Democratic Forum: Rice 'Worst Candidate'

UPDATED ~ An administrator of the popular Oklahoma Democratic Forum demonstrates why freshman State Senator Andrew Rice of Oklahoma City will have a hard time (a) winning his party's nomination if he draws a conservative opponent, and (b) defeating Republican U. S. Senator Jim Inhofe should Rice be the Democratic nominee. Today, there's this post on the site: "Andrew Rice is the worst candidate Oklahoma Democrats could ever have running for the US Senate. He has made statements that are pro-gay, pro-abortion, anti-gun...." The comment apparently was prompted by a Rice story in today's The Oklahoman.

This article has prompted an attack by a second, liberal Oklahoma Democratic forum, Demookie, known as the "Democrats of Oklahoma Community Forum." There, posters argue that their fellow Democrats should be careful what they post lest their comments appear on Republican blogs. One regular poster, firebrand Chris Heldenbrand, wrote, "Rusty's (first Democrat blog administrator) been posting anti-Andrew s#$t for months. I certainly wasn't surprised by that. He hates gays and all things liberal far more than he loves Democrats. What really p@!#ed me off is McCarville, in his dotage, apparently doesn't know the difference between Oklahoma Democratic Forum, which would translate to Demookie, and the schizoboard. Well, maybe he does, but it suits his purpose as the Goebbels of the Oklahoma Republican Party to make Rusty a 'popular' Democratic voice. The only difference between McCarville and Rusty is that one of them is openly Republican."

The two Democrat forums exchange blows regularly, demonstrating to some the obvious split among Democrats in the state and perhaps foretelling the difficulty the liberal Rice faces in a conservative state.

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