About this guy who shot a kid for walking on his lawn...

Story here (warning: extremely insensitive headline):

http://winnipegsun.com/News/World/2006/03/21/1497756-sun.html


Anyway, my point is, I'm taking bets: Anyone want to bet against the notion that this Charles Martin fellow is a Republican? Anyone?

That he is would seem as certain a wager as is found short of a government security....

...don't care. Population needs to be culled, anyway. (And the picture of the lawn that I saw in today's paper did not impress.)

He's nuts regardless.

:eyes: Why do people say that as though it's a bad thing? Associating good, motivated 'nuts' with that sociopath is demeaning to us nuts, imho.
:dunce: :silly:

Us non-dangerous nuts need to stick together.
The Professor

I think this guy is a MURDERER, not nuts.

Republican? The shooter seems likely to be mentally imbalanced, at least, if that's any answer.

:hi:

""Neighbours said Martin lived alone quietly, often sitting out in front of his one-storey home with its neat lawn, well-trimmed shrubbery and flag pole with U.S. and navy flags flying.""

I already called that side, I'm just looking for suckers... er... prospective gamblers. :evilgrin:

sounds like a story from the onion

i don't doubt the dude is GOP but i bet there is a mental health issue also, of course he should be prosecuted, we can't have crazies whacking people for walking on their lawn, but there may be some tragic change in this older man's brain that occurred over time, presumably he wasn't always like this

Admittedly, that is a stereotype...rural freak with a gun blasting at innocent neighborhood children out playing...

Well, after Cheney's hunting incident, it would seem to be open season on Republicans, pardon the pun. :rofl:

Edit: Clarity.

That dude needs some serious mental health assistance. I don't care if the kid was throwing eggs and drawing swastikas! No kid should die like that, even the orneriest kid shouldn't die like that.

Words escape me. ME! :banghead:

Could they be more insensitive?

you wonder abt people

Nah. Guess they just thought it was cute.

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Gotta be local.
Pretty damned insensitive.

http://www.smartvoter.org/2004/11/02/oh/clt/

Here is a breakdown of the 2004 election votes in the county where Charles Martin lives.

George W. Bush/Dick Cheney, Republican .......... 2,858,727 votes 50.82%
John F. Kerry/John Edwards, Democratic .......... 2,739,952 votes 48.70%

Rob Portman, Republican .......... 227,102 votes 71.70%
Charles W. Sanders, Democratic .......... 89,598 votes 28.29%

George V. Voinovich, Republican .......... 3,464,044 votes 63.85%
Eric D. Fingerhut, Democratic .......... 1,961,002 votes 36.15%

Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this state and its political subdivisions. 3,329,250 / 61.71% Yes votes ...... 2,065,411 / 38.29% No votes

He's a reich-wing nutcase all right.

... but I believe they are way off the mark!

See: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/OH/P/00/county.000.html
http://web.northnet.org/minstrel/southwest.htm
http://www.cincinnati.com/election2004/countybycounty.html#

Those figures are the statewide totals, not the results for Clermont County itself, which voted nearly 71% for Bush.

I can see why you interpreted the info this way, as it is poorly presented and could easily be minsinterpreted.

The pages said (for example) President Contests for Clermont County, OH

So I assumed...

It is still a very red county though.

The only reason I would have noticed the mistake is because I'm very familiar with the voting in Clermont County. Not your fault.

Yes, it's even more red than you thought!

If the guy voted, most likely he's GOP.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050802/NEWS01/308020014
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/03/loc_el-clermontsummary.html

They voted for Bush over Kerry 71-29%
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/OH/P/00/county.000.html

Clermont County was -- notoriously -- also the place where counting ballots was supposedly affected by "humidity":
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00186.htm

Well, you won't get any from me. There's no way he's not red. What an asshat!

I'd say he's a non-participant. Would you leave that beautiful lawn unguarded while making a trip to the polls?
He's one (member) of the fifty percent who aren't politically involved, imo.
...O...

who hates women as much as he hates kids who walk on lawns.
And no doubt believes in the sanctity of life...until, of course, that life walks on his grass.
Then he opens up with his shotgun.

the writer of that headline is going to hell, and i'll be right beside him for laughing so hard...