State GOP rips Democrats over Gibbons billboards

[Rose Siding]

The Nevada Republican Party defended Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., on Wednesday against a recent billboard campaign by the state Democratic Party that implied Gibbons wanted to use Americans as "human shields" in the war in Iraq.

Calling the billboard's message untruthful and deceitful, officials from the state Republican Party also took shots against Democrats, calling them disorganized and grouped them with the former presidential candidate Howard Dean, who is now the Democratic National Chairman.

("untruthful", huh? Waaaay down in the article...)

Ziser said he was with the congressman in Elko when he gave the speech. He said Gibbons stated that some people -- primarily anti-war protesters -- stated they would use themselves as human shields. Gibbons merely stated that if they wanted to be human shields, "they should do this," he said.
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The state Democratic Party remained aggressive on Wednesday, saying that while Gibbons may say that the "human shield" comment applies to only a few people, he was still discussing Americans, said Jon Summers, Democratic Party spokesman.
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But he also took issue with the state Republicans defending Gibbons and asked why the congressman wouldn't defend himself to the public.

"It is interesting that the Republican Party discussed this when it should be Gibbons who responds. Jim Gibbons owes the people of Nevada an explanation," Summers said.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-gov/2005/mar/31/518532419.html

[enki23]

1. ooh, that's republicanesque in it's dirtiness

what the hell.

[sui generis]

4. yee haw! finally, we decide to use guns at this here gunfight

/southernhick

[last_texas_dem]

2. Gibbons is apparently a nut

and I hope these billboards help others to realize it. (That is, as long as he isn't representing a district where being a nut actually helps him- like Tom Delay's Sugar Land district; that would suck.) BTW, if I remember right, didn't Gibbons plagiarize most of that speech from some Alabama politician who gave it a few months back? Giving a speech that shows you to be a right-wing nut is one thing, but actually stealing the content of the speech that makes you sound like a right-wing nut is even worse!

ON EDIT: I should have read the whole article first; they acknowledge that Gibbons's speech was plagiarized. In fact, they come right out and call it that which is kind of funny, but it's good to see them do it. I wonder how in the world he comes off saying it was "unintentionally plagiarized"... how would you even manage to "unintentionally" plagiarize a speech like that?

[gratuitous]

3. Aww, poor little babies

Don't care for the truth? Hate having your intemperate words thrown back at you? I have another quote for you: Politics ain't beanbag.

Crybabies.

[saigon68]

5. HERE'S THE BIG GUY In all his Glory

Democrats also announced a new Web site, www.gibbonsfacts.com, which has additional information about Jim Gibbons.

The Las Vegas billboards are located at the intersection of Sahara and Valley View; and on the Desert Inn arterial. The Reno billboard is located on I-80 north, west of the Spaghetti Bowl.

[DRoseDARs]

7. I-80 ... north? Erm, no. That's an unpossible (sic) position. I'll...

...be in that part of town later today anyway, so I'll have to check this out.

US 395 runs north-south; I-80 runs east-west.

[daleo]

6. I blame Chimps more than Gibbons. n/t