Thursday, November 6, 2008
News General Erick Erickson and the G.O.P. war
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Peach Pundit and Red State poobah Erick Erickson has caused an e-hubbub with a post on Red State titled Operation Leper.
In it, Erickson declares war on McCain campaign staffers who criticize McCain's running mate Sarah Palin:
We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when 2012 rolls around, see which candidates hire them. Naturally then, you'll see us go to war against those candidates.It is our expressed intention to make these few people political lepers.
Since Tuesday's loss to Obama, several McCain staffers have been doing their darnedest to toss Palin under the wheels of the Straight Talk Express.
The most damning revelation (assuming its true) came yesterday, when Fox reported that Palin thought Africa was a country.
The New Republic's Christopher Orr suggests Erickson's militant defense of Palin will drive conservatives away from the G.O.P.'s:
The tent grows smaller by the day.
Andrew Sullivan, a conservative critic of Palin and her wing of the Republican Party, mocks Erickson:
Let's have a beer soon, Erick, shall we?
I know Erick and am, frankly, surprised by the carelessness of his attack.
If you turn wayward McCain staffers into lepers, Erick, you're only gonna make them more popular with the party's evangelical, WWJD-types.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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Probably conservatives should wait at least 6 months before they do stuff like this - they need time to grieve.
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The only thing better than watching these guys lose, is watching them plan their loss for 2012. I think you're mistaken Mr. Nouraee. Right wing evangelicals don't generally subscribe to the taking care of lepers part of what Jesus did. They're more interested in the getting rich and torturing enemies part.
the link to Erick's leper's declaration of independence has disappeared. did he remove the original post? i'd like to read it, if anyone has a copy, please post here.
never mind, i found it: http://www.redstate.com/diaries/erick/2008/nov/05/operation-leper/ mccarthyism lives but this kind of stuff happens everyday in Bibb County, the home of red state, where everyone voted blue in 2008. In Bibb, all of the Republicans, from the commission chair to the house rep lost their elections. And Jim Martin overpowered Saxby 37k to 25k. with bibb's 432 churches, maybe the spirit of st francis will get erick before he goes too far.
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