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  • THURSDAY AUGUST 7 2008 6:00 AM

Who Needs Republicans?

Submitted by FearTheReaper

Edited by erin_broadley

Tags: Democrats, Republicans, Tennessee, Kansas, Nikki Tinker, Steven Cohen, Gail Finney, Inga Taylor

Turns out Democrats can be just as horrible, hateful people as our GOP friends. This week Democrats in a couple of primaries took the low road with ugly religious and gay attacks. It’s really sweet to see the supposed liberal party go to depths many Republicans would not.

First came Democrat Nikki Tinker, who is running against Democratic Representative Steven Cohen for Tennessee’s 9th district seat. The election is today and Nikki is apparently down in polling, so she took the lowest road possible. It’s a road Hitler would have been proud of. Her latest ad is far from subtle.


In the ad, a child’s voice is heard praying while the narrator, clearly meant to be a black woman but not Tinker, wonders who “the real Steve Cohen is anyway” while questioning one of Cohen votes on school prayer while in the state Senate.

While he’s in OUR churches clapping his hands and tapping his feet, he was the only Senator who thought OUR kids shouldn’t be allowed to pray in school.


Yeah, what is that Jew doing in your churches? And how dare that Jew uphold the Constitution of the United States by voting against prayer in schools. I wish I could show you the ad, but Tinker pulled it from You Tube due to complaints.

This isn’t the first time Cohen’s religion has come into the race. Over the past few months, black ministers have passed out these fliers:



Nikki Tinker has refused to denounce the fliers. The black ministers began to circulate them because of Cohen’s support for federal hate crimes legislation to protect gay rights. Go Democrats!

Oh, and don’t forget about Cohen’s KKK connections.



That’s about as low as it gets - and it's coming from a Democrat. Meanwhile, Cohen is a freshman Congressman who sounds like a decent legistator.


He has earned a reputation as a loquacious, media-friendly liberal, outspoken in his opposition to the Iraq war, aggressive in questioning Bush administration officials on the House Judiciary Committee and assiduous in efforts to cultivate his majority-black constituency, including initiatives to rename federal buildings in Memphis after African-Americans.


But he’s not black and he’s a Jew and Nikki Tinker is making sure everyone in the district knows. Hopefully she loses the election today.

Some equally vile conduct is occurring in Kansas, home of ignorance. Gail Finney, a marketing consultant and vice-chairwoman of the local Democratic Party, was in trouble going into the final days of the primary for the state's 84th District House seat. But yesterday, she defeated Inga Taylor, a black lesbian, by using the classic GOP “here comes the gay agenda” attacks in the final days of the campaign.

Using a “coordinated mail, e-mail and phone campaign,” Finney was able to swing voters and win easily. Here’s a sample of an email that went out.


Taylor considers it an honor that if elected, she will be the 1st openly gay African American Legislator in the United States. If you will go to the www.victoryfund.com website, you will see that they are excited about the same and working strategically to ensure that this candidate wins the election . . . Who would she be representing? Those that fund her from the East Coast or 84th District? Is this what we want to be known for in Kansas? In Wichita?


Oh, my God no. They might change the name to Lesbichita.

The Victory Fund realized how serious the anti-gay attacks were on Tuesday and asked Kansas governor and serious vice president contender, Kathleen Sebelius, to denounce Finney’s tactics. Sebelius did nothing. If there's one thing you can always count on from Democrats, it's that they will run away from their beliefs during election time.


“What’s the matter with Kansas Democrats? We plan for and expect openly gay candidates will face attacks from right-wing bigots, not Democratic Party officials,” said Victory Fund president and CEO Chuck Wolfe, adding, “This is divisive, gutter politics at its worst, and Gail Finney should be ashamed of herself.”


Go Democratic Party! Feel the pride.

FearTheReaper is a comic, writer and actor. You can read more of his babbling on his blog, Stop All Monsters.

 

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UpTight

UpTight

I'm lost
December 2003

AUG 07, 2008 01:26 PM

Christian Jew haters love Jesus, and hate Jews because they think Jews hate Jesus.

I can only assume the Christian Jew haters don't realise that Jesus was himself Jewish.

If they did realise that Jesus was a Jew, surely they would hate him too...and maybe empathise with Jewish Jesus-haters for hating the same Jew as they do.

pariah002

pariah002

Pittsburgh, PA
July 2003

AUG 07, 2008 02:37 PM

Just another nail in the coffin that is my faith in humanity.

Varuka_Salt

Varuka_Salt

I'm lost
October 2006

AUG 07, 2008 02:44 PM

Isn't it awesome how religious folk are so accepting of each others beliefs? God, bringing us all together once again.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

AUG 07, 2008 03:02 PM

FearTheReaper said:
Turns out Democrats can be just as horrible, hateful people as our GOP friends.


