And Insulting Women Probably Really Helps
In Missouri a member of Congress, Republican
Jo Emerson has quit in order to take a high paying job (ok a higher paying
job). A special election will be held to
fill her seat, and the Republican nominee is
picked by the Republican Party. So
all the potential candidates have to state their positions, and the winner will
be the one with the most extreme position.
The selection process is unlike a conventional primary:
Instead of the typical campaign where candidates seek support from primary
voters, the candidates are instead seeking support from the majority of 85
members of the Eighth District committee.
Here, for example is
the rhetoric from the individual considered to be the favorite.
Kinder,
who began his campaign by sending a letter to committee members a few days
before Christmas, said he is running a positive campaign and touted his success
in elections, his support of expanding gun rights, and his opposition to the
federal health care law.
. . .
He also voiced his
opposition to new proposals to limit gun rights like a ban on so-called
“assault weapons” and high capacity magazines. . .
“Assault weapons is a
misused term,” Kinder said, “used by suburban soccer moms who do not understand
what is being discussed here.” He reiterated his support of concealed weapons
and the “Castle Doctrine.”
Wow, ‘assault weapons’
is a misused term. In his world maybe ‘assault
weapons’ is just another name for water pistols. And of course women are just too dumb, too
stupid, or too whatever to understand the issue so those nice, sweet, naïve women
should just let a man like Mr. Kinder take care of the issue for them.
The Republican nominee, whether it is Mr. Kinder or some other cretin will almost certainly win in this Republican District. The loser, the Republican Party nationally and the nation.
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