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Republicans are crude, insensitive, and intolerant? They're not the ones making fun of the handicapped for political gain.(political campaign of Democratic representative Craig Fitzhugh)(Brief Article)

National Review

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* Republicans are crude, insensitive, and intolerant? They're not the ones making fun of the handicapped for political gain. In Tennessee, a flier emerging from Democratic representative Craig Fitzhugh's campaign office mocks Bush supporters--and Special Olympians. It features a photograph of a boy finishing a track race; superimposed over the runner's face is President Bush's own visage; across the top stretches the teaser, "Voting for Bush is like running in the Special ...

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