Of course they can. They're human beings. The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that these are individual, despicable people running for House seats, while with Republicans, these are acceptable campaign strategies promoted by the Republican campaign committees.

FearTheReaper also said:The Victory Fund realized how serious the anti-gay attacks were on Tuesday and asked Kansas governor and serious vice president contender, Kathleen Sebelius, to denounce Finney's tactics. Sebelius did nothing. If there's one thing you can always count on from Democrats, it's that they will run away from their beliefs during election time.


Sebelius isn't up for re-election this year. But you know, I hear Barack Obama's running for something this year, what'd he have to say about these sorts of ads (referring specifically, in this case, to the Tinker ads)?

"These incendiary and personal attacks have no place in our politics, and will do nothing to help the good people of Tennessee," Obama said in a statement. "It's time to turn the page on a politics driven by negativity and division so that we can come together to lift up our communities and our country."


But hey, don't let a little thing like facts get in the way of your bipartisan hatred.

SergeantPsycho

SergeantPsycho

USA
January 2007

AUG 07, 2008 05:03 PM

bean said:

FearTheReaper said:
Turns out Democrats can be just as horrible, hateful people as our GOP friends.


Of course they can. They're human beings. The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that these are individual, despicable people running for House seats, while with Republicans, these are acceptable campaign strategies promoted by the Republican campaign committees.

FearTheReaper also said:The Victory Fund realized how serious the anti-gay attacks were on Tuesday and asked Kansas governor and serious vice president contender, Kathleen Sebelius, to denounce Finney's tactics. Sebelius did nothing. If there's one thing you can always count on from Democrats, it's that they will run away from their beliefs during election time.


Sebelius isn't up for re-election this year. But you know, I hear Barack Obama's running for something this year, what'd he have to say about these sorts of ads (referring specifically, in this case, to the Tinker ads)?

"These incendiary and personal attacks have no place in our politics, and will do nothing to help the good people of Tennessee," Obama said in a statement. "It's time to turn the page on a politics driven by negativity and division so that we can come together to lift up our communities and our country."


But hey, don't let a little thing like facts get in the way of your bipartisan hatred.



Obama is just as bad. How much of a smear is it to suggest your opposition is afraid of you because you "don't look like othe presidents"?

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

USA
May 2006

AUG 07, 2008 05:07 PM

SergeantPsycho said:

bean said:

FearTheReaper said:
Turns out Democrats can be just as horrible, hateful people as our GOP friends.


Of course they can. They're human beings. The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that these are individual, despicable people running for House seats, while with Republicans, these are acceptable campaign strategies promoted by the Republican campaign committees.

FearTheReaper also said:The Victory Fund realized how serious the anti-gay attacks were on Tuesday and asked Kansas governor and serious vice president contender, Kathleen Sebelius, to denounce Finney's tactics. Sebelius did nothing. If there's one thing you can always count on from Democrats, it's that they will run away from their beliefs during election time.


Sebelius isn't up for re-election this year. But you know, I hear Barack Obama's running for something this year, what'd he have to say about these sorts of ads (referring specifically, in this case, to the Tinker ads)?

"These incendiary and personal attacks have no place in our politics, and will do nothing to help the good people of Tennessee," Obama said in a statement. "It's time to turn the page on a politics driven by negativity and division so that we can come together to lift up our communities and our country."


But hey, don't let a little thing like facts get in the way of your bipartisan hatred.



Obama is just as bad. How much of a smear is it to suggest your opposition is afraid of you because you "don't look like othe presidents"?



Right. Because making a joke about those buttons and things that were being sold at Republican events ("Can we still call it the Whitehouse" and others) is so the same thing.

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

SUICIDEGIRL

USA

AUG 07, 2008 05:08 PM

coyotemike said:

SergeantPsycho said:

bean said:

FearTheReaper said:
Turns out Democrats can be just as horrible, hateful people as our GOP friends.


Of course they can. They're human beings. The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that these are individual, despicable people running for House seats, while with Republicans, these are acceptable campaign strategies promoted by the Republican campaign committees.

FearTheReaper also said:The Victory Fund realized how serious the anti-gay attacks were on Tuesday and asked Kansas governor and serious vice president contender, Kathleen Sebelius, to denounce Finney's tactics. Sebelius did nothing. If there's one thing you can always count on from Democrats, it's that they will run away from their beliefs during election time.


Sebelius isn't up for re-election this year. But you know, I hear Barack Obama's running for something this year, what'd he have to say about these sorts of ads (referring specifically, in this case, to the Tinker ads)?

"These incendiary and personal attacks have no place in our politics, and will do nothing to help the good people of Tennessee," Obama said in a statement. "It's time to turn the page on a politics driven by negativity and division so that we can come together to lift up our communities and our country."


