Schaaf Reminds GOPers at Lincoln Days that Their Party Runs on Hate

An breathtakingly repugnant admission leaked from Republican legislator Rob Schaaf's bile ducts at Saturday night's Lincoln Days event in St. Joe:

Rep. Dr. Rob Schaaf, R-St.
Joseph, concluded the Lincoln Day dinner with a speech entitled, “Why I
hate Robin Carnahan.” Ms. Carnahan, a Democrat, is Missouri’s secretary
of state. Her office puts together Missouri’s official state manuals,
commonly called “blue books” every year.

Dr. Schaaf cited page 808 of the 2007-2008 edition as his reason for
the speech’s title. The book incorrectly identifies Buchanan County
Eastern District Commissioner Dan Hausman as a Democrat.

What a perfect way in which to sum up an event that celebrates a Party whose chief virtue and top selling point are its incorporation of hate into the political sphere.  Hatred of "liberals", hatred of government, hatred of blacks, hatred of illegal immigrants, hatred of gays, hatred of judges and hatred of working families are the basic building blocks of the Republican coalition, so why shouldn't a hate screed against a particular individual serve as the capstone for an evening of GOP revelry?

But forgetting the absolute appropriateness of the speech to the occasion for just one moment, consider briefly what Dr. Schaaf's little rant tells us about his psyche.  His "hate" for Robin Carnahan reportedly stems from the fact that the party affiliation of a local elected official was listed incorrectly in the Blue Book published by Carnahan's office.  Yes, an error made on page 808 of a book that runs well over 1500 pages is the catalyst for driving Rob Schaaf to "hate" another living, breathing human being. 

What a nice, stable fellow Schaaf must be!  Perhaps the Doc himself needs a checkup from the neck up?

Ordinarily I would call for an apology from Schaaf, but since he's obviously a bit unhinged I don't think that'll work.  Instead, the Governor's office and the Missouri Republican Party should immediately repudiate and denounce Schaaf's statement.  It was the Matt Blunt administration, after all, which got so up in arms about "hatred" in politics some time back.

Now the MOGOP can prove that it actually cares about limiting the politics of hatred.  But I'll bet Blunt, Hulshof and their Party sit silent and let Schaaf's explicit hate speech stand.  Just the kind of folks they are.

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