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(47,271 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 01:20 PM Oct 2012

GOP candidate among 3 killed in W.Va. weather

Source: AP (Yahoo News)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia legislative candidate is the third person in the state reported to be killed in accidents related to weather from superstorm Sandy.

George Rose tells The Associated Press that his 60-year-old father, John Rose Sr., was checking fences on his deer farm in Barbour County on Tuesday when he was struck by a falling tree limb. He was a Republican candidate for the House of Delegates.

Barbour County Emergency Services Director Cindy Hart says another man in his 60s died Tuesday while shoveling snow. The storm also was blamed for the death of a 40-year-old woman whose car collided with a cement truck Monday in Tucker County.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/gop-candidate-among-3-killed-w-va-weather-144601840.html

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GOP candidate among 3 killed in W.Va. weather (Original Post) question everything Oct 2012 OP
sad MrDiaz Oct 2012 #1
Wow that sucks... truebrit71 Oct 2012 #2
You know, if this was posted on Free Republic ocd liberal Oct 2012 #3
I hope you didn't speak too soon. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #4
Yeah, people on this side of the aisle never celebrate a death . . . Journeyman Oct 2012 #13
For sure. Never a harsh word here... ChillZilla Oct 2012 #14
That is tragic mindfulNJ Oct 2012 #5
How tragic. MinneapolisMatt Oct 2012 #6
It's a bummer when anyone dies in these freak accidents. Hulk Oct 2012 #7
Condolences to all family and friends Smilo Oct 2012 #8
+1 nt hockeynut57 Oct 2012 #11
Tragic death glacierbay Oct 2012 #9
+1 840high Oct 2012 #15
How terrible. So many losses. nolabear Oct 2012 #10
RIP. n/t eggplant Oct 2012 #12
Terribly sad. My condolences to all affected by these deaths. nt progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #16
Terrible. montanto Oct 2012 #17
So no one felt a tinge of relief he was not a democrat? gracewriter2 Oct 2012 #18
Nope, I didn't. Guess I'm just better than you. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #19
I think it is because he is not as high profile Great Caesars Ghost Oct 2012 #21
No twinge here. bitchkitty Oct 2012 #24
feeling relief MrDiaz Oct 2012 #25
As would I be less than honest if I said that party affiliation either adds to or subtracts from LanternWaste Oct 2012 #26
Death.. Sophiegirl Oct 2012 #32
No. I want them to change their ways, not be killed. Welcome to DU. uppityperson Oct 2012 #34
I'd rather bring my enemies pitbullgirl1965 Oct 2012 #35
No man is an Iland..... DeSwiss Oct 2012 #36
I didn't think of it that way. But I guess it's like finding out a family member is safe. Tigress DEM Nov 2012 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #52
I am relieved it wasn't a Democrat Fearless Nov 2012 #53
May they all rest in peace. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #55
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Nov 2012 #56
I hate to break it to you but plenty of "bankers, right-wingers, et al" ChillZilla Nov 2012 #57
Wow...........I mean......wow. BlueNoteSpecial Oct 2012 #20
Peace to those that knew and loved him. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #22
To be completely off subject I have to ask..... llmart Oct 2012 #23
not somewhere you want to let Dave Letterman's dog Sully go! Divine Discontent Oct 2012 #27
No, I didn't see it..... llmart Oct 2012 #28
wow, your dog is a tough one too. yeah, Dave seemed a bit horrified by hearing what had Divine Discontent Oct 2012 #29
Well, that's the irony of it.... llmart Oct 2012 #38
"I have never been able to break her of that hunting instinct." PavePusher Oct 2012 #40
But not all dogs do this. llmart Oct 2012 #43
dogs can kill dkar Oct 2012 #44
We let my wife's toy poodle out in the front yard one evening glacierbay Oct 2012 #46
RIP, Mr. Rose. Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #30
It's the kind of place...... DeSwiss Oct 2012 #37
And some just raise them for meat, like cattle. n/t PavePusher Oct 2012 #41
Glad to see Chickenhead is still in operation! xfundy Oct 2012 #42
very sad to hear this Skittles Oct 2012 #31
Very sad. StarryNite Oct 2012 #33
Them hangers are called "widow makers" for a reason. N/T Po_d Mainiac Oct 2012 #39
what is NT??? dkar Oct 2012 #45
If you don't put anything in the Message text box, then nt, n/t, glacierbay Oct 2012 #47
Welcome to DU BlueToTheBone Nov 2012 #54
Tragic Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #48
I see the trolls are out in force. (not you. in this thread.) nt silvershadow Oct 2012 #49
Awful WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #51
R.I.P. John Rose. n/t AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #58

ocd liberal

(407 posts)
3. You know, if this was posted on Free Republic
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 01:25 PM
Oct 2012

and it was a Democratic candidate that was killed, they would be cheering and shit. We are so much nicer.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
7. It's a bummer when anyone dies in these freak accidents.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 01:30 PM
Oct 2012

Doesn't matter if you are white or black, Democrat or repukkke, christian or athiest.....these sorts of happenings are tragic to the victim and the families.

