A local Democratic organization doing fundraising for John Kerry in Florida has placed a newspaper ad calling for the assassination of defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The St. Petersburg Democratic Club ran the ad in a local paper called The Gabber; referring to Rumsfeld's predilection for calling high-casualty events “one of our bad days,” it stated that “We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say 'This is one of our bad days,' and pull the trigger.”
The group’s ‘60s nostalgia, recalling “up against the wall, motherfucker,” is apparent, but come on- clearly this is a couple of deranged whackos, and Sean Hannity’s upcoming bleatings that “the Kerry campaign did this” are a lot of nonsense.
Then again, club vice president Edna McCall may find herself up against a wall of her own (looking down the barrel of a DNC rifle), after telling Drudge that “we’re all working together” with the Kerry campaign. Other wisdom from Ms. McCall: America is “getting raped” with Bush as president, and the reference to “pulling the trigger” means “let Rumsfeld know where we stand, not to shoot him!”
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 13, 2004 10:05 PMAny word if the paper is regretting having run the ad?
What are the odds that Horowitz may try to run one of his ads in that paper next issue :-P
Posted by: jaws at April 14, 2004 03:27 AM