Posted on 09/13/2006 7:54:44 AM PDT by freespirited
The U.S. Senate campaign of Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill has been under sharp criticism since she accused President Bush of letting poor blacks in Louisiana die during Hurricane Katrina.
Mrs. McCaskill, the state auditor, is attempting to link Republican Sen. Jim Talent with the president as she tries to unseat the incumbent.
"George Bush let people die on rooftops in New Orleans because they were poor and because they were black," she told a group of Democratic state legislators last week. The comments, made as she outlined Mr. Talent's efforts to attract minority voters, were first reported by Pub Def Weekly, a St. Louis-based blog.
"In a spirited voice, she told them that she would do everything she could to make clear to every Democratic voter that 'George Bush has no better friend than Jim Talent,'" wrote Pub Def Weekly's Antonio D. French.
Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, immediately called upon Mrs. McCaskill to apologize for the remarks.
"It is totally unconscionable to suggest that the Coast Guard helicopter crews who worked hours long past regulation were intentionally leaving poor, black Americans to die on their rooftops," Mr. Frist said on his blog.
... But Mrs. McCaskill told KMOX radio in Missouri the statement's context as reported by Pub Def Weekly is "not exactly correct." She said she was acknowledging the sentiment of many Americans, and national tragedies are the time when people need government the most.
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Just close to exactly correct, I would guess.
Rats will say and do anything to win, but this comment backfired big time!
At least it wasnt the macacaca word(sarc)
She won't unseat Talent.
I heard that Allen has pulled out of that nose dive.
Yup. So did everyone who gets their intelligence from Howard Dean.
It's always tough to knock off an incumbent senator.
Goodness Gracious I hope Not!!!
Well he did say that he wanted to spend money in red states.
Her crook of an ex-husband and their nursing home scandals have not even come up yet, but they will...even the Post-Disgrace and KC Red-Star will not be able to suppress the skeletons in her closet.
She has been trying to garner a few rural votes with her stance against NAIS. A growing number who raise livestock/animals in MO are opposed to animal id as they are already tagged/registered. Most are seeing thru her guise.
Talent Rocks!!!!
St. Louis county is a worry. I recall that at one polling place, 14 voters rang up 34 or 35 votes.
Does anyone recall her outcome running against Talent the last time? Was it like 55/45? He gets a lot more STL vote than KC vote.
LOL! Lacey Clay probably rang up half of those!
Anyone who thinks this kind of rhetoric is not being used by all Democrat candidates in the black communities this year is dreaming. "The Black Holocaust" is already a legend of major proportions and will be used by Democrats to flog Republicans as long as Herbert Hoover was.
you are right
intelligence from Howard Dean
Huh?
Im voting for Talent but holding my nose doing so. His flip flop on fetal stem cell research was bought and paid for by the Sowers Foundation, an extremely well funded champion of liberal causes, based in Kansas City.
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