The chairman of the Lancaster County (Lincoln), Nebraska GOP has shown what stuff he is made of.
Terry Werner, a very liberal Democrat who just lost his seat in the Lincoln city council, received a charming email from Jim Haga, GOP chairman for Lancaster County (more below the cut)
Haga wrote to Werner:
Let this be a wakeup call to you. The voters of Lincoln wisely rejected your socialist agenda. If needed we could have addressed your driving record (having a private eye follow you was a joy)
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Having a private eye follow you? Where the hell did they get the money?
The GOP has been gunning for Werner since he first got on the city council four years ago. He is everything they hate: liberal, pro-neighborhood, anti-war, pro-civil rights, pro-economic responsibility. Beginning the first of 2005, they started inundating the voters with mailings telling them that Werner represented everything from high taxes (he believes in paying for what you get), homosexual rights (true), and that he hates cats and dogs (not true). That last one was beyond silly: it showed just how desperate the GOP was to block Werner.
Terry was very popular among anyone making less than $50,000 a year or not living in the suburbs. That's why the GOP had to get him gone. If he had won, the Democrats would have parity on the city council and a Democratic mayor. That's not acceptable in a state the GOP believes is theirs by divine right.
Meanwhile, Nebraska Gopers have to show their moral character by kicking Werner when he's down. What a mean, petty, childish thing to do.