Mix a partisan health care debate, a little misinformation -- and, oh, a picture of a Democratic Congressman hanging in effigy -- and apparently you can light up the blogosphere.
A snapshot taken by Eastern Shore blogger Joe Albero on Monday during a sparsely attended anti-health care protest -- showing a cardboard cut-out of U.S. Rep. Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (D) dangling by a noose -- has taken on a life of its own in cyberspace in the past few hours.
Politico and some of Kratovil's opponents picked up the picture and labeled it part of a "rally" attended by members of the fiscally conservative Americans for Prosperity who were meeting in Salisbury on health care reform.
Politico has since updated its post with a comment by AFP noting it had nothing to do with organizing the event: "We held an event the previous night, where this man passed out flyers asking people to join him the next day at the office for a protest. That is how some AFP members ended up coming, but they were disgusted by his behavior. I repeat, this gathering WAS NOT an AFP event or sponsored by us in any way," writes AFP [spokeswoman] Amy Menefee."
For his part Albero, who leans right in his posts, said a few AFP members stopped by the one-man show and quickly left. "What this guy did was despicable, and Democrats have completely just turned it around to be something it wasn't. This guy was way out of line," Albero said.
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This event was orchestrated by the AFP crowd from the get-go!
Thanks for helping to get Frank Kratovil reelected -- we won't forget -- and it will be much easier to raise funds now.
Thanks to coverage of "the lynching" on this blog and the "monoblogue," people everywhere think that Salisbury and Wicomico County has not changed since the real lynching in the 1930's.
I'm REALLY sick of people turning this white fat guy thing into something racist. This issue does not take the race card.
My wifes mothers uncle was called "Indian Charlie" he was hung downtown. For what I dont know, I think he was a drunk and did something to a white woman.
good thing he isn't congressman of color.
my mothers brothers sisters cousins roommate from college was discriminated against once..
and they got over it.
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