The Democrats' "Candidates With Tragically Killed Children" Strategy.

July 7th, 2004 | Jim Curtis

[Jim_Curtis]

There seems to be an organized Democrat strategy to get parents of tragically killed children on the ballot for the next election.

Here in Minnesota the Democrats have convinced a woman named Patti Wetterling, a woman without a political thought in her head but who has public name recognition because her son was abducted and never found, to run for congress against Republican Rep. Kennedy.

I think the announcement of Edwards is bad for this lady's chances of winning cuz it's overkill, literally, and this will make people realize that they are having their buttons pushed.

The more national exposure the Wetterling lady gets, the more cynical the voters will become of the Kerry/Edwards ticket.

[montag813]

Carolyn McCarthy gained power by riding the corpse of her husband in her zealotry to enact "stronger gun control"--moronically ignoring the fact that her husband was murdered and son maimed using an ILLEGAL weapon, which no gun-control act in the world could have stopped. Yet in power she remains, thanks to the sheeple.

[Navy Patriot]

Does this mean that Mr. or Mrs. Kopeckene are running?

[RedMonqey]

Naaaah. It only applies to DEMOCRATIC candidates. Republicans are told to "Get over it" you rich, elitist tool of the Capitalist Hierarchy.

Besides Republicans appeal to voters who admire those who overcome their hardships or accomplish great deeds on their own. Dems appeal to the loser-victim mentality of "the masses"

[Tamzee]

I met Patty Wetterling a few times at events pertaining to missing children. I can't believe she is willing to run as a Democrat after seeing how the ACLU coddles and defends child molesters and pedophiles.

Every group I saw out there helping children avoid sexual abuse, kidnap, and murder were all on the right... every group protecting the monsters instead was on the left.