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Raising the Level of Discourse

Oct 9, 2009
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Politics & Current Events, WTF?

In a rhetorical masterpiece sure to sway many voters, Robert Lowry, a candidate for a Florida Congressional seat, shot at a target marked with the initials of his opponent in the race, Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Mr. Lowry first called the shooting a joke, but later (probably after talking with many, many consultants) admitted that it was a mistake. You think? Sheesh.

Among other heart warming tidbits from this story:

  • Apparently the Southeast Broward Republican Party holds their weekly meetings at a shooting range. Isn't that sort of like the Democrats holding their convention in the Castro with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence presiding? No one thinks this might be a bad idea?
  • Charmingly, they use targets equipped with traditional Arab scarves, when they aren't shooting at Congresswomen's initials that is.

It's nice to know that in this topsy-turvy world we live in, where Chaos is all around us, Florida remains the soul of consistency.

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  1. TomH  •  Oct 9, 2009 @2:09 pm

    Oddly, the Democrats hold their meetings in a hall across the street,and spend their time putting daisies in all the gun barrels.

  2. TomH  •  Oct 9, 2009 @2:11 pm

    Darn it, y'know that isn't even remotely funny unless you replace 'hall' with 'shooting range', which is what it should have been.

  3. Tim Fowler  •  Oct 9, 2009 @2:58 pm

    "Apparently the Southeast Broward Republican Party holds their weekly meetings at a shooting range. "

    What's wrong with that? I can see how shooting your opponents in effigy would annoy, anger, or potentially even scare people, but nothing wrong with being at a shooting range, or holding meetings at one (assuming its set up for meetings, and it not then the wrong is a practical not a moral wrong)

  4. Jdog  •  Oct 11, 2009 @7:21 am

    I'm with Tim Fowler. While I'm not a Republican, a range trip is my golf, kinda; I head over to Burnsville Pistol Range to shoot a few rounds and hang out with friends a little. While there are targets with real folks' pictures on them — mainly paid models in threatening poses, but they do have a Bin Laden — they're not particularly heavily-used.

    Me, I usually shoot at The Green Guy. He, and his friends — the Modified Green Guy, and the Blue Guy — don't mind.

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