Desperate DeWine Labels Hackett "insurgent"

[onenote]

No kidding. A friend with Ohio ties just showed me a copy of a fundraising letter he got in the mail from DeWine. It starts out by talking about "The recent decision by both Democrat Congressman Sherrod Brown and insurgent Democrat activist Paul Hackett to get in the Senate race...."

How offensive can you get...labelling Hackett an "insurgent"?
Shameless, just shameless.

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[thefloyd]

1. Wow

Dewine has no shame Cons have no shame. Just goes to show how Cons treat veterans once again

[tk2kewl]

2. sounds like a badge of honor to me

we need a political insurgency in this country

[aquart]

13. Sounds like a dangerously serious threat to me.

He's saying that Hackett, a citizen, is a terrorist which means he could be labeled an enemy non-combatant and denied due process.

With our current laws, that is NOT just lobbing desperate insults.

[Teaser]

3. Well he is the "insurgent."

That's the role he's taken by going up against the establishment candidate. And I, for one, am glad he's taken that role.

[Gman]

4. I like that! An insurgent!

Cool! The revolution is now recognized.

Actually it's a pretty slimey way to disparage someone by using the same word that's used to describe Iraqi freedom fighters.

[stepnw1f]

5. What a Punk Ass Bitch!

I love how the GOP underestimates the public's ability to see the truth.

[KeepItReal]

28. Wish you were right, but remember what they did to Max Cleland

They put Vietnam Vet and hero Cleland and Bin Laden's pic in the same muhf*cking ad and got away with it...And having PC voting over GA didn't hurt Saxby Chambliss either.

[brentspeak]

6. We'll see even more desperate and crazy GOP campaigning

in the next couple of years. Bush is now a liability, not an asset to incumbent Republicans. What can they run on? Certainly not their pathetic records.

[Gato Moteado]

7. way to support the troops......

...i said it before and i'll say it again:

republicans are human garbage

[Zynx]

8. Poor choice of words.

I don't think he meant that, but regardless it was a dumb thing to say.

[Lerkfish]

31. words used in political campaigns are chosen very carefully.

I don't think any single word or punctuation mark is not highly scrutinized by the campaign team.

[David Van Os]

9. obnoxious

Obnoxious labeling.

[Jane Austin]

14. Hey, everybody. David Van Os is running for Texas Attorney General!

Welcome to DU!

[annabanana]

18. Hey there!

Welcome to DU! Best of luck from all here!
:toast:

[Old and In the Way]

33. Welcome aboard!

Glad to see more state pols connecting here on the DU. Look forward to seeing your posts here...this was is succint and to the point.

:-)

[autorank]

10. This is a major "grudge match"...stand back and watch Hackett kick ass.

Hackett endeared himself to me when he campaigned as a real Democrat.

In the Ohio 2nd district special election, he carried the most rural counties bordering Kentucky by 60% to 40%. He came close in Hamilton County (the burbs outside Cincinnati) but lost in cauldrons of election irregularities, Clermont and Warren Counties.

I believe that he won that election and here's why. I also love this guy.

He called Bush a "son of a bitch" in public (radio too I believe) and referred to people in the White House who sent people to war without ever serving as "chicken hawks."

Ironically, DeWine's son lost to Schmidt in the Republican primary. Otherwise, it would have been a Hackett - DeWine race for the 2nd.

This guy has it. We better figure out what happened in the special election out there (measures polling 'yes' with a 20% margin lost by 30%...sure, that happens).

Hackett :yourock:

[IndianaGreen]

11. Normally the label insurgent would apply when the incumbent

is being challenged from someone from his/her own party for the nomination.

The use of "insurgent" by a chickenhawk GOP incumbent is more sinister. It is a ridiculous attempt to link Hackett to the Iraqi insurgency. This is no accident by the idiot DeWine. Bush has already accused Democrats of betraying and demoralizing the troops and giving comfort to America's enemies because Democratic leaders are asking about the way the Bush dictatorship lied about WMDs.

We can expect to see more of these smears in the future by other GOP incumbents fearful of losing control of Congress.

[rucky]

12. Draft DeWine!

for IRAQ.

[DeepModem Mom]

15. That's a loaded word, and these people are out of control. I guess...

they intend to Max-Cleland and John-Kerry Hackett. Things may have changed a bit, however -- I wonder if it will work now, or backfire?

[snowbear]

16. Man.... I'd say he's BEYOND Desparate! DeWine has gone LOONIE!!

Rock on Major Hackett!! :headbang:

[OzarkDem]

17. Hahahaha!

Old Mike and the RNC must really be sweating this one.

[tsuki]

19. DeWhine labels War Vet "insurgent." Limpballs labels Marine

"paper pushing puke." Is this the best the spin of the GOP? Pathetic.

[AtomicKitten]

20. Luv that crazy talk.

It will prove to be the demise of the Republican Party. America ain't buying it.

[salin]

21. LTTE time.....

to Ohio newspapers... quoting directly from the DeWine fundraising letter - and asking if this is the language that should be used for one willing to risk his life in Iraq, serving at the president's behest - against insurgent attacks? Shameful and should be put into the papers.

[0007]

22. DeWine is finished, he has no credibility and even less class.

Nationalofficial study of Ohio’s problems was conducted by John Conyers and House Judiciary Committee members shortly after the election. Conyers details his findings in What Went Wrong in Ohio: the Conyers Report on the 2004 Presidential Election. Tactics to ensure a Bush win in Ohio included race-based voter suppression targeting black citizens, mis allocation of voting equipment, and strange happenings. One of the strangest irregularities was the lockout of observers and media by Warren County’s Board of Elections during vote counting due to a “national security alert” provided directly to their location. The FBI flatly denied that any such alert to Warren was issued.

[LynneSin]

23. You know, I'm not feeling too confident about Ohio

Not with their voting system

:cry:

[Vickers]

24. It would be beautiful to see DeWine say that to Hackett's face

:eyes:

[flpoljunkie]

25. Insurgent label makes plain it is Hackett Dewine fears, not Sherrod Brown.

[zbdent]

26. And they're bitching about Sherrod Brown "plagiarizing" something

from an obviously sympathetic web site . . .

This proves that DeWine is scum.

And then they'll blame it on the spellchecker - "What I really meant to say is 'a surging' Democrat . . ."

Also, they tried the "smear" ACTIVIST . . .

[underpants]

27. Attention! They are going to turn the whole thing back into the 60's

from this Dewine letter to W talking about helping the enemy and hurting the troops they are going to turn this back into the pro-war anti-war Vietnam era nastiness.

[IronLionZion]

29. Then Senator DeWine is Saddam Hussein

Grass-roots campaigns that run against the establishment are often called "insurgent". However, it's a poor choice of words for a patriotic veteran who fought for DeWine's freedom in Iraq. What is DeWine's military service? non-existent? Then he can go Cheney himself.

You know what this means right? Paul Hackett can win!

[mtnester]

30. Make sure you notify VolcanoJen - I think she is working for the Hackett

campaign. And, there is NO WAY Paul Hackett lets this "pass". Watch.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. resurgent. RE-surgent. That damned librul press misquoterated me.

Wasn't he a surgent in the army, anyway?
damn libruls.