New Republican "NASCAR" Smear On Democrats

[WillyT]

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Republicans are circulating a new smear, saying that Democratic Congressional staffers advised aides to get vaccinations before visiting NASCAR events. It is, of course, just a lie designed to drive the "elite limousine liberal" and "Democrats hate regular people" narratives.

In fact the aides were visiting "health care centers, detention facilities and other operations where they could be exposed to communicable diseases" and the immunizations are routine.

The Drudge Report has been headlining the smear for a several days. Of course Republican talk-radio has been running with it. Here are just a few examples of the spread of the smear:

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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/new-republican-nascar-s_b_68320.html

Christ...

[TSIAS]

1. Of course

I like NASCAR, but I accept that most of its fans are Bush supporting, right-wing Republicans.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

9. I AM RELATED TO ONE OF THE DRIVERS....

DON'T MAKE SUCH AN ASSUMPTION SO QUICKLY.

[Renew Deal]

2. Are we going to have the Nascar wars again?

I am a NASCAR fan and a Democrat. There are many more like me. Glad I got that out of the way.

[DearAbby]

3. What tripe

These people are going to find anything to beat over the heads of Democrats. What else is new?

They are in Hyper-swiftboat mode: stand back watch them spin themselves into oblivion. (one can dream)

[Marr]

4. I've always found it laughable when the party of rich daddy's boys tries to

cast themselves as rough and ready proles, and denounces the party of labor as effete. I'm always amazed when I meet someone that buys that crap.

[JeffR]

5. Well said n/t

[WillyT]

6. That's The Irony, No ???

That the rePukes are playing the NASCAR fans as rubes.

They'll spread this phony story which they believe those fans will buy into, and rev up hatred of said fans for Democrats.

So apparently... the Republicans are trying to convince NASCAR fans that Democrats think that they are unclean (which is a lie), but in doing so Republicans prove that they think NASCAR fans are stupid.

Which is true, only in the sense that Republicans think that, not that NASCAR fans are stupid.

Did I just over-analyze the shit out of that or what?

:silly:

[EFerrari]

11. These are the same people that would put a chain saw

into George Bush's hands.

:rofl:

[CRF450]

7. I think theirs a possiblity that it could be true.

After all the ignorant comments from many DU'rs I'v seen in NASCAR threads here, it wouldn't really surprise me. As a motorsports fan, NASCAR isn't near the top of the list of favorites for me, but I have much respect for the sport.

[aquart]

12. Thank you for your concern.

[Demeter]

8. It's Desperation Talking

Because it sure doesn't make much sense.

[TahitiNut]

10. Nonetheless, I think it'd be prudent ...

... to have one's vaccinations up-to-date before attending such an event. An ounce of prevention ... and there ain't no cure for stupid. (I'd do the same thing before attending a Raiders game.)

:evilgrin:

[Warren DeMontague]

13. The closest Bush and his pals have come to NASCAR is playing Golf Cart Polo.

Give me a fucking break.

[2rth2pwr]

14. Those health care facilities are at the track

In an e-mail, a staffer who works for committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., noted an "unusual need for whomever attending to be vaccinated against hepatitis A and B," as well as "the more normal things - tetanus, diphtheria, and of course, seasonal influenza."

The note didn't explain why the committee saw such concern. It didn't mention NASCAR or the races at the tracks at all. But the implication was enough to draw a snarky complaint from Republican Rep. Robin Hayes, whose district includes Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"I have never heard of immunizations for domestic travel, and ... I feel compelled to ask why the heck the committee feels that immunizations are needed to travel to my hometown," wrote Hayes.

Thompson responded to Hayes that such immunizations are "are recommended for public safety professionals working in areas such as hospitals, holding areas and similar locations." But the staffers were only scheduled to visit a few health care facilities - not work at them.

"What do they know about NASCAR that we don't?" said Dr. David Weber, a professor of medicine and public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071014/D8S96T9G1.html

[Bitwit1234]

15. I don't care who it makes mad If I went to the NASCAR events

I'd get more than a shot...those peoples are the really nutso wing of the republicans.