IL-18: GOP campaign manager says, “We’re Like Obama!”
July 21, 2008 by
Filed under Bush Powers, Capitol Hill, Clueless, Deserved, Double Standards, Idiot Ideas, Legal Ramblings, Money, Uncategorized
Especially in Illinois, GOP House candidates evidently know which way the wind is blowing.
Steve Shearer, campaign manager to Republican candidate Aaron Schock, would have you believe that his man is the Obama of the race. In attacking Democrat Colleen Callahan, Shearer actually said:
Shearer said Schock is like Obama in that he represents change and people are inspired by him. Callahan, he said, is showing she’s more of a Hillary Clinton supporter.
“This is a Hillary Clinton, throw-the-kitchen-sink blistering negative attack playbook that Sen. Obama has railed against as the broken part of politics right now. Is (Callahan) running because she has a vision for what this country should be or is she nitpicking on Aaron and constantly being nasty?”
So, let me get this straight.
Aaron Schock is an anti-choice, Bush-loving neocon who thinks selling nuclear weapons to Taiwan is a swell idea, and proudly trumpets the historic achievements of the Gingrich Congress on his website.
Yeah, sounds just like Obama to me.
For the record, what was so kitchen-sinky about Callahan’s campaign? Apparently, she posted on her blog that President Bush was doing a fundraiser for Schock, and aligning oneself with this horrendous administration didn’t sound like “change” to her.
Imagine that.
(H/T: ProgressIllinois).
