U.S. Rep. Julia Carson (D) storms out of scheduled debate

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[InvisibleChurch]

Carson storms out of scheduled debate By Mary Beth Schneider

mary.beth.schneider@indystar.com

October 30, 2002

U.S. Rep. Julia Carson stunned a Northwestside audience today when she stormed out of a debate after she accused her Republican challenger of running the most "repulsive" campaign she had ever faced.

Carson, a Democrat seeking her fourth term representing Indianapolis in Congress, was to take part in the Meridian Hills Kiwanis Club debate with Republican Brose McVey and Libertarian Andy Horning.

Instead, she said she wouldn't stay on the same stage with McVey and left the meeting room at the Holiday Inn Select North.

"If I seem rather upset, you are looking at somebody who is extremely hurt by this campaign," Carson said. "I don't think I have ever in my life seen the political decay, the lowest common denominator, that has been applied by my Republican opponent in this particular race. I don't feel comfortable being in the same room with him."

Carson claimed there is a "whispering campaign" that she is anti-Semitic -- a charge McVey said he knew absolutely nothing about. She also suggested racism was behind the unflattering use of her photos.

The Democrat also cited ads by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) that attack her for paying property taxes late. She cited the terminal illness of her mother as a reason for at least some of the delinquent payments.

Records in the Marion County treasurer's office show Carson has repeatedly been late paying property taxes, but is currently up to date.

McVey defended the tone of his campaign as focusing on issues.

He said media reports have shown the accuracy of the NRCC ad. He took responsibility for the ads done on his behalf, he said, but added that while he wouldn't have chosen to bring the topic of Carson's taxes into the campaign, he had no control over what other Republicans say.

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[InvisibleChurch]

INRI

[InvisibleChurch]

she's in a statistical dead heat with McVey ... she's just honked off because this will be the first time she ever had to work since assuming the downtown throne

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[xrp]

Carson said. "I don't think I have ever in my life seen the political decay, the lowest common denominator..."

She's in the wrong political party then if she dislikes associations with the lowest common denominator. The Democratic Party caters to the LCD of Americans, intelligence wise.

[Torie]

She will keep looking at how much Gore carried the district even as redrawn, and hope for the best. She is still the favorite. Not too many Gore voters are going to change their vote to the GOP, absent compelling circumstances. The GOP is riding high in House races, because in most places, they don't need Gore votes to win (outside the Northeast in a few places, and there the Gore totals were bloated), and where they do, they have very strong incumbents.

[xeno]

She also suggested racism was behind the unflattering use of her photos.

Has anyone ever seen a *flattering* photo of her?

[per loin]

[Torie]

Should those not pleasing to the eye be estopped from office? I am not pleased with the FR tendency to over-emphasize appearance. It reduces the gravitas of our neighborhood, even if entertaining. I prefer restraint.

[per loin]

And that's a photo from her campaign site. The woman is ugly enough to scare maggots off a three week corpse.

[Tawiskaro]

Cute. Using the flag as a scarf.

[Atlas Sneezed]

You GO girl!

[Post Toasties]

She looks more than a little younger in this shot.

[Viva Le Dissention]

Just a note: There has yet to be an election in the newly drawn districts, a process widely acknowledged to have been screwed up by Mahern.

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[Saundra Duffy]

What a pathetic wimp of a woman. No excuse. Coward!

[A6M3]

Reply to post #1: If you can't take the heat, stomp out of the debate.

[xrp]

I wouldn't expect a Democrat to know the proper vs improper ways to display the American flag. Would you? :)

[The Old Hoosier]

That's it. I really think she's going down this time.

[InvisibleChurch]

i'd just like for the liberal back to be broken for good and have a strong republican Congress for 6-10 years and maybe get this country facing the right direction

[xeno]

Of course I'm not suggesting that. Merely pointing out that her campaign photo is probably several decades old and if current shots of her used in GOP ads look "unflattering" its because that's what she looks like in real life (yes I have seen her in person many times) not because the GOP is "racist".