican loyalists," said Terry, 46. He also said King's appointment of Democrats to key positions in the Senate and his call for higher caps on medical-malpractice verdicts alienated voters.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB3R9BZ9AE.html

[damntexdem]

1. King may no longer represent the Republican base, but ...

Terry would clearly represent the basest Republicans.

[mike_c]

3. top riposte of the day award....

ding ding ding :toast:

[LittleClarkie]

2. There are a decent number of freepers

who think Randall Terry is a freak.

Republican base my ass. When both Jackson and Terry showed up in Florida, some of them said, "The circus is now complete."

[Nikki Stone 1]

12. Funny, I said the same thing

:evilgrin:

[Nikki Stone 1]

4. Another failure of a human being goes into politics

And we thought Shrub was a lose. Terry makes him look like a great success.

God help us ALL!

[powergirl]

5. Wasn't he arrested for bringing a dead fetus to the 1994 Dem Convention?

He's always waiving around some fetus in a jar. He has two gay children with whom he does not speak (I guess like Alan Keyes), was "admonished" by his church for being "inappropriate" with the female congregants, and has been sued for failure to pay child support to his first family. He should fit right in with his fellow Republicans. ACK!:puke:

[HockeyMom]

6. Let them SELF DESTRUCT

They cannot win anything with just their base.

[OneTwentyoNine]

7. Oh oh...his "current" wife better watch out.....

Last time he ran for Senate he dumped his wife of upteen years for a hotpants that was on his election committee--there's a SHINING example of those "moral values" they always preach.

[Nikki Stone 1]

9. There are no moral values in the Radical Right Religious movement

In the end, it's all about gettin' laid.

[Dr.Phool]

8. I doubt he can win

Jim King is fairly moderate for a Republican. And popular in his district. But I hope he gets tarred enough that a Dem can take his seat.

[stopbush]

10. It's a Wheel of Fortune "Before & After"!!!

Randall Terry Schiavo!

[cornermouse]

11. Gotta move that party further right, you know?