Remember when South Carolina KKK symp Joe Wilson screamed out that President Obama was lying during the State of the Union? Decent Americans were mortified and-- not knowing the first thing about his Democratic opponent-- chipped in over a $1,000,000-- for a campaign unlikely to make much headway. And the opponent, Rob Miller, what does he stand for? Is he a conservative? A progressive? Does he favor women's choice, the rights of working people to organize to bargain collectively, equality for all Americans? Does he want to end the war in Afghanistan? Does he want to expand the war in Afghanistan and bomb Iran to boot? No one knew-- and he sure never returned my calls-- but the money just poured in. Because he wasn't Joe Wilson.
I don't even remember what the trigger was a couple years ago when Michele Bachmann caused the same kind of hysteria and unleashed a cornucopia of cash-- almost half a million dollars in 24 hours-- on Elwyn Tinklenberg, a conservative former preacher who opposes women's choice and favors a constitutional amendment to prevent same sex couples from ever enjoying marriage equality anywhere under any circumstances. I understand this kind of tribalism, but it's idiotic.
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