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Shorter Spooner: That whisper campaign was supposed to be private. How dare the newspaper publish about it.
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Not a lot of room for confidence in this story, but I suppose it’s possible Missouri is just about getting ready to experiment with giving up some of the worst aspects of the late 17th century for good and moving on towards some aspects of the Enlightenment. It could take a while, given how many of the key folks are do deeply embedded in or committed to denial, and Missouri history shows it’s unlikely to endure, but there’s always hope.
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The talk show co-host, leave aside the ‘personal voucher’ that’s pretty much worthless, still makes the most sense. If the Missouri GOP establishment is bound and determined to commit fully to this notion that one of the ‘stars’ just committed suicide due to a nascent oppo whisper campaign, to me that just means they’re doubling down on magical thinking.
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Spooner: “I can report that this person strongly supports and defends our constitution and will always fight to protect the freedoms and liberties it provides – including the freedom of religion…”
At first this struck me as a run-of-the-mill GOP “I LOVES ME SOME CONSTITUTION” verbal tic, but I think it’s actually a guy who can’t stop the whisper campaign. You can just hear him continuing: “freedom of religion for everyone, including Jews like our dear friend Tom Schweich.”
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I’ve known John 20 years … and I know that John’s not an anti-Semite or a bigot
And this is from a “Democrat”. This is why we can’t have nice things here in Missouri.
Maybe Hancock is neither anti-Semitic nor a bigot - but apparently he’s willing to use the ignorance of those who are to get elected. In other words, a typical conservative.
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Note to DNC. Ann Wagner is now very vulnerable. She voted to shutdown the government without ever being challenged on it, has been silent about Ferguson and now she’s seen as not caring about Scheich’s death. A good part of her her district is in St. Louis County. Voters have never been offered a viable Democratic candidate by the DNC. Now is the time.
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He’s not an embarrassment. He’s the base.
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That was once the Michigan GOP of George Romney and Bill Milliken. Now it’s the party of Ted Nugent.
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My thoughts also. He’s not a bigot, just unethical and a slezzeball.
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This makes some want to vote for him more.
What a rogue’s gallery of creepy looking white people.
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Hancock dog whistles Missouri Republicans that are receptive and sympathetic recipients of anti-semitic messages. He does this knowing it will enhance his preferred candidate’s electoral prospects, for after all it’s his job to gauge public opinions. Tragedy ensues. And he’s the bad guy? Not the millions of citizens harboring animus and suspicion of Jews? Levels of animus and suspicion that generated the dog whistles to begin with? Hancock was merely selling wares his customers were willing to buy. It doesn’t excuse his behavior, but where in all this is discussion of the sad reality his tactics were grounded in a sound reading of the electorate?
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In some ways he’s worse than a bigot. If you truly believe something bad, you’re doing evil honestly. But if you don’t believe it and just use it when it’s convenient, you’re doing evil and living a lie.
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Racism, antisemitism it’s in the repub DNA.
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I would have thought that to a Red State Evangelical being Episcopal would be wildly worse than being Jewish.
Somebody hand me a program: it’s difficult keeping track of these loons.
-dlj.
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Evil Personality Disorder
a) consistent destructive, scapegoating behavior, which may often be quite subtle.
b) excessive, albeit usually covert, intolerance to criticism and other forms of narcissistic injury
c) pronounced concern with public image and self image of respectability, contributing to a stability of life-style but also to pretentiousness and denial of hateful feelings or vengeful motives
d) intellectual deviousness, with increased likelihood od a mild schizophreniclike disturbance of thinking at times of stress
–Scott Peck, ‘People of the Lie’
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As reprehensible as Hancock and his whispering campaign are, I am not convinced they contributed significantly to Schweich’s death. Something far more sinister is in play here. Too bad the cops rushed to judgment. Maybe a real investigation would have turned up something important.
That said Republicans Hancock tried to influence with his little campaign should be ashamed of themselves for not telling Hancock to go to hell.
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Sen Blunt looks as if he’s received more than a few severe facial collisions–
while acting as Ian McClellan’s LoTR stunt double.
jw1
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Will Missouri’s Top GOPer Lose His Job Over Candidate’s Suicide?
No.
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Agreed. I have a very hard time believing this man ended his life because someone was telling folks he’s Jewish. From my understanding, he was still ahead in polling and stood a good chance of winning in increasingly red Missouri. Clearly, much more was going on behind the scenes.
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