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Yesterday we learned about the poor woman who was allegedly gang raped by Halliburton employees in Iraq, held against her will and threatened if she told anyone. Today we have the less than humans at the Free Republic calling this poor woman every name in the book.

Isn't this the same kind of thing people are complaining about in Saudi Arabia - attacking the victim? I wonder how long before any Republican candidate or wingnut blogger denounces these comments on the Free Republic. Oh wait - they won't. Instead they will choose to ignore this vile filth cluttering up the internet and still support the site. Their silence on the entire story proves that point.

Looks like a repeat performance from last year:

The campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards reopened today after authorities determined that the white powder found in an envelope wasn't dangerous, campaign officials told The Associated Press.

Edwards said a letter in the envelope contained "some negative comments" and powder spilled out of the envelope, but he didn't elaborate on what the letter said or its possible source.

Preliminary testing found that the powder contained no chemical or biological agents, said Jane Cousins, a spokeswoman for the Chapel Hill police. Further testing will continue for the next several days.

"It's like any high-profile presidential campaign, you're going to encounter threats and these kinds of instances," Edwards said during a conference call before a scheduled speech at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.

I wonder if this is another loyal reader of Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin. They might even possibly post at Free Republic. Just further evidence of the chicken shits that make up the GOP.

Yesterday news broke of how Blackwell has taken a new low in his dead run for Governor. They are now (and once again) making claims that Strickland is gay and comparing Strickland to Mark Foley because of a former staffer Strickland had who was convicted of a misdemeanor for exposing himself to minors.

One of the key figures behind this new attack is Jerome Corsi. Corsi gained national attention during the 2004 election when he co-authored "Unfit for Command", the book that was swift boating Kerry. Corsi has also been a highly controversial figure:

In August 2004, during Corsi's collaboration with the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, the liberal website Media Matters for America reposted a number of anti-Muslim, anti-Catholic, and anti-gay comments [1] made by Corsi at the forum threads of the conservative website Free Republic, dating from 2001 through 2004

So why is this man, who has always been on the national stage, now becoming so interested in the race for Ohio Governor? The actions of the Blackwell campaign and Corsi could put them in legal trouble. The records of Strickland's former staffer were sealed by a court in 2002, so now the question is raised of how they got this information.

Perhaps people need to start asking why Corsi is so involved? Strickland is ahead by a 2-1 margin and Blackwell has never been ahead in the polls. Even the National Republican Governors Association has written off this race as a loss for them. Could Corsi be giving payback to Blackwell for delivering Bush Ohio in 2004? Why else would he be risking legal problems for such a losing campaign?