Conservative blog declares war on Republican perverts, louts, criminals

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Monday May 14, 2007

Conservative blog declares 'war' on GOP 'perverts, louts, criminals'

Nick Juliano

One of the most prominent conservative blogs has started a crusade

against Republicans who it says continue to promote ethically

questionable congressmen and ignore the will of their base.

"A group of men and women across this nation ... are tired of

defending a party that continually puts into positions of power known

perverts, louts, and corrupt common criminals," RedState.com editor

Erick Erickson wrote in a post Monday outlining his "battle plan"

against Republican leaders.

"We must be willing to wage war upon them until they bend to common

sense and decency."

RedState is encouraging its readers to refuse to support Republican

re-election efforts until Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) is booted from the

House Appropriations Committee.

The site, which averages more than 25,000 visits per day, posted a

"declaration of war" against Republican leaders Friday.

Calvert is replacing fellow California Republican Rep. John Doolittle,

who has stepped down from the committee in the midst of an FBI

investigation into his wife's business association with convicted

lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Erickson says Calvert is just as corrupt as Doolittle, citing press

reports outlining a questionable land deal in which Calvert made more

than $400,000 profit.

Calvert sold the property for nearly $1 million in 2006 after securing

millions of dollars in federal earmarks to build a traffic interchange

15 miles away.

Calvert has said the deal was not a conflict of interest and insisted

the ,i>Los Angeles Times, which first reported the story in 2006,

twisted the facts to create an impression of ethical impropriety.

RedState is asking its readers to call the offices of more than two

dozen Republican leaders and steering committee members to find out

who voted for Calvert's appointment to the Appropriations Committee.

RedState readers also are being asked to refuse any donations to

Republican candidates or the National Republican Congressional

Committee until Calvert is removed.

Calvert responded to the allegations in a comment posted to the blog

Friday, saying the allegations of ethical problems were "completely

false."

"In my 14 years of service in the U.S. Congress, I have always held

myself to the highest ethical standards and remain committed to

upholding the faith placed in me by our Republican Leadership and all

my Republican colleagues," Calvert wrote.

The campaign against Calvert is not limited to his real estate

history.

A post Monday suggested questions to ask members of Congress who

supported Calvert, including, "Are you aware that Ken Calvert paid a

heroin addicted prostitute for oral sex?"

Calvert spokeswoman Rebecca Rudman said it was "unfortunate" that

those charges were being rehashed now.

"That's an incident that occurred 15 years ago," Rudman told RAW

STORY.

"Obviously the Congressman dealt with it then, so I don't know what

else there is to say about that."

According to press reports, Calvert was detained by police in 1993

after an officer noticed him sitting with his pants unzipped in a

parked car with a convicted prostitute.

Calvert and the woman said they just "pulled over to talk."

In his battle cry, Erickson said RedState readers should be willing to

see Republicans lose elections rather than continue to support corrupt

lawmakers.

RedState is targeting Republican members of the House Steering

Committee, which decides committee appointments, and asking them to

support Calvert's removal.

Also targeted is Rep. Tom Cole, chairman of the National Republican

Congressional Committee; RedState readers are asked to "pledge not to

give not one dime nor bit of energy to the NRCC" as long as Calvert

remains on the Appropriations Committee.

And readers should deliver the same message to House Minority Leader

Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio.

An NRCC spokeswoman said the committee "believe(s) the blogosphere

plays an important role in political debate" and looks forward to

working with bloggers in campaigns against Democrats this year.

Calls to Boehner's office were not immediately returned Monday.

"If we must take on the vulnerable members of the House Steering

Committee and contribute even to their electoral defeat, so be it,"

Erickson writes.

"This party of ours must be pruned and it must be pruned by those of

us who care about it before meeting the butchers' shears in the hands

of the voters again in 2008."

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My, my. The Republican shit's gettin' too deep for them too.

Harry

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> http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Conservative_blog_declares_war_on_Republicans_0514.html

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> Monday May 14, 2007

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> Conservative blog declares 'war' on GOP 'perverts, louts, criminals'

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> Nick Juliano

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> Calvert has said the deal was not a conflict of interest and insisted

> the ,i>Los Angeles Times,

What; somebody trying to write html 4.01 and hit comma instead of <, and

then the program that was supposed to strip the markups missed it? Don't

they know that it is now <em> instead of <i>? How come they changed <b> to

anyway? It was so much easier to write the code.