Republican Fundraising Document Portrays Democrats As Evil

Washington Post ^ | 3/4/10 | Perry Bacon, Jr.

[onemiddleamerican]

Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized a Republican National Committee fundraising document that caricatured President Obama as the Joker, while Chairman Michael S. Steele sought to distance himself from it.

Also depicted were House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.), presented as Cruella de Vil and Scooby-Doo, respectively. The three Democratic leaders were gathered under the heading "The Evil Empire."

The cartoonish images were part of a 72-page PowerPoint presentation assembled for potential campaign donors and fundraisers. The document was obtained by Politico after being left at a Florida hotel where the Republicans had gathered Feb. 18.

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Said Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse: "If you had any doubt, any doubt whatsoever, that the Republican Party has been taken over by the fear-mongering lunatic fringe, those doubts were erased today." He added, "Republicans across the country have cheered on crowds where these very images appeared."

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Raynard Jackson, a GOP activist who has worked to attract blacks and other minority members to the party, was outraged by word of the presentation.

"This is just beyond the pale," he said. "And the best we can get is Michael Steele issuing a statement through a spokesman? And they wonder why they can't get minorities, especially black people, involved in the party?"

[onemiddleamerican]

[Lakeshark]

It’s about time........

[SpaceBar]

I hate to be nitpicky but it’s the democrat party not the democratic party.

[Mamzelle]

Pelosi is evil. Schumer is evil. Their wickedness stinks to the clouds.

So they think they've gotta "gotcha"--when nobody really reads the Post anymore?

[Steelers6]

I think Scooby Doo should be offended!!

[onemiddleamerican]

The Washington Post also has a page from the PowerPoint presentation on their website. I guess it's supposed to show just how mean and racist the Republicans are.

If this is the worst the Post could come up with from that presentation, the Republicans need to work harder. Here it is:

[Krodg]

Go to DU and post that. LOL

[onemiddleamerican]

You are correct. I image-searched for a copy of that image, so didn't have the option to be choosy.

:-)

[Psycho_Bunny]

Ya? And?

[Cobra64]

Big deal.

I'm an equal opportunity critical when deserved. :)

[piasa]

Republican Fundraising Document Portrays Democrats As Evil

What an understatement.

[unkus]

I hate to be nitpicky but it’s the democrat party not the democratic party.

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You’re right!

“democratic” irks the hell out of me.

[cranked]

Is WaPo, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NYT, Newsweek, etc. added in that list of being portrayed as being perpetuators of evil, as well?

[txhurl]

Am I the only one who has family ties (subtly) torn asunder by about 80% of them being democrats?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sounds like something that FReepers would put together. I can’t see the Grand Old Rinos doing anything this gutsy.

[onemiddleamerican]

You'll get no argument from me, cobra64. Michael Steele, through his spokesman, Doug Heye, had this to say about that really mean and racist presentation:

"Fundraising documents are often controversial. Obviously, the chairman disagrees with the language and finds the use of such imagery to be unacceptable. It will not be used by the Republican National Committee -- in any capacity -- in the future."

We need leaders with balls, not ornaments.

[no dems]

And they wonder why they can't get minorities, especially black people, involved in the party?"

You couldn't get black people involved in the (Republican) party if you gave away barbecue and watermelon at the meetings.

[citizencon]

Steele can’t face the truth...

[Cobra64]

We need leaders with balls, not ornaments.

True. A lot more like DeMint. I really like Palin's politics and belief in America, but she has to do something with her presentation in not sounding like an enthusiastic school girl.

(flame suit on) :)

[CyberAnt]

I so agree .. and it is about time.

Any group of people who would scheme and bribe and break all the rules in order to perpetrate upon the American people a plan as “evil” as Obamacare .. can only be called EVIL to the core.