GOP = Grotesque Old Party

I don't which is sadder -that Republican candidates stoop to this level of hideousness, or that a substantial number of our fellow citizens actually accept it.

IL-06: GOPer Says Amputee Vet Dem Would "Cut and Run" From Iraq

By Eric Kleefeld | bio

Peter Roskam, the GOP candidate to succeed outgoing Rep. Henry Hyde, accused Dem opponent Tammy Duckworth of wanting to "cut and run" from Iraq during a debate a couple days ago. The use of this common pro-war talking-point in this case surprised some observers—not to mention Duckworth herself—because the veteran Duckworth lost both of her legs in Iraq. Duckworth's post-debate reply was rather straightforward: "I just could not believe he would say that to me."