Marilyn Musgrave blames 'leftist special interests' for election loss

[otohara]

In her first public comments on her re-election loss — made in a mass phone call to Georgia voters — Rep. Marilyn Musgrave blamed her defeat on "leftist special interests" that "smothered the truth with vicious attacks and lies."
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Musgrave's remarks came in a so-called "robo-call" that went out to 275,000 Georgia voters Monday and Tuesday on behalf of Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a Republican who was forced into a runoff with Democratic challenger Jim Martin. The election was Tuesday and Chambliss won.

"Hello, I'm Marilyn Musgrave. Until last month, I was the congresswoman from Colorado," Musgrave said in the call, which was paid for by the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, a political committee that supports anti-abortion candidates.

"Leftist special interests from around the country poured money into my district to defeat me. They overwhelmed us with money. And they smothered the truth with vicious attacks and lies.

"We are seeing the same pattern in Georgia. Pro-abortion radicals and liberal activists won't stop until they have a chokehold on our government. You can stop them with your vote. It's too late to change the results in Colorado, but on Tuesday you can cast your vote for Saxby Chambliss.”http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20081203/LOVELAND01/81203004

[ccharles000]

1. thank god she is gone

[buczak]

2. poor marilyn.

If she would have spend more time worrying about her district and not 'teh gays', then she probably would have been re-elected.

I wouldn't call her district leftist, there are some progressive areas in northern colorado, but nothing leftist.

[Vanje]

3. Special interest group.....

I think she means 'Voters'.

[AllentownJake]

4. Wonder which RW think tank she's going to land in?

[AllentownJake]

5. Kind of funny also she's

blaming her loss on special interest groups in an ad paid by a special interest group

[BOSSHOG]

6. Marilyn displaying more conservative values

Don't ever blame yourself for your own fuckups. There are way too many scapegoats out there. And way too many ignorant hateful "conservative" peckerheads in Georgia to share her lies with.

Nothing against Georgia. I live in Mississippi. I know of what I speak when I refer to ignorant hateful conservative peckerheads.

[MadBadger]

7. Marilyn Finally admitted Defeat...HUZZAH!

[Bryan]

8. I must say, I was pleased to learn that I'm a leftist special interest

...just because I found her to be an intolerably regressive and ineffective Congresswoman. I guess I've got some weight to throw around now!