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‘Straight Talk Express’ really a Magical Mystery Tour

August 14th, 2006 at 11:50pm Geraldine

Tuesday, Danny Carroll is hosting a fundraiser in a private room on Grinnell College’s campus with John McCain. It’s no secret that McCain has run to the right (Exhibit A), but he has never quite been the hero everyone thinks he is (Exhibit B).

But for anyone who is still attached to the idea of John McCain the “straight-talker” (and the “straight talk” motif kind of outlives its purpose when the attribution is plastered all over his PAC web site, straighttalkamerica.com), know that the candidate he’s shilling for is very much not a straight talker. Here are some of the very un-straight claims Danny Carroll has made:

  • Grinnell College students should not have the right to vote for their state representative (in this 2004 mailing).
  • Gay marriage is a bad idea because it would allow two men to marry for business reasons (in the 2004 Grinnell College SCIPE-sponsored debate).
  • He was the reason why Newton — about 15 minutes away from his house district — got its new speedway and stadium (in the 2006 “Carroll Chronicle”, which Danny sent out in the newspaper in Oskaloosa and Grinnell).

John McCain became popular when he ran against George W. Bush, because he was the Republican everyone wanted to win the primary. Then Bush smeared him, and McCain fell into line. Now it’s McCain’s turn to be front-runner, and he won’t be outflanked (or out-Roved) by anyone this time. For a campaign based on “straight talk,” he seems to spend a little too much time raising money for people like Danny Carroll.

Of course, this means Eric Palmer could use your money now more than ever.

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  • 1. Matt  |  August 15th, 2006 at 7:26 am

    Plus, TOMORROW Danny Carroll is partaking in a fundraiser in Des Moines with Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. In a previous post at Daily Kos I wrote about Barbour’s ties to the St. Louis-based Council of Conservative Citizens:

    The St. Louis-based Council of Conservative Citizens traces its roots directly to the racist, anti-integrationist White Citizens’ Councils of the 1950s and 1960s.

    Its current leader, attorney Gordon Lee Baum, was an organizer for the WCC and built the Council of Conservative Citizens in part from the old group’s mailing lists. Like its predecessor, the CCC inflames fears and resentments, particularly among Southern whites, with regard to black-on-white crime, nonwhite immigration, attacks on the Confederate flag and other issues related to “traditional” Southern culture. Although the group claims not to be racist, its leaders traffic with other white supremacist groups and its publications, Web sites and meetings all promote the purportedly innate superiority of whites.

    Despite its record, the CCC has been successful in drawing southern politicians to its events: the 1998 revelation that then Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott had been a frequent speaker before the group drew substantial media attention. Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, Mississippi state senators and several state representatives have appeared in recent years.*

    Plus, Representative Carroll is hosting a fundraiser with Kansas Senator Sam Brownback…Mr. Sam “Anti-Evolution” Brownback…

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