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BillORightsMan Donating Member (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 09:14 AM
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Blackwell campaigns with White Supremacist =:-o
From the Free Press...

Why is the man who stole Ohio campaigning with a white supremacist?
by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
October 9, 2006

Blackwell toured the state with Larry Pratt, author of ARMED PEOPLE VICTORIOUS, which advocates the creation of militant right-wing militias. Pratt has spoken and shared platforms in the past with Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi Aryan Nation members. He was forced to take a leave of absence from Pat Buchanan’s 1996 presidential campaign over charges of white supremacist and anti-semitic views. Pratt’s 150,000-member Gun Owners of America is proudly to the right of the National Rifle Association.

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But this is not the first time Blackwell has lined up with extreme right-wing backers boasting racist and anti-semitic roots. Earlier this year Blackwell posted on his website a picture of himself addressing the Council for National Policy. The CNP has deep “neo-fascist” and Ku Klux Klan ties according to Chip Berlet of the Boston-based Political Research Associates. In addition to right wing extremists such as Jerry Falwell, Phyllis Schlafly and Pat Robertson, the CNP embraces a broad spectrum of powerful, reactionary bigots.


YIKES!

Fitrakis & Wasserman sum the race up thusly:
"Blackwell supporters continue to predict he will make a “last-minute surge” to win the governor’s race. Making no visible moves toward the mainstream, Blackwell may well be banking on two bottom lines in Bush-era electoral politics: loaded guns and rigged voting machines. "

See Mark Crispin Miller Elephant in the Polling Booth

:patriot:
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 09:18 AM
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1. Blackwell's campaign train never left the station.
Compared to him, Santorum's prospects are positively rosey.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 09:22 AM
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2. Racist vote?
Good luck kenneth......
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 12:50 PM
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3. Blackwell's campaign is OVER
his commercials dryed up, along with, I suspect, funds from the RNC. Why throw money at a turd?
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