Has anyone read the newest article in MotherJones Magazine?
It is located here:
http://www.motherjones.com/...
It is because of this sort of reporting that I subscribe to the magazine.
Some snippits...
Democratic Senate candidate and Marine Corps Major Paul Hackett is accustomed to waging quixotic battles and taking his hits. He just didn't expect the lowest--and fatal--blows to come from his own party.
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DeWine is considered one of the most vulnerable incumbent Republicans, and the national Democratic Party is pulling out the stops to defeat him.
But first, the Democrats had to get Hackett out of the way. The weapons used in the rubout included economic sabotage, whisper campaigns, and threats.
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But no sooner did Hackett enter the Senate race last October than Brown announced his candidacy for Senate, reversing an earlier decision he had made to stay out of the race.
With Brown, a party insider, on board, the Democratic establishment quickly began pulling away from the fiery Hackett.
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In late November, Hackett got a call from Sen. Harry Reid. "I hear there's a photo of you mistreating bodies in Iraq. Is it true?" demanded the Senate minority leader. "No sir," replied Hackett.
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But the whispering continued, and Hackett was troubled. "It creates doubt and suspicion," Hackett told me, saying his close supporters were asking him privately about the rumors. "It tarnishes my very strength as a candidate, my military service. It's like you take a handful of seeds, throw them up in the wind, and they blow all around and start growing. It really bothered me."
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Hackett had demonstrated his ability to shake money from donors during a January fundraising roadshow in California and New York. But he soon discovered that top Democrats were attempting to cut off his money. The hosts of a Beverly Hills fundraiser received an e-mail from the political action committee of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) that concluded, "I hope you will re-consider your efforts on behalf of Hackett and give your support to Sherrod."
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Hackett was infuriated by the subterfuge. "I felt like I got fucked by the Democratic Party because they enticed me in and then they pulled the rug out from beneath me. It sounds eerily familiar to sending in the military to Iraq, which was a misuse of the military, and then not giving them what they need to fight."
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Hackett, who says he would still like to help "retool" the Democratic Party, ends his meteoric political career with some advice for other maverick candidates. "They simply can't rely on any of the party infrastructure to help them, and they must assume that people at high levels will work against them