Zirkle ’soundly defeated’ in Indiana GOP primary.
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By on May 7th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Zirkle ’soundly defeated’ in Indiana GOP primary.
Tony Zirkle, Republican candidate for Indiana’s 2nd congressional district, was “soundly defeated” in yesterday’s primary election, coming in a distant last. Zirkle recently delivered a speech to the American National Socialist Workers Party (ANSWP) on the 119th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birth, flanked by a large flag with a swastika, a giant photo of Hitler, and men in Nazi uniforms. Zirkle responded to criticism of his speech by railing against the “great porn dragon” and its influence over Jews. The Washington Post’s Al Kamen asks: “Maybe the birthday gambit reduced his vote total?” Perhaps.
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Ah, the sound of Nelson Muntz going….
Ha!Ha.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:36 amI was unaware of the “great porn dragong” till now and already I feel inspired and I am not even a Jew
May 7th, 2008 at 11:40 amstupid stray “g”
May 7th, 2008 at 11:41 amlooks like the great porn dragoon bit him squarely in the ass. My, what BIG teeth it has.
snark
May 7th, 2008 at 11:45 amWell, Mccain is looking for a running mate….
May 7th, 2008 at 11:48 amWhat a surprise…
Now Zirkle can get back to his sticky porn collection.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:48 amI LIKE the “stray g”, but I’m not sure if it should be pronounced “drag-ong” or “dra-gong”.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:49 amZirkle’s defeat was the fault of the mainstream news media. His speech to the Nazi’s at the celebration of Hitler’s birthday received very little media attention. As a result most Republican voters do not even know he is a Nazi sympathizer.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:49 amZirkle the Jerkle…”I don’t know enough about their organization to make any judgements.”
He’d never seen a swastika, a giant photo of Hitler, or men in Nazi uniforms, how as he supposed to know what they stood for….LOL.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:53 amNow, he and his Nazi pals can resume their Zirkle jerk.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:58 amSNARK!
May 7th, 2008 at 12:07 pmZooey Says:
Now Zirkle can get back to his sticky porn collection.
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ;)
Uncle Ho Says:
Now, he and his Nazi pals can resume their Zirkle jerk.
damn…ya beat me to it :)
May 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pmIs this a joke? This can’t be serious.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pmYou don’t suppose a lifetime of “zircle jerk” jokes drove him to republican nazism do you?
May 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pmWell, it looks like even the gop has a level below which they won’t go.
Of course, saying “We won’t support a candidate that goes to the extent of openly celebrating adolf hitler’s birthday complete with nazi uniforms and swastikas” is a pretty low bar by anyone’s standards.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:32 pmCheer up, Tony.
There’s always Summer Camp.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:37 pmThat photo looks like a Monty Python skit - surreal.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pmI guess he wants to spend more time “with the family.”
(I do hope his daughters have locks on their bedroom doors.)
May 7th, 2008 at 12:39 pmSo sad
But the great porn dragon is real. Turns out not even Zirkle is immune from its perversive powers as evident in this recent clip of him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE6zn2JBayg
May 7th, 2008 at 12:40 pmI understand Zirkle got only 16% of the vote this time around. This is certainly better than the 30% he got in 2006, but still a bit alarming that 16% of Indiana Republicans would accept such a pro-Nazi guy as their representative. I would hope that the other 84% of Indiana Republicans are saying “not only NO, but H*LL NO!”
May 7th, 2008 at 12:43 pmI went to the Naval Academy with Tony Zirkle. He was a wierd dude…
We were both assigned to the group that trained the incoming plebes during their first Summer. About halfway through, Tony had a nervous breakdown and disappeared. He ended up dropping out of school.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pmThe only reason Zirkle lost is because all the Dittoheads crossed over to vote for Clinton.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:10 pm