Richard Lugar, he of the many-termèd Indiana senate run, lost
to fop Richard Mourdock in the state’s Republican primary Tuesday
night, because Lugar is AULDE and believes in a passé political system
similar to the one that John McCain believed in before he became a
born-again baby. In his concession speech, Lugar very clearly outlined
the insanity of the present-day Republican party and the “headwinds” he
faced as a bipartisan-loving old softy running against the passed wind
of the Tea Party. Well, that upset some people, because it was so rude.
Melinda Henneberger of preeminent feminist blog SHE [UNDERSCORED WITH
LIPSTICK] THE PEOPLE is one such (she)rson, and as part of a new,
promising tactic at the Washington Post, Henneberger both cut and pasted
bits of Lugar’s speech AND took on the voice of Lugar for her “news”
“article” this morning and it’s probably going to get at least four
pageviews discounting her own endless “open page in new tab” efforts. In
her biggest play of the post, Henneberger says the Lugar campaign staff
really should have “seen to it” that Lugar’s concession speech “was eaten by a computer virus.” OOOOOOOOOOOOOH. READ MORE »
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