Granted, there are some politicians I'd like to see lightning strike...but only in my irrational anger at times.

Smilo

(1,944 posts)
8. Condolences to all family and friends
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 01:32 PM
Oct 2012

of those killed and injured due to the storm. And my heart goes out to all those affected in one way or another too.

gracewriter2

(6 posts)
18. So no one felt a tinge of relief he was not a democrat?
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 02:27 PM
Oct 2012

If you say no, I don't believe you.

I consider myself a good person, and I am. But I'm still human with those pesky emotions that make me human and make me embarrassed about having them. I try to rise above the pettiness, or at least hide it from anyone within ear shot. I try to even hide it from myself at times. ...have a bad thought-don't think about it-think about something nice and stop being a "bad" person. Bad thoughts don't make me a bad person. Acting on those thoughts is a whole other story just ask any normal republican.

I feel bad for anyone who has died or going through the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Went through too many hurricanes myself in Florida to ever wish that sort of thing on anyone. But I'm not so certain I am being honest about not wishing it on anyone even now.

So if I were really honest, I'd take all the bankers, right-wingers, et al, and drop them off right now in the middle of the aftermath and watch them beg for FEMA and free health care when they figure out they have no job to go to because it's been washed away and no money or insurance to pay for the broken leg they just got from that falling tree, and no house to live in because it's gone and the insurance company found a way to not pay you like they did to thousands in New Orleans. And while I'm at it, beg the government to give them money to get on their feet would be icing on the cake.

You can bank on many of those bankers and right-wingers are right now as we speak--watching the millions of displaced people like they are ants. Sure there's nice bankers and probably some "goodhearted" right wingers? Not even sure about that anymore either. Is there such a good thing as a goodhearted stingy racist sociopathic bully?

Surely most those people suffering on the ground right now do NOT deserve what has happened them.

But I would be less than honest if I said I wasn't relieved to see he was not a democrat. Notice I did not say I would be relieved he is a republican. There's a difference. A big one.



bitchkitty

(7,349 posts)
24. No twinge here.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:11 PM
Oct 2012

I don't really care about him or his political persuasion, and I see no reason to pretend that I do, beyond wishing that he rests in peace, and that's more a social conditioning thing than any real feeling on my part.

It's sad in a general sort of way, but his political persuasion doesn't make me less sad, nor would I be more sad if he were a Democrat.


 

MrDiaz

(731 posts)
25. feeling relief
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:17 PM
Oct 2012

because something horrible happen to somebody and it wasn't someone on your "team" is a sad way to view things. I feel sorry for you, that would be like a Mexican saying that he was relieved that a white or black person died rather than a Mexican. Its hard to see how this is one of the first things ANYONE would think about after a tragedy like this happens. And saying that every republican is "goodhearted stingy racist sociopathic bully" is only true if you apply a stereotype to all republicans. I can't stand them but it is VERY hard to believe that ALL of them are goodhearted stingy racist sociopathic bullies... and i happen to believe that ALL stereotypes are bad, not just the ones they use.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
26. As would I be less than honest if I said that party affiliation either adds to or subtracts from
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:32 PM
Oct 2012

"But I would be less than honest if I said I wasn't relieved to see he was not a democrat..."

As would I be less than honest if I said that party affiliation either adds to or subtracts from any joy or sorrow I may towards a person fortunes or misfortunes.

As for one's belief regarding the honesty of my statement, it matters little to me.

Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)
32. Death..
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 04:51 PM
Oct 2012

Should NOT be political. These are human beings with loved ones who will be suffering. It is disturbing to me that anyone would be happy in this situation.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
36. No man is an Iland.....
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 06:14 PM
Oct 2012
"No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." - John Donne, Devotions

Tigress DEM

(7,887 posts)
50. I didn't think of it that way. But I guess it's like finding out a family member is safe.
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 04:06 AM
Nov 2012

IF it had been a DEM, I'm sure it would have been a worse feeling, since they have so many unfair advantages over us anyway.

Don't know the guy so not sure if he's really a scum bag or not. Hard to say. Some of the Republicans are coming around and denouncing the extremists in their own party and THEY can make much more of an impact.

BESIDES I really like beating them fair and square. THAT is all we're really asking for, not a win by default/death.

I DO agree that these big money folks could use some real world economic lessons.


Response to gracewriter2 (Reply #18)

Fearless

(18,421 posts)
53. I am relieved it wasn't a Democrat
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 08:59 AM
Nov 2012

However, I am not relieved it was a Republican. I don't wish death on people.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
55. May they all rest in peace.
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 10:39 AM
Nov 2012

NYC is very depressing right now. An old neighbor of mine was rescued from her home in Staten Island, and she said she saw bodies float by. I do not give a damn about anyone's party who is in distress.

