Tea party warrior Pantano targets McIntyre"In the state's southeast corner, a media-savvy congressional candidate has an unusual background that has gained national notice - he's a gung-ho former Marine officer who was once charged with premeditated murder after killing two unarmed Iraqi prisoners."
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"District 7 covers nine counties in Southeastern North Carolina, from Fayetteville in the north, through hog farming country and south to Wilmington and the South Carolina line. Fewer than a third of its registered voters are Republican, but it leans conservative. In presidential races, George W. Bush carried the district in 2004 and John McCain in 2008.
McIntyre hasn't faced a serious challenge until now. In part, that's because he's one of the most conservative House Democrats. He has been endorsed by groups including the NRA, the National Federation of Independent Business, National Right to Life and the anti-illegal immigration ALIPAC. He voted against the Democrat-sponsored automaker and bank bailouts, health care bills, and the bill to cap and trade carbon emissions."
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"He later testified that the prisoners then made a threatening move toward him. He shot them, using one full magazine of about 30 bullets, then loaded a fresh magazine and emptied that one, too. Then he hung a sign on the bullet riddled car that read "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" - a slogan that he had heard from another Marine officer - and left it as a warning."
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http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/10/03/717616/tea-party-warrior-targets-mcintyre.html#ixzz11JNrZoHx~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And a former Goldman Sachs trader, to boot.
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