Regarding the Democratic Primary Race for U.S. Senate in Texas, a Sentence I Wasn't Expecting to See

[beamjockey]

"Rogers has also previously drawn Hitler mustaches on posters of Obama, according to The Hill."

--Talking Points Memo



The cited story from The Hill: Dems Scramble to Stop LaRouche Candidate.

Comments

[harvey-rrit.livejournal.com]

Uh...

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Strangely, that's the second reference to Lyndon LaRouche I've heard today. [1] Normally I can go months, thankfully, without hearing a word about him.

[1] On an NPR news item concerning the just installed Prime Minister of Crimea, who belongs to a fringe political movement advocating becoming part to Russia again. The reporter likened it to LaRouche becoming governor of Texas and trying to return the state to Mexican control.

[whl.livejournal.com]

It's an election year; he generally comes back to haunt during those.

[harvey-rrit.livejournal.com]

Possibly we need some corollary to Godwin's Law. "Whoever mentions Lyndon LaRouche first has been abducted by aliens," perhaps.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Since I've moved out of IL, I'd have thought either sentence equally unlikely (LaRouchies outside IL -OR- Dem gubernatorial primaries in TX0.

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

This sounds like a desparation move on the part of the Democrats.

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, I really wish Lincoln could have just let them go.

[samwinolj.livejournal.com]

They're still at it? I remember the comedy show the Illinois Democrats put on in 1986, when the LaRouchies won a couple of slots in the primary. "Panic" doesn't begin to cover their reaction.

I had a longish conversation with Janice Hart (who ran for Secretary of State) before she won the primary; it was surreal. LaRouche was pushing hard for the Strategic Defense Initiative; she actually believed she could do something about that from the Illinois Secretary of State's office.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

See, I'd thought that LaRouches was mainly a local-to-Illinois phenomenon. I haven't heard of any other place requiring LaRouchies to distinguish themselves from er Actual Democrats.

[samwinolj.livejournal.com]

If the Wikipedia article is to be believed, they're much more widespread than I knew.

Judging by Illinois in 1986, and now, Texas, they seem to look for campaigns where the established candidate is phoning it in, and then organize a real campaign to grab the nomination. As best I can tell, that's what Janice Hart did to Aurelia Pucinski in 1986. Janice might have been a flake, but she was out there making personal appearances, pressing the flesh and kissing babies while Aurie seemed to think she could skate on her family name. The Tea Party is doing the same (with a much wider base) to the Republicans, so I'm not surprised the LaRouchies seem to be targeting Dems.