Hotline: "The nastiest piece of direct mail we've ever see"

[kpete]

Have A Heart
This has to be just about the nastiest piece of direct mail we've ever seen.

A candidate for State Assembly in the central valley region of CA, Bill Conrad (R) is apparently running on the platform that his opponent won't survive his term because he had a heart transplant.

Attack line: 'Tom Berryhill doesn't have the HEART for State Assembly'



http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/05/have_a_heart.html

[Beetwasher]

1. Damn! That Is Vile!

n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. ...and we've reached a new low.

Wow. Just wow.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

3. CAN WE GET THIS ON THE HOMEPAGE? It's too good to be true.

[babylonsister]

How about too gross to be believed? nt

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

18. exactly.

[Canuckistanian]

17. AGREED!

This should help destroy the "compassionate conservative" myth once and for all.

Bloody giveaway, that.

[CottonBear]

OMG! That is awful! Why aren't they after (R) Charlie Norwood of GA?

He had a freaking lung transplant because of some disease. He's still in office here in GA. No move to shove him aside for a healthier candidate.

Good lord, these Republicans are wicked, evil, heartless sons of bitches. :grr:

[Boredtodeath]

8. Yep, and you have to use antibiotic cleanser to enter his office

Because of those darned anti-rejection drugs!

Good heavens this is some nasty shit.

[kiki]

42. But of course...

You know something's conservative when it's morally reprehensible - but it ain't Republican until you throw in some hypocrisy as well...

[elehhhhna]

4. Imagine running that about Cheney. Sick.

[myrna minx]

5. I can't believe what I've just read.

That is totally disgusting!

[dogday]

6. A new low for the a-holes nt

[Boredtodeath]

7. Amazing......

It's absolutely heartbreaking what this country is becoming........

[Fla Dem]

9. Send to Olberman.."WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD" n/t

[babylonsister]

10. Ohhh, yeah! nt

[ContraBass Black]

21. Thirded.

That was my first thought.

[babylonsister]

23. I just sent KO a link to this thread; I hope they read it (though they

probably already have:) ).

[wicket]

28. EXCELLENT idea!

:kick: :kick:

[tyedyeto]

11. Conrad - You're a piece of shit!

I can't believe a PR firm would actually use that as a centerpiece for a campaign or that a candidate would actually approve of that message.

But then he's a Repug, so anything's possible.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. That's even lower than a snake's belly!

[warrens]

13. Never get in a race to the bottom with a Repuke

They'll win every time.

[FSogol]

14. Typical slimy repug. n/t

[AzDar]

15. A new low....I'd say it's unbeilevable, but it's not. n/t

[Last Stand]

16. This looks bad for Repukes. Most people would see this as over the line.

Talk about heartless!

[blm]

20. I dunno - even Jay Leno jumped on the Botox lie being spread about Kerry

when they showed pics of him while he was still in cancer treatment and recovery with pics from AFTER he rested and was fully recovered. Thankyou Drudge.

Can you name one other cancer patient who was treated to that level of national mockery?

[AlCzervik]

19. this was on my local news the other night, they had Berryhill

and his opponent on and the opponent admitted photo shopping a picture of Berryhill that appeared on the ad.

[BeyondThePale]

22. I guess he has lost the transplant patients' vote!

At least Berryhill has a heart -- unlike Conrad!!!

[jojo54]

24. Is that all Conrad has?

If that's what he can come up with against his opponent, then he should hang it up this very minute.

That kind of attack is vicious and vile. Makes me want to throw up all over him.

[progressivebydesign]

26. It IS the central valley of Calif.. home of Freeperland.

I don't expect anyone to get their KMART panties in a wad over that in the Central Valley. Not exactly the bastian of fair politics and free thinking.

[Xithras]

48. Ummm...I LIVE in the 25th AD dipwad

FYI, the Repubs only have about a 4% voting advantage over us in this area, a gap we've been narrowing for the past decade, so writing the northern San Joaquin area off as a redneck fundieland is stupid. Bakersfield? Fresno? Yeah, that's fundieland, but the northern valley is heavily populated by liberal working class people from the Bay Area who commute in every day.

FWIW, this gag may cost Conrad the nomination. Neither of them are particularly good politicians IMO, but Conrad is well known as a big business Repub (he's been involved in local politics for decades) and this move apparently alienated a LOT of his Christian Right supporters. People have been getting sick of his "bulldoze it all, and let the developers sort it out" mentality anyway, and this just may have been the last straw. My repub office secretary summed it up nicely yesterday when she said "I used to think Bill was a nice conservative guy, and now I just think he's a dick."

Since we really don't have a Dem candidate running this time around, I gotta say that I hope Berryhill kicks Conrads @55. I'll take a conservative, small town family farmer Republican over a conservative, big business anti-environment Republican any day. One is irritating but tolerable, the other is a cancer that needs to be removed from our political system.

[progressivebydesign]

25. Sick. Awful. Our local repubs did something equally vile.

Here in Washington STate, some republican group sent out postcards to homes with photos of actual sex offenders.. mug shots.. and put the names of two State reps under the photos.. the text said that those democratic reps were supportive of sex offenders, and weak in protecting children. It was so vile that it was attacked by every newspaper here... Of course the republican candidate who benefitted from it, said that they weren't involved.. of course. The one woman who was voted out two years ago, the repub who is benefitting from this, is all freaked out over sexual predators.. and that is her main focus in campaigns, and how she attacks other candidates.. using that issue. It's really rather creepy.

