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Henson draws fire for comment (democrat calls MD republican candidate for governor a "Nazi")
The Baltimore Sun ^ | September 21, 2002 | By David Nitkin and Howard Libit

Posted on 09/22/2002 10:17:41 AM PDT by staytrue

Julius Henson, the combative Baltimore political operative tapped this week to generate votes for Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and other Democrats, was abruptly dropped last night after calling Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. a Nazi in an interview with a newspaper reporter yesterday.

Speaking to a Washington Post journalist earlier in the day, Henson said: "Bobby Ehrlich is a Nazi. His record is horrible, atrocious. ... He should be running in Germany in 1942, not Maryland in 2002," according to a story published on the newspaper's Web site last night.

He said the Republican nominee for governor was opposed to blacks, schools and old people.

The lieutenant governor's campaign promptly denounced the comments, and later said they were breaking off negotiations to hire Henson to work on a coordinated state Democratic campaign as of last night.

(Excerpt) Read more at sunspot.net ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: erhlich; governor; maryland; townsend
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To: alethia
Yeah, maybe Henson should go join the German government.
21 posted on 09/22/2002 5:49:39 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: staytrue; Donald Stone; Joe Montana
Was Henson trying to join those sabotaging Townsend's campaign, or was he just confident the Washington Post would not report what he said? If the latter, I wonder why the Post did report it. Come to think of it, they've been reporting a lot of Townsend scandals lately. I wonder why.
22 posted on 09/22/2002 5:51:25 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: The Old Hoosier
"Why did they fire this guy? He's using standard Democratic procedures."

He mustav missed linin' a few pockets & got caught.
23 posted on 09/22/2002 5:54:06 PM PDT by demkicker
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To: staytrue
Whatever became of TOLERANCE! This Damnocrat needs to be sent to a re-education camp for "sensitivity" training.
24 posted on 09/22/2002 5:58:39 PM PDT by GHOST WRITER
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To: aristeides
Depends on whether he's looking for job security. If he is, not much chance he'd be able to stay on there either...hehehe!!!
25 posted on 09/22/2002 7:09:19 PM PDT by alethia
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To: alethia; Donald Stone; Joe Montana
Washington Times has an editorial on Henson this morning: Henson a perfect fit for Maryland Dems.
26 posted on 09/25/2002 7:59:14 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: alethia; Donald Stone; Joe Montana
Henson yesterday stood by his statement that Ehrlich is a Nazi: Henson stands by 'Nazi' remark .
27 posted on 09/25/2002 8:10:18 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: aristeides
Unbelievable. Either too stupid (obviously doesn't know what a "Nazi" is), too arrogant (conceit and self-righteousness certainly run rampant amongst many Libs), OR BOTH -- to know how he sounds to real people in the real world. He'd do great with the Greens.
28 posted on 09/25/2002 9:19:39 AM PDT by alethia
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