Response to gracewriter2 (Reply #18)

 

ChillZilla

(56 posts)
57. I hate to break it to you but plenty of "bankers, right-wingers, et al"
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 09:47 PM
Nov 2012

got smashed up in hurricane Ike, Katrina, Andrew etc. This hand wringing about six hour gas lines kind of bemuses me, that was the norm in Houston for about two weeks after Ike, but didn't get near this kind of attention. And plenty of the aforementioned rightwingers live in Houston I might add.

Nature is no respecter of persons. Be prepared or be prepared to suffer. I went for two weeks without going to the gas station or store, because I'd planned ahead on Ike. Granted, urban dwellers are much less prepared for this type of occurance, due not the least to the fact you can't store a generator and 100 gallons of gas in an apartment.

I don't wish harm on anyone, regardless of political ideology.

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
27. not somewhere you want to let Dave Letterman's dog Sully go!
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:42 PM
Oct 2012

did you see that sad horrific story he told last night about his dog cornering and killing a deer a couple days ago?

And yeah, no idea what a deer farm is, apparently, a place where they raise deer for food. Didn't know those existed.

llmart

(15,502 posts)
28. No, I didn't see it.....
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:53 PM
Oct 2012

and I'm glad I didn't. My wussy dog cornered a groundhog once and I couldn't separate them. All I saw was blood and I was praying it wasn't from my dog. It wasn't. She got the better of the groundhog, who crawled under the fence and probably died somewhere else. It made me sad. She's also killed birds and bunnies. I have never been able to break her of that hunting instinct.

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
29. wow, your dog is a tough one too. yeah, Dave seemed a bit horrified by hearing what had
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:59 PM
Oct 2012

happened while he was away. My bro asked, did they feed him? lol.. I guess that's an honest question, but your story about yours explains its hard to take that hunting instinct out of them. They see something running away, they chase it.

thanks!

llmart

(15,502 posts)
38. Well, that's the irony of it....
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 06:20 PM
Oct 2012

usually she's a big wuss. If a little dog yips at her the hair goes up on the back of her neck and she acts all frightened.
I've seen her stalk something in the yard like a cat. She'll get a bead on something and just stand stock still without blinking an eye for 15 minutes and as soon as it moves she leaps off the deck and is after it.

 

PavePusher

(15,374 posts)
40. "I have never been able to break her of that hunting instinct."
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 07:48 PM
Oct 2012

Well, you're only fighting a few million years of evolution and a fe thousand of purposeful breeding....

If they ever breed the "hunting instinct" out of dogs, they won't be dogs any more. (Same goes for cats.)


llmart

(15,502 posts)
43. But not all dogs do this.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:25 PM
Oct 2012

I've had several dogs and this is the first one that gets down like she's stalking something. I didn't get this one as a puppy, so whoever had her may have trained her to do this.

 

dkar

(22 posts)
44. dogs can kill
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:48 PM
Oct 2012

you can't keep a dog from being a dog. its in their soul. just like a snake or a hawk or a cheating husband (or wife) - they are gonna do it cause its what they were born to do. you cant change it.

glad the dog got the better of that g'hog. and glad it wasnt a raccoon cause they can be real mean and scratch your dog real bad.

anyway, i dont want to see anyone die from tree limbs or what have you - either democrats or republicans. to want someone to die is just wrong.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
46. We let my wife's toy poodle out in the front yard one evening
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:20 PM
Oct 2012

about 10 minutes later we heard the dog yelping like hell, we looked out the front window and a rather large rabbit was kicking the shit out of this poor poodle. Dog was more embarrassed than hurt, but I gotta say, it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
37. It's the kind of place......
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 06:19 PM
Oct 2012

...where people like Dick Cheney go for their canned hunts to killed trapped animals and shoot their friends in their faces.

- You know, like that.....


http://www.dickcheneygunclub.com/

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
42. Glad to see Chickenhead is still in operation!
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:22 PM
Oct 2012

They teamed up with LandoverBaptist years ago and did great stuff.

 

dkar

(22 posts)
45. what is NT???
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:49 PM
Oct 2012

i can't stand it any more. i'm new here. why do you all put NT at the end of your message?????
what does it mean?

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
47. If you don't put anything in the Message text box, then nt, n/t,
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:23 PM
Oct 2012

means, No Text. It's customary to do so, that way we're not waiting for more of message.
BTW, welcome to DU.

BlueToTheBone

(3,747 posts)
54. Welcome to DU
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 10:12 AM
Nov 2012

from time to time you find some words seriesly misspelled and you think we're a bunch of morans. But it's just a hugh mistake on your part. FWIW and this is JMHO. Anagrams make me crazy too. Just keep asking, I know I do!

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