Unreal… Coward Russ Carnahan Is Raising Money Off of Faked Coffin Story
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:42 AM
On Sunday members of the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition held a prayer vigil for the victims of Obamacare at Rep. Russ Carnahan‘s office and later outside his home in St. Louis. We brought a coffin with us to represent the millions of Americans who will suffer from inadequate treatment and perish under Obamacare. We also prayed for Russ Carnahan and Democrats for bringing more suffering and pain on the American people.
The prayer vigil at Carnahan’s office was covered by the local media. (KSDK Photo)
On Wednesday the Carnahan people and Democratic-media complex twisted the story of this innocent prayer vigil into some kind of threat against Russ Carnahan. The Carnahan camp said the coffin was dumped on his lawn overnight and was a threat against his life.
This was completely untrue. It was such a huge lie that The Politico had to correct their bogus story and the far left Democratic Underground retracted the story completely.
But, that didn’t stop liar Russ Carnahan from trying to raise money off of it.
Josie Wales at Pajamas Media reported:
An email arrived in my inbox this afternoon from Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s baby-brother, Congressman Russ Carnahan (D-Missouri). In this email, Carnahan pledges to not be intimidated by Coffingate, and then asks me for money. This email may be the most despicable yet of the campaign season. After a brutal 48 hours of press retractions about an incident regarding a coffin placed near his house, Carnahan is attempting to hustle money for intimidation that did not occur.
Carnahan provides a link to a piece in Politico – the very piece that was suggested to Politico reporter Jake Sherman by a Carnahan spokesperson, (and subsequently corrected). Here is some text from his email.
They’ve tried every dirty trick in the book to block critical reforms that will stop insurance companies from rejecting children with preexisting conditions or denying care to those who are sick. Try as they may, we will not be intimidated.
Help me send a message that threats and extreme tactics will not work. Please contribute $100, $50 or even $25 right now to help me fight back against those who will stop at nothing to block health care reform for Missouri families….It must be hard to get good help these days. At the center of the controversy is Sara Howard, Congressman Carnahan’s spokesperson for his re-election campaign. Howard comes from SEIU, where she spent a number of years learning the ins and outs of labor-press relations.
Unreal.
There’s more on Carnahan’s SEIU helper Sarah Howard at Big Government.
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gus commented:
Hope and Change.
Common Sense commented:
Now I agree that the coffin story was misrepresented by Carnahan and the media. I’m with you guys 100%.
However, we as conservatives have to stop doing stupid things like carrying around coffins! That makes us look like idiots. We will never win over those on the fence if we’re seen as people who carry around coffins!
Come on guys, use some common sense. There are better ways to get our message across.
elizabeth r commented:
OC Register website has article this morning from their “Washington Bureau” about anger, which repeats the original coffin story.
Marooned in Marin commented:
Astroturfing for Obama (aka Organizing for America) sent out an e-mail the other day also, trying to raise money off the “threats of violence” against Democrats.
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down with dems commented:
The Carnahan era will end soon enough.
Jules Hamil commented:
I agree with “Common Sense” comments. We do have to begin to weight every and all actions we participate in so the Democrats will not have any way to “spin it” against us. A candle light vigil would have had as much impact, just my opinion.
down with dems commented:
And I agree, we have to stop doing stuff like this. We all know how the left plays it. Victimhood, breaks all the rules, back room deals. It’s bad enough that we walk around proudly playing by the rules while they take advantage of us, but then we go and give them a freebie by playing with coffins. You can’t win by playing by the rules if both players aren’t playing by the rules, and you sure can’t win when you give the other team free shots like the coffin incident.
down with dems commented:
Remember: the first one to declare victimhood is the winner.
Carnahan cried wolf about he coffin, but he did it first and the media ran with it. Then when Eric Cantor’s office was SHOT AT with a bullet, he and Republicans were accused of making it up or faking it in order to hop on the victim bandwagon. Yet, when Steve Driehaus says a rock was thrown through his 30th floor window the media reports it as truth–because Carnahan grabbed the victim flag first. You guys gave it to the Dems and they ran with it. We can learn to play the game, if we’re willing.
Moright commented:
So yesterday on Mark Reardon’s KMOX show in St. Louis, Missouri Representative Rachel Storch defended the health care bill by saying, “We don’t know” how it will really work out, but they “had to do something” and “this is a start”. She repeated this a couple times. I would love to have the transcript of this. Stunning admission, just 5 days from the vote, that they have no clue what they’ve wrought, other than to advance the agenda.
This seems to be the talking points from the Carnahan and McCaskill camps.
gus commented:
I don’t waste a minute of my time worrying about the media. They are irrelevant.
The coffin story is also irrelevant. If it wasn’t the coffin it would be the hat or the color of your hair or the hate in your speech. We need to galvanize US not THEM.
Grumpyguy commented:
No one should be protesting in front ofbanother man’s house. You are letting emotion get the best of you and giving the Dems free press.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
New slogan for Missouri -
“No more Carnahans!”
Repeat often.
dnb commented:
Did he really choose that picture for his website? He looks like quite the crab. Is it meant to keep his constituents away?
wanumba commented:
Always take copious video. The lying is pervasive and slick. Maybe the coffin was too easy to twist, but at the rate things are going, they would have photo-shopped one in if they thought it would help the smear.
The only reason the CBCaucus didn’t get their little “racist” set-up tunt achieved as they paraded thru the crowd was that so many people had their cameras out on RECORD.
Did anyone think it was odd the Democrats marched through the crowd on ObamaCareVoteDay? Don’t they usually drive up in black limos, the driver scurries around and opens the door and they slip inside the covered, private entrance like “important” people? Pelsoi and her super-sized gavel – evoking the torquing reality of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland?
Bob Grant commented:
Jim they just misreported this story AGAIN on Fox News @ approx 1:50 PM EST
Claimed “a coffin was left on the front lawn of a Democratic lawmaker” Liz Trotter tried to correct it but not too hard.
Thanks again Fox newest member of the LSM.
Andreas K. commented:
Of course he’s doing this. He’s afraid to lose his seat this year, thus he’s already in campaign mode.
Screw the truth. Red fascists don’t care about the truth. They only care about themselves.
Melanerpes commented:
Tired of playing the hedgehog in Queen Nancy’s game of croquet? Always take a video camera. Let Carnahan supply the lawn ornaments.
Steve commented:
@Jules: If it had been a candlelight vigil, they’d spin it as a cross burning.
Ginger commented:
Well we have already started sending money to Roy Blunt and will until November! He has our support. We do not give to evil people!
Nelle commented:
No Dynasties. Mel Carnahan earned a position as governor, but his wife was wept into office when he died during an election season, dragging her kids behind her. We’ve had enough Kennedys, enough Bushes, enough Carnahans. No dynasties.
chris Katz commented:
I know that you all are not bad people, but you are actually scaring me, in my own country, so seeming unaware of your own actions. Has McCarthy’s ghost returned?