NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Thu May-08-08 06:08 PM
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Apparently the picture of Hitler right behind him didn't arouse suspicion of Republican candidate
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http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008...
Tony Zirkle, who spoke at an Adolf Hitler birthday party last month on how prostitution and pornography impact white women, came in third place in Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Republican primary yesterday. Fighting prostitution and porn is a major plank in Zirkle's platform.
He has said that he will speak to any group who invites him, but he dodged questions from an Indiana paper asking whether he was a white supremacist sympathizer.
Washington Post columnist Al Kamen has the story:
Tough news last night in the closely watched Republican primary in Indiana's 2nd Congressional District.
Loop favorite Tony Zirkle, who had lost two primaries to former congressman Chris Chocola-- albeit with 30 percent of the vote against incumbent Chocola in 2006 -- was soundly defeated.
Zirkle, whose top campaign issue is opposition to pornography and prostitution, finished a distant third behind Goshen, Ind., businessman and GOP establishment candidate Luke Puckett and Culver, Ind., newspaper delivery man Joseph Roush. Puckett won with 48 percent of the vote; Zirkle drew 16 percent.
Unclear why he did so badly this time. Maybe it was that outreach effort April 20 when he spoke at an Adolf Hitler birthday celebration sponsored by the National Socialist Workers Party, also known as the Nazis. snip
He reportedly also told a local radio station he didn't think all the 50 or so people at the party were necessarily Nazis, because the group's name isn't "Nazi" but National Socialist Workers Party. Apparently clues such as the large swastikas or that picture of der Fuehrer right behind him didn't arouse suspicion. (Thought it was Charlie Chaplin ?)
horridly small spark so far...badly told. let's look at the facts:
http://www.tonyzirkle.comhttp://www.tonyzirkle.com/CAMPAIGN/Zirkle+Stakes+His+Position+on+Gambling+Boats+and+Money+Laundering(seems Tony cases ambulances...wonder if he knows Edwards?)
Ind. U.S. House District 2 Results
Candidate Votes %
Joe Donnelly (D) 104,016 54% Chris Chocola * (R) 88,871 46% Republican Primary Results
Chris Chocola 70.1%
Tony Zirkle 29.9%
Big City Dem'crats looks like to me...
Now, wait a moment... WIKI says:
Tony Zirkle was a Republican candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 2nd Congressional District (map) of Indiana. He was defeated by Luke Puckett in the Republican primary on May 6, 2008. [1]U.S. House - District 2 - GOP Primary
535 of 535 Precincts Reporting - 100%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Puckett, Luke GOP 14,324 50%
Roush, Joseph GOP 9,068 32%
Zirkle, Tony GOP 5,092 18%
Sooooo...a guy looses, horridly, in a republican State primary is news on DU for what reason? Because he was at a NAZI dinner? And he then lost? and that is News? How?
Pathetic.
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