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9 seconds ago 2009-07-16T11:10:04-07:00
No sooner do I note that Democrats have done some crazy stuff too than a quite high-ranking Republican, the chairman of the Virginia Republican Party, gets up on a chair and explicitly compares Obama to Osama bin Laden, all for the benefit of Karen Tumulty:
"With so much at stake, and time running short, [Virginia Republican Party Chairman Jeff] Frederick did not feel he had the luxury of subtlety. He climbed atop a folding chair to give 30 campaign volunteers who were about to go canvassing door to door their talking points — for instance, the connection between Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden: "Both have friends that bombed the Pentagon," he said. "That is scary."
