Oh, Kay!
When churchgoers in Cumberland County, N.C., went to their cars after Sunday services recently, they found a flyer with an image of a Jim Crow-era lynching with an overprinted warning of what might happen if Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate, the Fayetteville Observer reported. “[U.S. Sen.] Kay Hagan doesn’t win! Obama’s impeachment will begin,” the flyer said. “Vote in 2014.”
Hagan is a Democrat who is in a difficult reelection race with state Rep. Thom Tillis. The implication is if Hagan doesn’t win and Republicans gain control of the Senate, President Obama would be impeached (essentially, lynched). This is low, even for campaign spin-meisters who wallow in such trash.
One would hope voters wouldn’t fall for something so ridiculous, but those who placed the ad evidently believe they could. The flyer contained no contact information, stated it was “not endorsed by any candidate” and noted it was paid for by “Concerned Citizens of Cumberland County.”
History is watching