"I left God's countrry" to go to NY, says Iowa Republican party chair.

[Eric J in MN]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/politics/campaign/30assess.html?hp

"I left God's country," said Leon Mosley of Waterloo, Iowa, co-chairman of his state party. "They could use a bunch of people from Iowa to come here to show New Yorkers what life is all about, what being patriotic is all about, and what country is all about. I'm as confident about Bush being re-elected as I am that eggs are going to be in New York tomorrow morning.''

But some veteran conventiongoers suggested that the Republicans would be unwise to count their chickens just yet. In their own outspoken way, the protesters were making precisely the same point as Mr. Mosley, with children in strollers, grandparents on canes, all accepting the withering Sunday heat - and the overwhelming security presence intended to keep the march past Madison Square Garden orderly.

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Maybe that list of anti-NY GOP comments (I saw it at dailykos.com) should be updated to include this new one.

[roguevalley]

1. what a complete dork. regional chauvinism cracks me up.

[donheld]

2. sheeple

i'd rather think he needs a bunch of real people to go to Iowa and how his Iowa people how NOT to be sheeple. }(

:bounce:

[Skidmore]

6. We have real people in Iowa...

the rest of them happen to be Rs.

[AntiCoup2K4]

3. If Iowa were truly "God's Country"....

Then wouldn't the obvious implication of that be that God wants John Kerry to be President (Since that happenned in Iowa, and Bush's selection definitely did not)

[underseasurveyor]

4. Bringing his hogshit with him from IA too i see

:eyes:

And no kiddin', yer right about the chauvinism, it's rampant in the surrounding area where I live.

[lottie244]

15. But I thought America was God's country?

I guess I am confused. Well if Iowa is God's country, let God take care of them and they should stop taking our tax dollars to survive.

[Dudley_DUright]

5. More idiocy from Leon Mosley: "GOP = God's Official Party"

Soon after Hagel spoke, the acting state Republican chair--an African-American man in a white cowboy hat named Leon Mosley--urged his delegates, "Let's remember what's paramount in our life: God ... This is the GOP: God's Official Party." At that, the room burst into sustained applause. Behold, the Republican base.

more...

http://www.tnr.com/blog/rnc?pid=1972

[karlrschneider]

12. Only one response to that is appropriate:

:puke:

[ComerPerro]

7. But, sadly enough, Bush is a fake midwesterner

He is a fake "common" man, he is a fake "average guy", and he is a fake president.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. About the best thing to be said about Iowa is it isn't Texas.

I have to admit, though, that I saw only a corner of it. Couldn't tell the difference between it and Kansas. Saw a pretty good chunk of Texas - mostly the northern part - "scenic" is not what anyone not suffering from blindness would call it. It that part of the world is "God's" country, then it proves that God is not benevolent.

[robbedvoter]

9. That's why they decided the primary for all of us!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

10. And a DUer was haranguing the 'elitist' NYers yesterday

:eyes:

Guess it goes both ways. How can ANYONE go to NY and not be overwhelmed by its beauty, culture, and uniqueness? Although I dislike its sports teams, it IS the greatest city on earth!

[DrWeird]

11. New Yorkers should return their eggs to Mr. Mosley.

let them sit out in the sun for a couple of days first.

[GiovanniC]

13. Shit! And a Lot of People Were Probably Looking Forward to Eggs in NY!

Now they won't be able to get them tomorrow morning.

[Bluebear]

14. What, he thinks they just eat bagels for breakfast in "libby" NYC?

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