But hey, don't let a little thing like facts get in the way of your bipartisan hatred.



Obama is just as bad. How much of a smear is it to suggest your opposition is afraid of you because you "don't look like othe presidents"?



Right. Because making a joke about those buttons and things that were being sold at Republican events ("Can we still call it the Whitehouse" and others) is so the same thing.


this was a private seller who is actually no longer allowed to participate in RNC events because of what they did.

SergeantPsycho

SergeantPsycho

USA
January 2007

AUG 07, 2008 05:09 PM

He wasn't talking about the button guy, he was talking about Bush and McCain.

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

USA
May 2006

AUG 07, 2008 05:18 PM

SergeantPsycho said:
He wasn't talking about the button guy, he was talking about Bush and McCain.



Actually, Obama only says "they" and "their only strategy" not "Bush and McCain" or "McCain's campaign strategy."

Sounds like he is refering to conservatives in the street who (and I have heard this a time or two myself) talk about his middle name, how America is not ready for a black president, how they would support him being killed, things like that.

SergeantPsycho

SergeantPsycho

USA
January 2007

AUG 07, 2008 06:49 PM

coyotemike said:

SergeantPsycho said:
He wasn't talking about the button guy, he was talking about Bush and McCain.



Actually, Obama only says "they" and "their only strategy" not "Bush and McCain" or "McCain's campaign strategy."

Sounds like he is refering to conservatives in the street who (and I have heard this a time or two myself) talk about his middle name, how America is not ready for a black president, how they would support him being killed, things like that.



And exactly how does he know what the "conservatives in the street" think? Does he have supporters visit the Red States and poll people?

"Excuse me, sir or madam, I'm conducting to a poll. Do you support Barack Obama being killed:
a) Very Strongly
b) Some what strongly
c) Not very strongly

or

d) Not at all. "

stockula

stockula

Anchorage, AK
May 2003

AUG 07, 2008 06:52 PM

I found out something horrible about another Democrat politician, too: He accepts tons of money from oil companies, even more than his Republican opponent.

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

USA
May 2006

AUG 07, 2008 06:59 PM

SergeantPsycho said:

coyotemike said:

SergeantPsycho said:
He wasn't talking about the button guy, he was talking about Bush and McCain.



Actually, Obama only says "they" and "their only strategy" not "Bush and McCain" or "McCain's campaign strategy."

Sounds like he is refering to conservatives in the street who (and I have heard this a time or two myself) talk about his middle name, how America is not ready for a black president, how they would support him being killed, things like that.



And exactly how does he know what the "conservatives in the street" think?



It isn't exactly a secret. I've heard statements like that on the local talk radio shows, in the post office, in restaurants and cafes, in line at grocery stores . . . the people who say things like that aren't hiding it.

Uncognitive

Uncognitive

Brooklyn, NY
May 2003

AUG 07, 2008 07:46 PM

stockula said:
I found out something horrible about another Democrat politician, too: He accepts tons of money from oil companies, even more than his Republican opponent.



Since reading isn't your forte, how about a nice, simple chart that shows how laughably wrong you are?

Necia

Necia

San Francisco, CA
August 2005

AUG 07, 2008 07:55 PM

coyotemike said:
Right. Because making a joke about those buttons and things that were being sold at Republican events ("Can we still call it the Whitehouse" and others) is so the same thing.



No.

Really? Like, for serious? There are really buttons out there that say that?

I really feel quite naive for being so surprised by that possibility, but goddamn. eeek

Necia

Necia

San Francisco, CA
August 2005

AUG 07, 2008 07:58 PM

Also:

bean said:

FearTheReaper said:
Turns out Democrats can be just as horrible, hateful people as our GOP friends.


Of course they can. They're human beings. The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that these are individual, despicable people running for House seats, while with Republicans, these are acceptable campaign strategies promoted by the Republican campaign committees.

FearTheReaper also said:The Victory Fund realized how serious the anti-gay attacks were on Tuesday and asked Kansas governor and serious vice president contender, Kathleen Sebelius, to denounce Finney's tactics. Sebelius did nothing. If there's one thing you can always count on from Democrats, it's that they will run away from their beliefs during election time.


Sebelius isn't up for re-election this year. But you know, I hear Barack Obama's running for something this year, what'd he have to say about these sorts of ads (referring specifically, in this case, to the Tinker ads)?

"These incendiary and personal attacks have no place in our politics, and will do nothing to help the good people of Tennessee," Obama said in a statement. "It's time to turn the page on a politics driven by negativity and division so that we can come together to lift up our communities and our country."


But hey, don't let a little thing like facts get in the way of your bipartisan hatred.



Extremely well said.

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