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  Senate candidate unapologetic for saying GOP hijacked by fanatics
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Last EditedSC Moose  Jan 18, 2006 03:47pm
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News DateTuesday, January 17, 2006 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionOhio's Republican leader wants Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Paul Hackett to apologize for calling some conservative Republicans religious fanatics and comparing them to terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Hackett was unapologetic Tuesday for the comments in a newspaper story, saying religious fanatics of any flavor should be ashamed.
"I said it. I meant it. I stand behind it," he said.
Hackett said in a Sunday column in The Columbus Dispatch: "The Republican Party has been hijacked by the religious fanatics that, in my opinion, aren't a whole lot different than Osama bin Laden and a lot of the other religious nuts around the world."
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