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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-07-06 09:08 AM
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GOP challenger threatens Robert Byrd with big gun in ad
Raese's gun ad literal, symbolic
Jake Stump, Daily Mail Staff

John Raese says there's a message behind his recent full-page newspaper ad showing him holding a gun.

It's a Winchester Model 1895, .405 caliber rifle. The gun was a favorite of President Theodore Roosevelt, who called it his "big medicine" to shoot large game including lion, buffalo, rhino and elephant.

"Big medicine is what we need in West Virginia right now to take care of the big Byrd," said Raese, the Republican challenger to Democratic Sen. Robert C. Byrd...

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2006073116/
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orwell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-07-06 09:27 AM
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1. Great...
...more violent imagery to stoke the fear and hatred.


Johnny got a gun...
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