Bin Laden/Kerry election stickers

[mandelion]

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Lawmaker Decries Kerry-Bin Laden Stickers

Mon Jul 19, 9:56 PM ET

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Republican lawmaker says it was inappropriate for a GOP office to display a bumper sticker declaring: "Kerry is bin Laden's Man. Bush is Mine."

Kentucky Rep. Anne Northup said she found out about the stickers over the weekend and doesn't want any more distributed. "What campaigns need to center on, debates need to center on and the party needs to focus on are ideas," she said.

Jefferson County GOP chairman Jack Richardson IV said the stickers were so popular that GOP headquarters ran out Friday. He won't distribute more, but is trying to locate their source for those who want them. "I believe in the question this bumper sticker raises," Richardson said.

Bill Garmer, chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party, said the sticker equates a decorated Vietnam veteran with Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) — "one of the greatest enemies of the United States."

"It goes way over the line," he said.

A spokesman for the Kerry campaign previously called on GOP lawmakers to condemn the sticker, saying it was a "hateful and mean-spirited smear campaign."

[sniffa]

1. this is OBN

[rogerashton]

2. Perhaps they are concerned

that this would lead to more publicity about the long connection between the Bush and bin Laden families?

Hm. If Bush* has nothing to hide, why is it so carefully hidden?

[Bluzmann57]

3. And they say that the Kerry campaign is hateful

These so and so's will stop at nothing. I hope the Dems regain control of both Houses as well as the White House and put these people in their place. Down in the pit they emerged from.

[VolcanoJen]

4. Not LBN... locking.

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