[madmusic]

39. That's all they have...

What else can they stand on? Everything they did in their rule over Amerika turned to dust in the wind. They need a wedge issue BAD, and are desperate.

[Tsiyu]

27. Repuke values on display

They will do ANYTHING to win.

ANYTHING.

[Arkansas Granny]

29. That must be some of that "compassionate conservatism", huh?

[femrap]

30. Berryhill should respond....

"Conrad has NO heart....nor brain for that matter."

[Norquist Nemesis]

34. Or better yet...

No ideas!

[Taxloss]

31. That is INCREDIBLY cruel.

Like something out of another century. What a vile piece of literature. And from the Right! what a surprise.

[Cha]

32. Fate has a funny way

of handling Shit like that.

[ThoughtCriminal]

33. The issue is usually a more subtle questioning

about a candidate's "Health" and/or "Age".

[bunkerbuster1]

35. This IS a Gooper Primary battle, right?

honestly, other the obvious offense to our humanitarian nature--should we care a whole lot?

My inclination is to buy popcorn and watch these guys go at it.

But yeah, by all means, make sure the KOs of the world know. If it makes Goopers look just a little more heartless (heh) than they're already perceived to be, great.

[madmusic]

36. Since Rove is their model...

Can we really expect anything else from them?

edit: sp

[Mr_Spock]

37. Another typical disgusting Republican ass hole

This is what you should expect from lying hateful bigots.

[TheGreatUnwashed]

38. How long can Conrad live without a heart?

I wonder how long the voters think Conrad can live with that stone where his heart should be?

:grr:

[madrchsod]

40. i posted this last night-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2632682&mesg_id=2632780
Democratic Underground - lane evans from the illinois 17th has Parkinson`s

she wasn`t as bad as this but she did enough damage to herself to lose by the biggest margin in that district.

[UrbScotty]

41. So much for Christian values (nt)

[blue neen]

43. Oh, that is so HATEFUL.

Conrad belongs on Dave Chappelle's Player Hater's Ball. Wow.

[maveric]

44. Everyday I get more like Mike Malloy. I hate these people!

THEY are the enemy to America!
This is just sick.

[BrklynLiberal]

45. There are no depths to which the Repukes will not sink. Gross and disgust

disgusting...

[young_at_heart]

46. I wonder what Cheney thinks of this?

As a heart-challenged official he must be upset at his fellow Republican.

[Lib Grrrrl]

47. Can You Say "Lower Than A Rattlesnake's Belly In A Wheel Rut??"

I can!!

[eppur_se_muova]

50. So low he could walk upright under a pregnant snake and keep his hat on.nt

[johnnie]

49. Here he is

Picture for one of the Top 10 next week.

[depakid]

51. Republicans have zero flair for subtly

Of course, that describes their constituency as well- could be that's why the recent PEW report about the rest of the world hating America and Americans is right on point and justified.

[2bfree]

52. Holy Crap!

That is cold blooded! :(

[Fleshdancer]

53. please tell me this is a hoax

holy crap! :wow:

[qanda]

54. Who would do something like this?

I just cannot imagine even a Republican being this evil.

[Ksec]

55. and here we thought the swiftboat liars were as low as they could go.

Unbelievable.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

56. What The Fuck Is Wrong With These People. Jesus Friggin Christ.

It's shit like this that makes me so proud to be a democrat.

[Phrogman]

57. Thats as cold as it gets.

Thats offensive.

[AuntiBush]

58. Oh. This is, well...

I'm speechless. This is the most disgusting, disgraceful, heartless, vile, piece of garbage I've ever seen.

This Republican-JERK is showing his true colors for all to see. Anyone voting for this heartless creep is no better.
And that's pretty darn sad.

[WestSeattle2]

59. Oh I'm sure Mr. Conrad is one with the Lord, and simply meant

this message to be taken in the loving and Christian way it was intended. He is just concerned, in a brotherly way, for his opponent's health and welfare.

All you silly liberals take EVERYTHING out of context and make godly folks appear evil.

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[unc70]

60. It's hard to beat Vernon Robinson in NC

I thought it was nearly impossible to be worse than Vernon Robinson in NC. This certainly competes. (See the NC forum for details on Robinson.)

[MoeHayNow]

61. Holy shit!

As someone who has written a piece of direct mail (or a couple hundred) in his day, I have to say that that's the absolute worst message I have ever seen.

[struggle4progress]

62. Well, that's how Jesse Helm's machine took down Terry Sanford, ..

.. though Helms had had essentially the same heart operation Sanford had ...

[Renew Deal]

63. That's just despicable.

Hopefully voters in this area have a clue.

[itzamirakul]

64. That is pretty awful...What comes around, goes around...

Bill Conrad may wake up to find his mother, or wife, or mistress, or father, or sister, or brother, or child (if he has same) in need of an organ transplant someday. He seems to be calling it to himself. He placed those words into the ether. They are bound to return to him someday.

[Kire]

65. This looks like a Republican primary.

Nasty indeed.