Those caring, compassionate dems...
TVC Condemns TN Democrat For Distributing Flyer Belittling Special Olympics Kids: "Washington, DC, -- “Tennessee State Representative Craig Fitzhugh should be ashamed of himself for allowing his campaign office to distribute a flyer belittling Special Olympics children,” said Traditional Values Coalition Chairman Louis P. Sheldon, today. “This disgusting flyer is an insensitive attack against children with disabilities.”
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Rep. Fitzhugh’s office, which is shared by the Kerry-Edwards campaign, has been distributing a flyer showing a Special Olympics child with President Bush’s face superimposed on the head of the disabled youngster. The headline reads: “Voting for Bush Is Like Running In The Special Olympics: Even If You Win, You’re Still Retarded.”
“This kind of mean-spirited material has no place in an election campaign,” said Rev. Sheldon. “In my 40 years of involvement in politics, I’ve never seen anything so despicable as this flyer. Rep. Fitzhugh should not only apologize to the disabled community and to his opponent Dave Dahl, he should fire whoever is responsible for distributing this ugly attack piece.” more
I know that this was in the 2004 elections, but this was the first time I saw this.
As an educator who works with handicapped children, I can only standt aghast at the mean-spiritedness and downright nastiness of a party who claims to be "compassionate" and "tolerant."
There is no excuse for this.
This is just another glaring example that the democrat party is far from the "compassionate" and "tolerant" souls that they claim to be.
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