While the GOP has to put up with the ranting of Ann Coulter, the Democrats are blessed with gay journalist Dan Savage, whose weekly sexual advice column runs in many alternative newspapers. Savage is so keen to elect a Democrat to replace the truly nutty and homophobic Rick Santorum, he advocates violence against a Green Party leader in Pennsylvania and Green voters.
In an interview with a writer from the Daily Pennsylvanian last week, Savage had this to say about a Green Party candidate: "Carl Romanelli should be dragged behind a pickup truck until there's nothing left but the rope."
If Savage ever tires of his writing career and life in Seattle, he might consider joining a political supremacist group. I hear they still exist in Texas and always need new recruits to spew hatred against people they don't like:
In June of 1998, a sadistic murder of a middle-aged black man from Jasper, Texas, rekindled memories of lynching practices from the blood stained American past. James Byrd, Jr., 49, was beaten savagely to the point of unconsciousness, chained to the back of a pickup truck by his neck, and dragged for miles over rural roads outside the town of Jasper. It is believed that Byrd survived through most of this experience, that is, until he was decapitated.
Here's what ran in the Daily Pennsylvanian, along with a link to the interview with Savage advocating death and violence against Greens:
Columnist says candidate should be 'dragged behind a pickup truck'
By Stephen Morse
DailyPennsylvanian.com, October 12, 2006
For those who need a primer on the senate race before watching the film, here are the players discussed by Mr. Savage:
Sen. Rick Santorum: As the senate's number three man, he is either hated or loved, depending on who you ask. Santorum is known as a quintessential right-winger.
Bob Casey: Son of former Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey Sr. and currently running against Santorum for his senate seat.
Carl Romanelli: Though he was tossed off the ballot two weeks ago by Commonwealth Court Judge(and former Democratic State Senator) James R. Kelley, Romanelli is still fighting a legal battle to get back on the ballot. Romanelli has little political experience. Democrats tend to hate him because should he be allowed back on the
ballot, he could serve as a 'spoiler' for the Republicans. It is widely known that individual Republicans provided the financial support to get Mr. Romanelli's campaign off the ground.
Some of Savage's quotes from the Daily Pennsylvanian interview:
- "Carl Romanelli should be dragged behind a pickup truck until there's nothing left but the rope." (2:41)
- "The Green party and its supporters are tools and fools for the republicans and the radicial right." (2:50)
- "Any progressive who votes for a Green anymore after Nader and now Romanelli is a fucking idiot and should be beaten with sticks." (3:05)
- "Romanelli may want to 'rim my ass three times a week, that doesn't make him better for me. And it doesn't make his presence on the ballot better for me than a Casey victory." (3:31)
- "Mr. Romanelli should go fuck himself." (4:00)
- "If Carl Romanelli gets back on the ballot, someone should run him over with a truck." (5:22)
And people say the GOP is intolerant! Donors like Dan Savage, who only give to Democrats, could teach the Republicans in how to be accepting of political opponents. Savage's donations, as posted on Newsmeat.com:
SAVAGE, DAN
SEATTLE, WA 98122
INDEX NEWSPAPERS/WRITER
LAMONT, EDWARD M (D)
Senate - CT
NED LAMONT FOR SENATE
$2,000
06/02/06
SAVAGE, DAN
SEATTLE, WA 98122
INDEX NEWSPAPERS/WRITER
CASEY, BOB (D)
Senate - PA
BOB CASEY FOR PENNSYLVANIA COMMITTEE
$2,000
06/02/06
Savage, Dan
Seattle, WA 98122
The Stranger/Writer
BURNER, DARCY (D)
House (WA 08)
DARCY BURNER FOR CONGRESS
$250
03/23/06
Savage, Dan
Seattle, WA 98101
The Stranger/writer
KERRY, JOHN F (D)
President
KERRY VICTORY 2004
$2,000
06/26/04
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Maybe I should not admit this on my blog, considering how intolerant and hateful Savage is towards Greens, and his calls for violence to be perpetrated on Greens, but I am a registered Green and will be voting for every candidate my party has on the California ballot in November, and my votes on the ballot initiatives will be cast as the Green Party has recommended.
Having said that, I'll keep an eye over my shoulder, for the likes of Savage and his fellow Democrats, who think America and our special democracy is so week it can only survive and thrive if there are just two political parties.
Savage is going to hate me for saying this, but I genuinely believe America is such a great nation and its people so wonderful, that the country will be even more fabulous, if Green candidates weren't kept off the ballot or out of political debates by fearful, hateful Democrats.
I'll give Savage some (micro) credit for his tepid apology on his paper's blog, but I think in his abusive Ann Coulter-esque heart, he really would like to see Green candidates and voter dead.
From the blog at the Stranger:
Now, anyone doing anything that might help keep Santorum in the Senate pisses me right off. That's my only excuse for using an image that was, well, violent and uncalled for and disrespectful while discussing Romanelli. Here it is:
> Carl Romanelli should be dragged behind a pickup truck until there's nothing left but the rope.
Today blogger Michael Petrelis slapped me around for making the comment. And rightly so. It wasn't kosher, and it was especially disrespectful of the memory of James Byrd Jr., a black man who was lynched in Texas in 1998 by being dragged behind a pickup truck. [...]
For the record: It was a stupid, shitty thing to say. And I would like the record to show that I did a very un-Coulter-like thing on October 12 before anyone beat me up for saying it: I withdrew the crack and apologized for it. From a Slog post on October 12:
> You know, I just got off the plane and I haven't watched the video. But here's the diff between me and Coulter: I regret using that truck metaphor, and didn't mean it literally, and it was in poor taste, and I regret it. [...]
Wait a minute... did I apologize or did I just "regret"? And were my regrets posted prominently enough on the Slog? They weren't in their own post, just attached to another post in a comment thread. So that's why I'm writing this post...
I'm sorry about that comment, and I regret it.
But I still hate that Romanelli bastard. And, hey, if I am Ann Coulter's "political twin," as Petrelis claims, how come I don't make the money she does?
Okay, Dan, you still despise the Green, but would it have cost you too much to apologize for advocating Romanelli's death, by directly saying you're sorry to him?
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