Matt Drudge reports today: CAMPAIGN RAGE: FLORIDA DEMOCRATS PLACE NEWSPAPER AD CALLING FOR RUMSFELD HIT; FUNDRAISING FOR KERRY
Wow, something bloggable happens in my town and I have to get it from Drudge. I guess that shows the power of the blogosphere. :)
Rosemary, Q.O.A.E., wonders if it's legit.
Yup, it's legit, I'm very sorry to say. I have several copies in-hand. It's a full-page display ad. Here is the most outrageous line:
And then there's Rumsfeld who said of Iraq "We have our good days and our bad days". We should put this S.O.B. up against the wall and say "This is one of our bad days," and pull the trigger.
(emphasis added)
Well, well, isn't that nice? The St. Petersburg Democratic Club shows its true colors and suggests, whether as "political protest" or not, that the Secretary of Defense should be put up against the wall and shot. In time of war.
I might suggest that the FBI should visit Ken and Edna, the president and vice-president of the club, and perhaps put them up against the wall and......talk to them about things.
A while back the President said you're either with us, or against us. I think we can safely say that the St. Petersburg Democratic Club is against America. Which is a terrible and pathetic thing to have to say, but there it is. We have met the enemy, and he is us.
Keep this little story, just one of many, in mind when you're getting ready to vote in November.
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Here are more details, for anyone who wants the rest of the story.
Matt has a scan of the ad. I have taken the liberty of mirroring a cleaned-up copy on this site.
This was published in The Gabber (Gulfport, Florida), April 8-April 14, 2004 issue, number 1,841, on page 39, as a full page display ad.
Here's the full text, transcribed by me:
St. Petersburg Democratic ClubSenator Edward Kennedy is absolutely right when he called Iraq "Bush's Vietnam". But it's not only Bush, it's his whole damn Bunch- Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld, Rice, Rove and Ridge.
They've tried to blame the Iraq war on bad intelligence, on Al Qaida, on terrorists, on foreigners from Iran and Syria. Bush doesn't even know who in the hell we're fighting. The Bush Bunch calls the Iraqis insurgents. Did you know that Britain called the American revolutionaries insurgents and traitors? The Iraqis aren't insurgents. They're Iraqi patriates [sic] who want us the hell out of their country, and we should get the hell out of their country now!
We have Marines and soldiers being killed by the dozens with many more wounded. How many have to be killed before the Bush Bunch is satisfied? How many burial services of our Iraq dead has Bush attended? Any? How many military hospitals has Bush visited to talk to our wounded who have lost arms, or legs, or their eye sight [sic], or combinations of these - how many?
And then there's Rumsfeld who said of Iraq "We have our good days and our bad days". We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say "This is one of our bad days," and pull the trigger. Do you want to salvage our country? Be a savior of our country? Then vote for John Kerry and get rid of the whole Bush Bunch!
Please make a donation of ANY amount of money you can afford and send it to John Kerry for President, Inc. 901 15h Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005. Do it NOW. Thank you.
Iraq
Killed Wounded
623 4927For Club Information
343-7921 Ken, President
525-4586 Edna, Vice-President
Wonder who the St. Petersburg Democratic Club is? Well, their website is here: StPeteDems
Wondering if they're legit? Well, they're listed on the website of the Pinellas County Democratic Party on the "Officially Chartered Democratic Clubs Page" They seem like Official Democrats to me..
About the Gabber, the newspaper that published the ad.
The Gabber is a quaint little small-town paper for Gulfport, Florida, which is a town southwest of downtown St. Petersburg, but included in the St. Pete metroplex. The paper is magazine format, printed on newsprint. The issue in question is 76 pages long. It's free, but it's not just an "ad paper", as it has quite a bit of editorial content; news of the City of Gulfport, local club news, art fairs, police blotter, etc., as well as some columnists and such. It's actually rather nice for a free paper.
Matt mentions a comment from the paper:
The publisher of the GABBER says running the ad with the passage "pull the trigger" was a mistake that "slipped through" during the editing of this week's edition.
Looking at the ad, it may well have been submitted as camera-ready artwork, so that is at least plausible.
However, I should note that Gulfport is a combination retiree and artist's colony. Leftist sentiments are common. For example, when I was there today looking for copies of the paper, I noted flyers in several local shop windows urging folks to "Make Gulfport a Hate-Free Zone" (may not be an exact quote, but close). This was in regard to some "hate speech" ordinance that is being urged. The flyers were to urge folks to attend a meeting. Not exactly Berkeley East, but not GOP Country either.
I also note that the StPeteDems hold their monthly meetings at Piccadilly Cafeteria. I wonder if the restaurant knows what sort of folks these are? And what they are plotting at these meetings? Maybe I should swing by and ask the manager...
UPDATE
This little news item was just mentioned on FOX News, Brit Hume's show.
I hope my bandwidth doesn't get killed.
UPDATE the second
This looks like it's spreading fast. I clicked on BlogsForBush to see if I was on the blogroll yet, and what was the top story?
UPDATE the third
Zing! I hafta pass along this comment from the BlogsForBush post. This was from "Researcher"
Well, Kerry attended a VVAW meeting where killing senators was discussed ...Why shouldn't his party stick to his message?
I hadn't thought of that. The man definitely has a point!
UPDATE the fourth
The spousal unit objects to the use of the flag on that ad, and wants it removed immediately!
I agree!
That's how you stay married 30 years. :)
UPDATE the fifth
I took a better picture of the ad. You can view it here (100k).
Posted by DSmith at April 13, 2004 05:45 PM | TrackBack