A little follow-up to a story that just makes you want to smack your head against a wall. Last week, Brad Goehring, a Republican challenging Democratic Congressman Jerry McNerney in California's 11th Congressional District, made what could be described in the best of terms as an unfortunate metaphor:
“If I could issue hunting permits, I would officially declare today opening day for liberals. The season would extend through November 2 and have no limits on how many taken as we desperately need to “thin” the herd.”
But just like so much else with conservatism, it wasn't his fault for advocating politically motivated mass murder. It was your fault for pointing it out. From a email release today:
"Enough is enough," said Goehring. "Attack me, but on the issues. This is one more example of radical progressives trying to silence dissent through intimidation. I am up for this fight and won't back down because the future of our country is at stake. The far left in this country have gone too far once again.
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Maybe it's not politically correct but I won't back down for calling for the defeat of as many liberals as possible on November 2nd and stopping their radical agenda."
This is the type of hypocrisy that makes you throw your hands up in the air and say, "I give up." So apparently, saying that liberals should be hunted and shot isn't intimidating, but complaining about it is. It gets better, though:
"They deserve better than having their name slandered because of their German descent, especially in light of their contributions to protecting our liberty and right to speak freely. I know the radicals will continue to attack me because I am a threat to their big government socialist agenda. I wear the smears and cheap shots of Daily Kos, Jerry McNerney, the leftist bloggers and Keith Olbermann as a badge of honor."
Hey, Brad...the only thing I ever said was that you should have been a little more careful about advocating murderous purges of political opponents. I'm sorry if you felt smeared.