Posted on 08/31/2004 4:46:10 AM PDT by kattracks
GOP bigwigs put the screws on a Virginia delegate mocking John Kerry's war record last night after Rep. Charles Rangel, a Democrat, blew up at the Republican convention and demanded that President Bush put a stop to the attacks.Morton Blackwell, a GOP activist from Virginia, was distributing bandages with purple hearts on them over the message: "It was just a self-inflicted scratch, but you see I got a Purple Heart for it."
Kerry won three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star in Vietnam.
National GOP leaders first said they knew nothing of the bandages, which popped up on the arms and faces of delegates at the convention last night.
Rangel, at the convention for a TV appearance, called an impromptu press conference with frowning Republicans around him, said Democratic National Committee spokesman Matt Bennett. "He demanded that President Bush put a stop to this outrageous and disgraceful behavior," said Bennett.
GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie later said he spoke to Blackwell and no more bandages would be handed out.
Leo Standora
Originally published on August 31, 2004
Rangel, go collect your congressional welfare check!! He is a do nothing idiot like his brother Kerry.
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LOL! Hey, Charlie, take a look at this!
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